Italy’s industrial vehicle sales decrease in August

According to the data revealed by Italy’s carmakers’ association UNRAE, sales of industrial vehicles in Italy decreased 2.2% on the year in August to 1,255 units compared with 1,283 in the same month of 2016. The drop followed a yearly fall of 7.6% in July to 2,225 units.

Sales of heavy industrial vehicles increased 3.1% in August with respect to the same month of 2016, to 1025 units. They were down by 2.4% to 1,745 in July compared year on year, according to the data.

In the period between January-August, meanwhile, industrial vehicle sales were up 6.9% on the year to 15,421 units, while sales of heavy industrial vehicles increased by 9.9% to 12,363 units.