The Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) has released its data on the total automobile sales for February 2019. It highlighted that retail sales of passenger vehicles (PVs) in February declined by 8.25% to 2,15,276 units as compared to 2,34,632 units in February 2018, hit by lower offtake by end customers. Two-wheeler sales declined by 7.97% to 11,25,405 units last month as compared with 12,22,883 units in the year-ago period.
It further mentioned that retail sales of commercial vehicles (CVs) during last month declined by 7.08% to 61,134 units as compared with 65,789 units in February 2018.Three-wheeler sales also declined by 10.32% in February at 50,263 units, as compared with 56,045 units in the year-ago period. Total automobile sales during February declined by 8.06 per cent to 14,52,078 units as compared with 15,79,349 units in February 2018.
FADA President Ashish Harsharaj Kale said after a month of spike in PVs sales in January which was largely due to year-end stock clearance getting extended and few new launches which generated some excitement, the industry is once again witnessing downward trend as February turned out to be one of the slowest month for auto retail during this financial year. He added domestic auto sales are experiencing a prolonged slowdown as it is already been six months of downturn with no positive triggers visible in near term. Moreover, he highlighted that inventory levels across all categories reached an unsustainable high and at alarming levels in two-wheelers.
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