Consumer tyre volumes dip in H1 2025 – ETRMA
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has published its members’ replacement tyre sales figures for the second quarter, and the first half of 2025.
Adam McCarthy, ETRMA secretary general, said: “The second-quarter developments confirm the challenging economic and geopolitical environment, which continues to undermine market confidence and investments. Only the Motorcycle & Scooter segment benefited from a decline in non-pool volumes.
“The trends in the second quarter are reflected in the results of the first half. In the Consumer segment, a four per cent decline in the second quarter resulted in slightly negative volumes in the first half. For both the Truck and Agricultural tyre segments, the second quarter essentially tracked the trend in the first three months.
“As a result, except in Moto & Scooter, volumes are below those achieved in the first half of 2019 (before the Covid crisis): Consumer -2.8 per cent, Truck -14.3 per cent and Agricultural tyres -47 per cent.”
PCLT tyre imports up 15 per cent in first five months of 2025
Imports of passenger car and light truck (PCLT) tyres into Europe (EU27 plus UK) continue to increase: in the first five months of 2025, volumes are up 15 per cent compared with the same period in 2024.
China and Thailand have both seen strong growth, with a 17 per cent year on year increase in units in the period. Vietnam has rapidly moved up the ranking of leading importers, now in fifth place ahead of India and Indonesia.
Whilst volumes are still relatively low, at 1.4 million units in the five months, this represents a more than 6-fold increase from just 0.2 million tyres in the same period of 2024 and already double the 0.7 million in the whole of 2024.
Truck & Bus tyre imports from Vietnam continue to advance in 2025
Truck and bus tyre imports (EU27+UK) from outside Europe rose by almost 15 per cent in the first five months of 2025. Imports from Thailand increased in line with the total and they remained the leading source.
Truck and bus tyres from Vietnam grew at more than twice that pace, and the country accounted for more than a quarter of imports, up from around one fifth in the same period of 2024. China fell into third place amongst importers, down from second in the first five months of 2024. Korea increased its share slightly, but it remains significantly below that achieved in 2019.
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