The wholesale sale of heavy vehicles reports a constant increase, as reflected in the latest statistical report of the National Association of Bus, Truck and Tractor Producers (ANPACT) , which announces that the sale of cargo vehicles increased 34.3% during August 2024 compared to the same month last year .
Thus, in the reference month, 5,543 heavy vehicles were sold, a total of 1,417 more units than in 2023. During the eighth month of the year, the segment that represented the greatest dynamism was Class 5 with an increase of 64.8%, going from 71 units to 117 vehicles in the current year.
Wholesale sales are deliveries made by plants and original equipment manufacturers to the distributor network.
In terms of volume, the fifth-wheel tractor segment sold 3,126 units, which represented an increase of 56.4% compared to the 1,999 vehicles sold in August of last year.
Class 8 ranked third in terms of development with a 20.6% growth, selling 1,529 vehicles , a total of 261 more units compared to the eighth month of last year. Class 4 also experienced a slight increase of 0.3% with the sale of 355 vehicles, one more unit than in 2023.
Class 7 vehicles , on the other hand, decreased by 24.1%, going from 29 units in the eighth month of 2024 to 22 in the same month last year. Finally, the Class 6 subsegment reported a decline of 2.7% with 394 vehicles, 11 units less than last year.
It is important to note that the NOM-044 diesel engine emissions update is scheduled for January 2025, so only the Euro 6 / EPA-10 binomial will be in force, so wholesale sales are a reflection of the adjustment expected in the market from the distributor network, to have the largest possible volume of units that can still incorporate the Euro 5 / EPA-07 binomial.
In turn, in the cumulative period from January to August 2024, wholesale sales of heavy vehicles totaled 33,209 units . This figure revealed an advance in sales in the domestic market of 13.2%, compared to the 29,326 vehicles sold in the same period last year.
In the period referred to, the subsegment that represented the greatest growth was fifth-wheel tractors with a 23.4% increase in sales, totaling 18,722 units, 3,550 units more than the same period of the previous year.
The second subsegment that reported progress was class 7 with 278 units sold, which meant an increase of 16.8% compared to 2023 when 238 vehicles were sold. For its part, class 8 advanced 6.9% by selling 8,837 units, a total of 567 more than in August 2024.
In contrast, Class 5 reported the largest contraction in August 2024 with 23.5% fewer sales than the eighth month of last year, with a total of 168 fewer vehicles, going from 716 in 2023 to 548 in 2024.
In turn, in class 4, 2,410 vehicles were sold, a decrease of 3.8% compared to last year. Finally, class 6 reported wholesale sales of 2,414 vehicles, 0.4% less than from January to August 2023 .
Retail sales at a different speed
According to ANPACT data, retail sales, i.e. sales from distributors to end customers, showed a different dynamic. In August, retail sales totaled 4,531 units, which represented an increase of 10% compared to the same month in 2023.
Tractor trucks , the vehicle class that contributed the most in volume, reached a sales of 2,341 units , an increase of 5.7% compared to the comparison period. Class 8 , meanwhile, showed a different dynamic, totaling 1,340 vehicles , which represents 25.1% more than in 2023.
In accumulated sales in 2024, the retail cargo sector reached 30,662 vehicles, which represented 9% above the January-August 2023 cycle.
Tractor-trailer sales total 16,450 vehicles, 9.2% more than in 2023; while Class 8 displaced 8,208 trucks, 11.2% above the comparative cycle.
Retail sales have not yet shown the pre-purchase effect referred to by the presence of NOM-044 in January 2025, which could be seen in the coming months.
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