Total Registrations -5.0%
The Statistical Office announces the release of the report "Motor Vehicle Registrations" covering the period January-June 2022.
In June 2022, total motor vehicle registrations reached 3,344, an increase of 2.0% compared to 3,279 in June 2021. Passenger car saloon registrations increased by 4.3% to 2,588 from 2,482 in June 2021.
The main developments in vehicle registrations in the period January-June 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, are summarized as follows.
(a) The total number of registered vehicles decreased by 5.0% in the period January-June 2022 to 17.697, compared to 18,631 in the same period of 2021.
(b) Passenger car saloon registrations decreased by 1.2% to 14,101, compared to 14,267 in the same period of 2021. Of the total passenger car saloon registrations, 6,132 or 43.5% were new and 7,969 or 56.5% were used cars. Rental cars in particular increased 111.1% to 2,457.
[C](c) Bus registrations increased to 47 in the January-June 2022 period, up from 34 in the same period in 2021.
[D) CARGO VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS DECREASED TO 1,907 IN THE JANUARY-JUNE 2022 PERIOD, COMPARED TO 2,173 IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 2021, A DECREASE OF 12.2%. SPECIFICALLY, LIGHT TRUCKS DECREASED 4.6% TO 1,542, HEAVY TRUCKS DECREASED 30.1% TO 188, ROAD TRACTORS (TRAILERS) DECREASED 64.6% TO 40, AND RENTAL VEHICLES DECREASED 21.7% TO 137.
(e) Moped registrations <50kE decreased to 150 in the January-June 2022 period, compared to 151 in the same period in 2021.
(f) Motorcycle registrations > 50ke decreased 26.2% to 1,316 in January-June 2022, compared to 1,783 in the same period in 2021.
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 disabled
- Buses, private and public
- Cargo vehicles, which include heavy and light cargo 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 Motor Vehicle Registers report has been published monthly since 1982 and is sold at €6.50 per copy. It is also 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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Contact
Andri Milidoni. amilidoni@cystatmofgov.cy
(Mg/IC)
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