Total deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in August amounted to 7,109 vehicles. This was a decrease of 52% compared with the year-earlier period. In addition to continued low demand, deliveries for August were also affected by a prolonged vacation period.
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Total deliveries by market for the Volvo Group’s truck operations (Volvo Trucks, Mack, Renault Trucks, Nissan Diesel and Eicher).
|
Delivered Units |
August |
Change |
Year-to-date |
Change |
||
|
Volvo Group |
2009 |
2008 |
|
2009 |
2008 |
|
|
Europe |
1 411 |
5 000 |
-72% |
31 692 |
86 817 |
-63% |
|
Western Europe |
1 153 |
3 418 |
-66% |
28 756 |
67 061 |
-57% |
|
Eastern Europe |
258 |
1 582 |
-84% |
2 936 |
19 756 |
-85% |
|
North America |
1 267 |
1 901 |
-33% |
10 133 |
19 884 |
-49% |
|
South America |
989 |
1 517 |
-35% |
7 080 |
11 671 |
-39% |
|
Asia |
2 637 |
4 617 |
-43% |
19 915 |
38 038 |
-48% |
|
Middle East |
204 |
1 157 |
-82% |
3 742 |
10 685 |
-65% |
|
Other Asia |
2 433 |
3 460 |
-30% |
16 173 |
27 353 |
-41% |
|
Other markets |
805 |
1 676 |
-52% |
9 083 |
13 189 |
-31% |
|
Total Volvo Group |
7 109 |
14 711 |
-52% |
77 904 |
169 599 |
-54% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light duty (< 7t) |
1 290 |
2 115 |
-39% |
14 267 |
29 576 |
-52% |
|
Medium duty (7-16t) |
1 437 |
2 405 |
-40% |
12 627 |
20 910 |
-40% |
|
Heavy duty (>16t) |
4 383 |
10 190 |
-57% |
51 011 |
119 113 |
-57% |
|
Total Volvo Group |
7 109 |
14 711 |
-52% |
77 904 |
169 599 |
-54% |
(1) VE Commercial Vehicles Limited was consolidated (50%) into the Volvo Group 1 August 2008.
via Truck deliveries in August 2009 – Press releases : Volvo Group – Global.
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