ETRMA publishes positive 2015 results

The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has published its members’ sales for the year 2015

Consumer tyres

Despite some fluctuations consumer tyres showed positive year-end results.

OE consumer tyres sales followed the good performance of new car sales (+9.3%). For the truck tyre segment, the total 2015 sales were positive for the third year in a row and were particularly good for the OE market, following the performance of new commercial vehicle sales (+12%).

Sales of motorcycle and scooter tyres also showed a good, albeit fluctuating performance, which resulted – at year-end – in a growth of 2% .

Agricultural tyres sales continued to experience, on the contrary, a consistently negative trend. “ETRMA’s agricultural tyre sales have been suffering in recent years from an acute pressure from imports, especially from India and China – said Ms Cinaralp, Secretary General of ETRMA – whilst full trade data for 2015 is not yet available, 2014 imports show that ETRMA’s members sale constitute about one fifth of the entire EU market”.