Registrations of motor vehicles
during January-March 2016
The Statistical Service has issued the report entitled "Registration
of Motor Vehicles" for the period January-March 2016.
The main developments in the first three months of 2016 , compared to the same period of 2015 , were:
(a) The total registrations of
motor vehicles increased by 28, 0%
to 7.475 in January-March 2016, from
5. 840 vehicles in the same period of 2015.
(b) Passenger
saloon cars increased
to 6.394, from 5 .080 in January-March 2015, i.e. there was an increase of 25,9%. Of the total passenger saloon
cars , 3.254 vehicles or 50,9% were new and 3.140 vehicles or 49 ,1 % were used cars.
(c) Goods
conveyance vehicles
increased by 52,6% to 589 in January-March 2016,
compared to 386 in January-March 2015.
Light goods vehicles increased by 56,4% to
516 , from 330 in January-March 2015.
Heavy goods vehicles increased by 61,8% to
55 in January-March 2016, from
34 in January-March 2015.
Road tractors (units of trailers)
decreased by 18,2% to 18 in January-March 2016, from
22 in January-March 2015.
(d) Mopeds < 50cc in creased by 4,0% to 26 in January-March 2016, compared to 25 in January-March 2015.
(e) Mechanised
cycles > 50cc increased by 45,1% to 415 in 2016, compared to 286 in January-March 2015.
The report is obtainable at €6,50 per copy. It is also available,
free of charge, in electronic form on the website of the Statistical Service
http://www.cystat
.gov.cy.
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21/4/2016
