The increase in the exchange rate, the inability of the factories to work at full capacity due to the pandemic, and the supply problems due to the chip crisis caused a major crisis in the automotive industry. One of the countries most affected by this crisis in the world was Turkey. While second-hand vehicle prices in our country surpass new vehicle prices, the Automotive Industry Association (OSD) First quarter data of 2022 announced
In this context, total vehicle production in the first quarter decreased by 12.4 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, to 302 thousand 730 units, automobile production, on the other hand, decreased by 21.5% to 166 thousand 363 units. With the tractor production total production is 315 thousand 406 units took place as
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in January-March period The total capacity utilization rate of the automotive industry is 63 percent. it happened. On the basis of vehicle group; capacity utilization was 62 percent in light vehicles (cars + light commercial vehicles), 91 percent in the truck group, 12 percent in the bus-midibus group and 63 percent in the tractor.
Turkish automotive market contracted by 23 percent
Looking at the data on a monthly basis, the production of the automotive industry in March decreased by 13.7 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. While there were 106 thousand 575 units, automobile production decreased by 23.9 percent to 57 thousand 41 units in the same period.
In the January-March period of 2022, commercial vehicle production increased by 2 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. This rate was 28 percent in heavy commercial vehicles, and there was a 0.3 percent decrease in light commercial vehicle production.
In the first quarter of this year, the heavy commercial vehicle market decreased by 1 percent, the truck market by 2 percent, and the bus market by 14 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. The midibus market, on the other hand, increased by 52 percent.
The total market was 160 thousand units
The Turkish automotive market contracted by 23 percent in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year, and the market amounted to 160 thousand 16 units. In this period, the automobile market decreased by 25 percent and reached the level of 116 thousand 834 units.
Considering the averages of the last 10 years, the total market increased by 4 percent, the automobile market by 4 percent and the heavy commercial vehicle market by 9 percent in the January-March period, while the light commercial vehicle market was at a parallel level.
Considering the domestic vehicle shares in the domestic market; In the January-March period of 2022, the share of domestic vehicles in the automobile market was 36 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, while the share of domestic vehicles in the light commercial vehicle market was 60 percent. The total market in March alone, on the other hand, decreased by 32 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and amounted to 68 thousand 245.
Exports of 7.6 billion dollars in the first quarter
In the January-March period of 2022, compared to the same period of the previous year, total automotive exports decreased by 3 percent in dollar terms, and increased by 4 percent in euro terms compared to the same period of the previous year.
In this period, total automotive exports amounted to 7.6 billion dollars, while automobile exports decreased by 21 percent to 2.1 billion dollars. In Euro terms, automobile exports decreased by 16 percent and amounted to 1.9 billion Euros.
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