Total Registrations +8.9%
The Statistical Office announces the release of the report "Motor Vehicle Registrations" covering the period January-February 2023.
In February 2023, total motor vehicle registrations reached 2,795, down 0.5% from 2,808 in February 2022. Passenger car saloon registrations decreased by 1.9% to 2,287 from 2,331 in February 2022.
The main developments in vehicle registrations during January-February 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, are summarized as follows.923, compared to 5,441 in the same period of 2022.
(b) Passenger car saloon registrations increased by 6.7% to 4,780, compared to 4,478 in the same period of 2022. Of the total passenger car saloon registrations, 2,278 or 47.7% were new and 2,502 or 52.3% were used cars. Rental cars in particular decreased 2.4% to 536.
(c) Bus registrations increased to 15 in the January-February 2023 period, up from 9 in the same period in 2022.
(d) Cargo vehicle registrations increased to 610 in the January-February 2023 period, compared to 539 in the same period in 2022, an increase of 13.2%. Specifically, light trucks increased 12.7% to 470, heavy trucks increased 50.9% to 86, road tractors (trailers) increased 200.0% to 21, and rental vehicles decreased 43.1% to 33.
[E] Motorcycle registrations < 50ke decreased to 21 in January-February 2023, compared to 36 during the same period in 2022.
[F] Motorcycle registrations > 50ke increased 26.7% to 399 in January-February 2023, compared to 315 during the same period in 2022.
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Category
Motor Vehicles
Number Registrations
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Percentage Change
(%)
Feb
2023
[/TD] [TD]Feb
2022
[/TD] [TD]Jan-Feb 2023
[/TD] [TD]
Jan-Feb 2022
[/TD] [TD]Feb 2023/2022
[/TD] [TD]Jan-Feb 2023/2022
[/TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Passenger cars
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]2.287
[/TD] [TD]2.331
[/TD] [TD]4.780
[/TD] [TD]4.478
[/TD] [TD]-1.9
[/TD] [TD]6,7
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Buses
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [TD]7
[/TD] [TD]15
[/TD] [TD]9
[/TD] [TD]-42.9
[/TD] [TD]66,7
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cargo vehicles
[/TD] [TD]260
[/TD] [TD]259
[/TD] [TD]610
[/TD] [TD]539
[/TD] [TD]0,4
[/TD] [TD]13,2
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mopeds < 50ke
[/TD] [TD]9
[/TD] [TD]31
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [TD]36
[/TD] [TD]-71.0
[/TD] [TD]-41,7
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Motorcycles > 50ke
[/TD] [TD]192
[/TD] [TD]141
[/TD] [TD]399
[/TD] [TD]315
[/TD] [TD]36,2
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]26.7
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Elcysts
[/TD] [TD]22
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [TD]40
[/TD] [TD]34
[/TD] [TD]4,8
[/TD] [TD]17.6
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Other vehicles
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [TD]18
[/TD] [TD]58
[/TD] [TD]30
[/TD] [TD]16,7
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]93.3
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]2.795
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2.808
[/TD] [TD]5.923
[/TD] [TD]5.441
[/TD] [TD]-0.5
[/TD] [TD]8.9
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]New
[/TD] [TD]1.335
[/TD] [TD]1.445
[/TD] [TD]2.992
[/TD] [TD]2.887
[/TD] [TD]-7.6
[/TD] [TD]3.6
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Used
[/TD] [TD]1.460
[/TD] [TD]1.363
[/TD] [TD]2.931
[/TD] [TD]2.554
[/TD] [TD]7.1
[/TD] [TD]14,8
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR]
Methodological Information
Purpose and coverage
Data on Motor Vehicle Registrations are collected on a monthly basis. They relate to new motor vehicle registrations as recorded by the Department of Road Transport.
Registrations are presented by category, make, type of power, new or used, engine capacity, country of manufacture and origin, and other vehicle characteristics, based on information maintained by the Motor Vehicle Registration Service in the Department of Road Transport.
Data collection
Data collection is carried out by the Statistical Service, which receives the necessary data from the Road Transport Department.
Definitions
"Motor vehicle" means any vehicle with an engine, which is its sole means of propulsion, intended for road use and used primarily for the transport of persons or goods, i.e:
- Saloon-type passenger cars, which include private cars, taxis, rental cars, educational vehicles and vehicles for the handicapped
- Buses, private and public
- Cargo vehicles, which include heavy and light cargo vehicles, rented vehicles and road tractors (trailers)
- Mopeds or motorcycles, which include mopeds, tricycles, motorcycles and rental motorcycles
- Tractors, agricultural and non-agricultural
- Other vehicles, which include road rollers, motor cranes, heavy vehicles and other vehicles of a special type and use.
Monthly publication
The report "Motor Vehicle Registrations" has been published on a monthly basis since 1982 and is available free of charge in electronic form on the Statistical Office's web portal.
For more information:
Statistical Office Portal, under Services
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The Predefined Tables in Excel format include data up to December 2022. For January 2023 and onwards, the update is done only in the CYSTAT-DB Database.
Contact
Contact
Andri Milidoni. amilidoni@cystatmofgov.cy
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