Based on the registration data provided by the MIT, UNRAE has carried out an estimate of the market for towed vehicles for the month of March 2024 towards the same month of 2023. Well trailers and semi-trailers with a total mass on the ground exceeding 3.5 t recorded a drop of 35.3% in March compared to the same month last year (1,104 units registered compared to 1,706).
The aggregate data for the first quarter returns a volume of registrations equal to 3,292 units compared to 4,364 in the same period of the previous year (-24.6%), highlighting a loss of 1,072 vehicles. In the first three months of 2024 the market reached levels far lower than in 2019, with a decline of 27.9% compared to the registrations at the time, equal to 4,567.
“It is now clear that the sector is going through a critical phase for which there is no sign of a trend reversal in the short term. In fact, we expect that the demand for new towed vehicles will continue to contract at least for the first half of 2024″, explains Michele Mastagni, Coordinator of the Trailers, Semi-trailers and Equipment Group at UNRAE.
“Despite the discouraging market data, the funds allocated by MIT in 2023 for incentives for the purchase of new trailers ended in just a few minutes on the click day in March, a sign that companies are interested in renewing their vehicles. However, this is not enough to ensure a concrete recovery and, in the hope that the appropriations for the current year will also be made available quickly, we reiterate the request for structural interventions that allow operators to plan multi-year investments”, continues Mastagni.