January 26, 2005
Automobile & Motorcycle Statistics and Summary For December 2004 and Year of 2004
Automobile Production Data for December 2004 / Automobile Production for Year 2004 /
Motorcycle Production Data for December 2004 / Motorcycle Production for Year 2004 /
Automobile Export Data for December 2004 / Automobile Export for Year 2004 /
Motorcycle Export Data for December 2004 / Motorcycle Export for Year 2004
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Automobile Production Data for December 2004
Automobile production in December 2004 was recorded as 791,055 units. Compared with the 817,790 units total recorded for the same month of the previous year, this is a decrease of 26,735 units or 3.3%, and production down on the same month of the previous year after two months of upturn.
December 2004 Automobile production figures by type of vehicle| Standard cars (over 2000 cc) |
298,770 units, down 18,525 units or 5.8% |
| Small cars | 261,119 units, up 14,023 units or 5.7% |
| Mini car (under 660 cc) |
107,391 units, down 2,360 units or 2.2% |
| Standard truck vehicles | 55,847 units, down 7,785 units or 12.2% |
| Small trucks | 30,132 units, down 5,235 units or 14.8% |
| Mini trucks (under 660 cc) |
34,093 units, down 5,277 units or 13.4% |
| Large buses | 1,279 units, up 302 units or 30.9% |
| Small buses | 2,424 units, down 1,878 units or 43.7% |
Domestic sales in December 2004 stood at 449,547 vehicles, up 3.2% as compared with the same month of the previous year.
(371,992 passenger cars, up 5.5%; 76,524 trucks, down 6.6%; and 1,031 buses, down 11.9%.)
Exports (result) stood at 97.6% as compared with the same month of the previous year.
Automobile Production Data for Calendar Year 2004 (January – December)
The production total for calendar year 2004 (January – December) stood at 10,511,518 units. Compared with the 10,286,018 total recorded in the previous year, this is an increase of 225,500 units or 2.2%. It is also an increase on the same period of the previous year for three consecutive years.
| Passenger cars | 8,720,385 units, up 2.9 |
| Trucks | 1,730,691 units, down 0.9% |
| Buses | 60,442 units, down 1.0% |
The domestic sales total for calendar year 2004 (January – December) stood at 5,853,379 units, up 0.4% compared with the total recorded in the previous year. It is also an increase on the previous year for two consecutive years.
| Passenger cars | 4,768,129 units, up 1.1 |
| Trucks | 1,067,103 units, down 2.2% |
| Buses | 18,147 units, down 14.4% |
Exports total (result) for calendar year 2004 (January - December) stood at 104.2% as compared with the previous year.
Motorcycle Production Data for December 2004
Motorcycle production in December 2004 was recorded as 202,623 units. This is 47,495 units or 30.6% up as compared with the 155,128 total registered in the same month of the previous year. It is also production up on the same month of the previous year for three consecutive months.
| 50cc or under class | 29,366 units, down 2,103 units or 6.7% |
| 51 - 125cc class | 47,064 units, up 33,603 units or 249.6% |
| 126 - 250cc class | 25,068 units, up 4,643 units or 22.7% |
| Over 250cc class | 101,125 units, up 11,352 units or 12.6% |
Domestic sales (factory shipment) in December 2004 stood at 49,000 vehicles, a decrease of 2.2% as compared with the same month of the previous year.
| 50cc or under class | 36,017 units, down 8.3% |
| 51 - 125cc class | 4,440 units, up 20.7% |
| 126 - 250cc class | 5,565 units, up 6.2% |
| Over 250cc class | 2,978 units, up 57.7% |
Exports (result) stood at 161.6% as compared with the same month of the previous year.
Motorcycle Production Data for Calendar Year 2004 (January – December)
The production total for calendar year 2004 (January - December) stood at 1,848,788 units, up 17,883 units or 1.0% as compared with the production total of 1,830,905 units recorded in the previous year.
| 50cc or under class | 341,570 units, down 116,502 units or 25.4% |
| 51 - 125cc class | 402,850 units , up 26,050 units or 6.9% |
| 126 - 250cc class | 274,826 units , up 39,327 units or 16.7% |
| Over 250cc class | 829,542 units, up 69,008 units or 9.1% |
The domestic sales total for calendar year 2004 (January - December) stood at 700,021 units, down 7.9% as compared with the total recorded in the previous year. It is also a down on the previous year for two consecutive years.
| 50cc or under class | 500,388 units, down 7.3% |
| 51 - 125cc class | 62,780 units , down 30.2% |
| 126 - 250cc class | 97,135 units , up 10.5% |
| Over 250cc class | 39,718 units, down 7.0% |
Exports total (result) for calendar year 2004 (January - December) stood at 110.5% as compared with the previous year.
Automobile Export Data for December 2004
Number of automobiles exportedAutomobile export in December 2004 was recorded as 437,511 units, down 10,657 units or 2.4% as compared with 448,168 units recorded for the same month of the previous year. It is an export decrease on the same month of the previous year after 10 months of upturn.
| Passenger cars | 374,608 units (including 17,713 units for KD) Down 9,951 units or 2.6% |
| Trucks | 57,501 units (including 19,592 units for KD) Down 1,473 units or 2.5% |
| Buses | 5,402 units (including 866 units for KD) Up 767 units or 16.5% |
Value of automobiles exported
Total value of automobiles exported was $9,679.27 million including $7,371.40 million for vehicles and $2,307.87 million for parts. This is an increase of $345.42 million or 3.7% compared with $9,333.85 million recorded for the same month of the previous year.
