Passenger vehicle retail sales fall 38.34% in June: FADA

22 Jul 2020 Evaluate

Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), the apex national body of automobile retail industry, has said that passenger vehicle retail sales in June 2020 fell 38.34 percent to 1,26,417 units as compared to the same month last year as the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to weigh on sentiment of buyers. According to FADA, which collected vehicle registration data from 1,230 out of the 1,440 regional transport offices (RTOs), passenger vehicle sales stood at 2,05,011 units in June 2019.

It further indicated that two-wheeler sales declined 40.92 percent to 7,90,118 units last month as compared with 13,37,462 units in June 2019. Commercial vehicle sales plunged 83.83 percent to 10,509 units as against 64,976 units in the year-ago period. Three-wheeler sales fell 75.43 percent to 11,993 units last month as compared with 48,804 units in June 2019. Total sales across categories slipped 42 percent to 9,84,395 units in June 2020 as against 16,97,166 units in the year-ago month.

Commenting on the June retail sales, FADA President Ashish Harsharaj Kale has said that the overall weak economic sentiment coupled with rising number of COVID-19 patients has impacted consumer confidence especially in bigger cities. He, however, noted that rural markets, led by a robust crop harvest and timely arrival of monsoons, witnessed demand recovery in comparison to urban areas, therefore leading to a surge in retail sales of tractors as well as positively impacting off-take of two wheelers and small commercial vehicles. Besides, he urged the government for urgent introduction of attractive incentive based vehicle scrappage policy for the revival of commercial vehicle sector. On sales outlook for July, he said with an assumption of no further lockdown and continued reopening measures, it is anticipated that vehicle registrations will see somewhat similar trends and mostly will better the June numbers, with further green shoots of demand in newer geographies and segments.

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