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Passenger vehicle dispatches slide 13% in December on chip shortage: SIAM

by VS Desk
January 16, 2022
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Passenger vehicle wholesales in the country declined 13 per cent to the lowest level in five years in December last year as the industry continued to face production issues due to semiconductor shortage, auto industry body SIAM said on Friday. Passenger vehicle dispatches last month stood at 219,421 units compared to 252,998 units in December 2020.

While acknowledging that the chip shortage situation is not expected to dramatically change in the short term, the industry body expressed hope that things will improve soon.

As per the latest data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), two-wheeler wholesales also fell 11 per cent to 10,06,062 units in December 2021. In the year-ago period, the same stood at 11,27,917 units. Motorcycle sales declined 2 per cent to 726,587 units in December last year compared to 744,237 units in the same period a year ago.

Scooter sales were also down 24 per cent to 246,080 units in December 2021. During the same time last year, it was at 3,23,757 units.

In the December quarter of the current fiscal, passenger vehicle sales dropped 15 per cent to 761,124 units from 897,908 units in the year-ago period. During the same time, two-wheeler sales fell 25 per cent to 35,98,299 units compared to 47,82,110 units in the same period a year earlier.

However, commercial vehicle sales saw a marginal increase to 194,712 units in the quarter under review as against 1,93,034 units in December quarter of 2020. During the 2021 December quarter, vehicle sales across categories declined 22 per cent on a year-on-year basis to 46,36,549 units. The same was at 59,46,283 units in the year-ago period.

“The sales numbers in the October-December quarter were not as per expectations for most of the industry players. In fact, the festival season sales were very weak as compared to the past. Soon after the second wave (of COVID) there was an increase in demand. But industry faced challenges in fulfilling this demand due to supply side issues, mainly shortage of semiconductors,” SIAM President Kenichi Ayukawa told reporters in a virtual press conference.

Besides, the entry level car segment suffered a dip as prices went up significantly due to an increase in input costs and upcoming strict regulations related to safety and emissions, he noted.

“If we look at the third quarter figures, passenger vehicle sales are the lowest in the last five years while two wheeler sales are the lowest in the last nine years. Similarly, commercial vehicle sales are the lowest in the last five years. Three-wheeler segment is the worst impacted, with sales lowest in the last 13 years,” Ayukawa said.

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