Automobile Export Data for Calendar Year 2004 (January – December)
Automobile export units total for calendar year 2004 (January – December) was recorded as 4,957,663 units, up 201,320 units or 4.2% as compared with 4,756,343 units recorded in the previous year. It is an export increase on the previous year for three consecutive years.
The KD export reached the total of 469,638 units, and it also shows an increase of 5.2% as compared with the previous year.
| Passenger cars | 4,214,027 units, up 133,529 units or 3.3% (KD) 242,574 units, down 0.1% |
| Trucks | 687,795 units, up 57,541 units or 9.1% (KD) 217,257 units, up 11.1% |
| Buses | 55,841 units, up 10,250 units or 22.5% (KD) 9,807 units, up 24.8% |
Automobile export value total for calendar 2004 (January – December) was recorded as $108,786.10 million including $82,568.23 million for vehicles and $26,217.87 million for parts, up $10,505.59 million or 10.7% as compared with $98,280.51 million total recorded for the previous year.
| 2004 (Jan - Dec) | 2003 (Jan – Dec) | |
| Passenger cars | 85.0 | 85.8 |
| Trucks | 13.9 | 13.3 |
| Buses | 1.1 | 1.0 |
Export total achieved a 47.2% share of the total production of 10,511,518 units recorded for calendar year 2004. (* 46.2% for calendar year 2003)
| Total (Units) | Share (%) | Prev. Year (%) | % Chg. | |
| Asia | 510,939 | 10.3 | 11.0 | - 2.5 |
| Middle East | 457,406 | 9.2 | 9.2 | + 4.1 |
| Europe | 1,275,229 | 25.7 | 24.4 | + 10.0 |
| North America (U. S. A.) |
1,726,465 (1,559,607) |
34.8 (31.5) |
37.6 (33.5) |
- 3.4 (- 2.2) |
| Central America | 186,930 | 3.8 | 3.2 | + 21.5 |
| South America | 157,914 | 3.2 | 2.5 | + 33.4 |
| Africa | 182,451 | 3.7 | 3.1 | + 24.7 |
| Oceania | 448,671 | 9.1 | 8.8 | + 7.3 |
| Others | 11,658 | 0.2 | 0.2 | + 18.9 |
| TOTAL | 4,957,663 | 100.0 | 100.0 | + 4.2 |
Motorcycle Export Data for December 2004
Number of motorcycles exported
Motorcycle export in December 2004 was recorded as 189,784 units, up 72,361 units or 61.6% as compared with 117,423 units recorded for the same month of the previous year. It is an export increase on the same month of the previous year for two consecutive months.
| 50cc or under class | 10,009 units, down 1,598 units or 13.8% |
| 51 - 125cc class | 56,029 units, up 39,887 units or 247.1% |
| 126 - 250cc class | 23,496 units, up 5,873 units or 33.3% |
| Over 250cc class | 100,250 units, up 28,199 units or 39.1% |
Value of motorcycles exported
The total value of motorcycles exported for December 2004 was $809.28 million including $676.12 million for vehicles and $133.16 million for parts. This is an increase of $233.34 million or 40.5% compared with $575.94 million recorded for the same month of the previous year.
Motorcycle Export Data for Calendar Year 2004 (January – December)
Motorcycle export units total for calendar year 2004 (January – December) was recorded as 1,415,140 units, up 134,185 units or 10.5% as compared with 1,280,955 units recorded in the previous year. It is an export increase on the previous year after four years of downturn.
| Exported Units | Share (%) | Prev. Year (%) | % Chg. | |
| 50cc or under class | 84,832 | 6.0 | 8.9 | - 25.8 |
| 51 - 125cc class | 354,041 | 25.0 | 24.4 | + 13.2 |
| 126 - 250cc class | 175,037 | 12.4 | 11.3 | + 20.8 |
| Over 250cc class | 801,230 | 56.6 | 55.3 | + 13.0 |
Motorcycle exported value total for calendar year 2004 (January – December) was recorded as $6,916.85 million including $5,478.38 million for vehicles and $1,438.47 million for parts, up $1,019.76 million or 17.3% as compared with $5,897.09 million total recorded in the previous year.
Export total achieved a 76.5% share of the total production of 1,848,788 units recorded for calendar year 2004. (* 70.0% for calendar year 2003)
| Total (Units) | Share (%) | Prev. Year (%) | % Chg. | |
| Asia | 181,371 | 12.8 | 7.0 | + 103.1 |
| Middle East | 4,765 | 0.3 | 0.7 | - 48.2 |
| Europe | 470,923 | 33.3 | 34.3 | + 7.3 |
| North America (U. S. A.) |
575,283 (525,463) |
40.7 (37.1) |
47.6 (43.4) |
- 5.7 (- 5.5) |
| Central America | 11,964 | 0.8 | 0.9 | + 4.9 |
| South America | 87,084 | 6.2 | 3.3 | + 108.4 |
| Africa | 31,494 | 2.2 | 2.5 | - 0.9 |
| Oceania | 52,256 | 3.7 | 3.8 | + 7.7 |
| TOTAL | 1,415,140 | 100.0 | 100.0 | + 10.5 |
