Provisional 2015 figures for Europe’s four largest tractor markets reveal further declines in the numbers in Germany and UK, and a slight recovery in France and Italy. New tractor sales fell by 6.9% in Germany to 32,220 units (includes tractors below 50hp). Tractor registrations (50hp+) in the UK last year reached 10,598 units, a drop of 14.8% on the level of the previous year, and the lowest unit total for over a decade. The AEA reckons this clearly reflects the difficult conditions that farmers faced in a year where most commodity prices were very weak. The average size of unit continues to increase with a 1.3% rise last year to 157.1hp. On a lighter note, following a massive drop of over 22% in 2014, the French tractor market rallied by nearly 2% last year to 33,828 units (mainly due to increased demand for specialist fruit tractors), and following several years of decline, the Italian tractor market rose by 1.4% last year to 18,420 units.
Mixed fortunes for major Euro tractor markets
Provisional 2015 figures for Europe’s four largest tractor markets reveal further declines in the numbers in Germany and UK, and a slight recovery in France and Italy. New tractor sales fell by 6.9% in Germany to 32,220 units (includes tractors below 50hp). Tractor registrations (50hp+) in the UK last year reached 10,598 units, a drop […]

