Total vehicle registration fall 7% in January: FADA

The Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), the industry apex body for auto dealers, released automobile retail sales data for January 2020 after market hours today, 20 February 2020.

Total vehicle registration fell 7.17% to 17,50,116 units January 2020 as against 18,85,253 units in January 2019.

Passenger vehicle registration declined 4.61% to 2,90,879 units on year-on-year (YoY) basis. Two-wheeler sales stood at 12,67,366 units in January 2020 as against 13,89,951 units in January 2019, registering a decline of 8.9%.

Commercial vehicle (CV) space recorded a decline of 6.9% on YoY basis. CV registrations for January 2020 stood at 82,187 units as against 88,271 units in January 2019.

Three-wheeler segment witnessed a 9.17% growth to 63,514 units in January 2020 as against 58,178 in January 2019.

FADA included tractors segment for the first time thereby covering the entire mobility spectrum. Tractor registration for the month of January 2020 stood at 46,170 units as against 43,924 units in January 2019, posting a rise of 5.11%.

FADA highlighted that auto sales continues to de-grow as customers stay away from making purchase decisions. Budget 2020 had no direct measures for immediate growth in the auto sector, it added.

FADA said it will co-ordinate with banks and NBFC's to ensure financing of BS-IV vehicles till the Supreme Court (SC) mandated deadline of 31 March 2020 to ensure liquidation of BS-IV stocks.

Commenting on January 2020 performance, president, Ashish Kale said, "Auto sales continue to be in the negative territory in the month of January, except for 3W, with many consumers still not concluding on their decisions. Ongoing transition of BS-IV to BS-VI is also a factor in delayed purchase decision. Overall weak economic sentiment continues and even the Budget 2020, although an inclusive budget with growth drivers for the mid to long term, did not have any direct measures nor any immediate growth spurring initiatives for the Auto Sector."

He further said, "FADA will also co-ordinate with banks and NBFC's to ensure financing of BS-IV inventory till the SC mandated date of 31st of March to ensure liquidation of the BS4 stocks and smooth transition to BS6 without any financial implication to any stake holder."

The Nifty Auto index rose 0.14% to 7,697.90 on Thursday. Ashok Leyland (up 3.63%), TVS Motors Company (up 1.13%), Tata Motors (up 0.25%) and Sml Isuzu (up 0.08%) edged higher.

Bajaj Auto (down 0.89%) Hero MotoCorp (down 0.53%), Mahindra and Mahindra (down 0.24%), Eicher Motors (down 0.13%) and Maruti Suzuki India (down 0.03%) edged lower.

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