3,047 new tractors were registered in the UK during the first three months of this year. This number was 7.0% lower than the same quarter a year ago, but 8.0% above the recent average, reports the AEA.
There was solid growth in the 51-80hp range, with registrations up by nearly half, compared with a year earlier. However, that range still accounted for just 6.0% of total registrations and numbers were down for most other power bands. The sharpest decline was in the 241-320hp range, where registrations were down by more than a third, compared with January to March 2021.
The 1,976 machines registered in March were 5.0% lower than the same buoyant month in 2021, but almost 20% higher than the average for the time of year between 2016 and 2020. Source: AEA economics department
At regional level, the most significant movements (other than a sharp rise in the Home Counties, which only accounts for a small number of registrations) were substantial declines in the number of tractors registered in the south east of England and East Anglia.
Both saw falls of between a quarter and a third, compared with the first quarter of 2021. Most other regions of England recorded smaller year-on-year changes, while Wales saw a 10% increase. Scottish and Northern Irish registrations declined, by 3.0% and 9.0%, respectively.
