International Dealer News IDN 142 April/May 2018 | Page 6

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Stefan Pierer, CEO of KTM
AG and President of ACEM:
“The US and the EU should
be working together to
facilitate international trade
and regulatory
convergence, not to restrict
it by adopting unilateral
and politically motivated
measures”
General, said: “The EU is a key market
for American motorcycle brands. But
the US is also Europe’s first trading
partner in the motorcycle segment. We
trust that American and European
authorities will avoid triggering a
global trade escalation, which could be
extremely damaging for the motorcycle
industry on both sides of the Atlantic”.
ACEM says that some 156,000 jobs in
the EU depend on the motorcycle,
moped, tricycle and quadricycle
Spain - motorcycle registrations
+24.52 percent for first quarter
2017
2018
40,000
+18.88%
December 31, 2017 transition to
Euro 4 at -16.85 percent for the
first quarter on low volumes.
Total PTW registrations are
+18.88 percent for the first
quarter at 34,433 units in total.
Honda was the year-to-date
market share leader at 19.7
percent (6,129 units), with
Yamaha second (16.5 percent,
5,148 units) and Kymco third
(11.2 percent), followed by
BMW, Piaggio, Sym, Kawasaki,
Suzuki and KTM.
+24.52%
30,000
10,000
Total PTW
20,000
25,018
According to the latest data
available from ANESDOR, the
motorcycle industry trade
association in Spain, new
motorcycle registrations for the
first quarter of 2018 are +24.52
percent YTD at 31,152 units; the
strongest first quarter in Spain
since before 2009. The market
was -11.31 percent for the 2017
full year at 136,652 units, +2.5
percent in March 2018.
Moped registrations are
showing the side effects of the
industry. According to EUROSTAT
figures, in 2016 the EU exports of
motorcycles to the US amounted to €
483.1 million, which represented
29.1% of all European motorcycle
exports, with EU-based businesses
exporting € 139.6 million in motorcycle
parts and components to America
(30.8% of the total). In 2016 the US
was the number one destination for
European exports of motorcycles as
well as parts and components.
Spanish registrations - Year-to-date 2018
Europe in response to the ban
that the EU has in place on
genetically
modified
foodstuffs – specifically U.S.
beef exports to Europe.
Stefan Pierer, CEO of KTM AG
and President of ACEM, said
that “motorcycle companies
are global players committed
to free and balanced trade agreements.
The US and the EU should be working
together to facilitate international
trade and regulatory convergence, not
to restrict it by adopting unilateral and
politically motivated measures”.
Several of Europe’s major National
Trade Associations have also voiced
their concern. In advance of a March
22nd Heads of State and Government
meeting in Brussels at which European
trade policy was to be discussed, the
Secretary General of ANESDOR in
Spain, José María Riaño, indicated that
“we urge the EU to think about the
negative consequences that these
measures could entail , several Spanish
manufacturers of two-
wheeled vehicles, such as
Torrot, Vertigo and Rieju
among others, and our
strong components and
accessory manufacturing
sector would be affected.
This commercial conflict
does not benefit any of
the parties and the only
way out is the dialogue
between both administrations to find a
solution”.
The UK motorcycle industry warned
that trade tariffs on motorcycles will
result in job losses in the UK, where the
industry employs an estimated 58,500
people across 5,700 businesses. Tony
Campbell, CEO of the MCIA
(Motorcycle Industry Associations) in
the UK, said that “targeting high
profile brands is headline grabbing, but
won’t have any real value in resolving
this situation and will seriously harm an
industry which is already under
pressure. I am hopeful that common
sense will prevail.”
Antonio Perlot, ACEM Secretary
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MOTORCYCLE
Germany - motorcycles at +22.15 percent for Jan/Feb 2018
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units sold for a whopping 30.84
percent market share.
KTM is second with a 10.98 percent
share (962 units), with Harley-
Davidson third with a 9.52 percent
share (834 units), followed by
Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Ducati,
Triumph, Husqvarna and Suzuki.
German registrations - Year-to-date 2018
2017
2018
15,000
+29.29%
10,000
TOTAL PTW
5,000
+22.15%
2015. The German market bottomed
out at 122,519 total new PTW
registrations in 2010.
Total PTW registrations for the first
two months of the year are +29.29
percent at 11,763 units, but that is
also down on the 12,609 registered
in the first two months of 2016.
As is usual these days, BMW’s R 1200
GS remains the top selling model in
Germany, with 805 units sold so far
this year, with the Kawasaki Z900 in
second place (233 units), the Honda
CRF 1000 Africa Twin third (198
units), followed by the BMW S 1000
RR and the Yamaha MT-07 fifth.
With nine models now in the Top 20
bestselling list, it is no surprise that
BMW is motorcycle (and total PTW)
market share leader YTD with 2,702
The latest statistics released by the
German motorcycle industry trade
association (IVM) for the period to
the end of February 2018 show new
motorcycle registrations up by
+22.15 percent for the first two
months of the year at 8,762 units;
though up on the Euro 3 pre-
registration affected figure for the
same period