The sale of heavy vehicles (buses, trucks, and tractors) in Mexico is unstoppable.
In April of this year, four thousand three hundred sixty cargo and passenger vehicles were marketed, a figure that represented a 14.8% increase compared to the same month last year, according to the monthly statistical bulletin of the National Association of Bus, Truck, and Tractor Producers (ANPACT).
Of the total sales in the reference month, 87.2% corresponded to cargo vehicles, meaning that three thousand eight hundred three units were placed in the country. By subsegment, fifth-wheel tractors ranked first with one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine units, up 8.9% compared to the same period in 2023.
In turn, class 8 trucks totaled one thousand eighteen units sold, an advance of 35.0% against the same month last year. In third place for sales were class 4 trucks with four hundred one units, representing an increase of 29.8 percent. Class 6 trucks experienced a 23.8% advance compared to the figure from last year, selling three hundred seventeen units.
Regarding class 7, it remained in the same condition as in 2023 with the sale of twenty units in April. On the other hand, the segment that contracted was class 5 with 37.6% fewer sales, dropping from ninety-three in 2023 to fifty-eight in the current year.
With respect to the accumulated total from January to April 2024, sales of heavy vehicles (cargo and passenger) totaled seventeen thousand two hundred forty units, a 7.5% increase compared to the reported period in 2023.
In the first four months of the year, the truck segment recorded the sale of fourteen thousand five hundred fifty-eight vehicles, a 7.1% progress compared to the first four months of the previous year. As for the tractor-trailer subsegment, they accumulated eight thousand two hundred thirty-two units sold, an advance of 18.9% against 2023.
Class 7 experienced a growth of 10.4% in sales from January to April 2024, going from one hundred thirty-four in 2023 to one hundred forty-eight in the current year. On the other hand, class 8 experienced a 1.0% advance with three thousand eight hundred fifty-three vehicles.
During the referenced period, class 5 experienced the greatest setback with 45.9% fewer sales, with two hundred nineteen units sold this year, far from the four hundred five sold in 2023.
On the other hand, class 4 decreased by 9.8%, dropping from one thousand one hundred seventy-three trucks sold in 2023 to one thousand fifty-eight in 2024. Finally, class 6 trucks decreased by 8.0% vs. 2023, placing one thousand forty-eight units in the reference period.
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