Among the region’s four largest markets, Germany saw the sharpest decline in total commercial vehicle sales (-12.4%), followed by France and Italy with more restrained losses (-5.3% and -3.9% respectively). Spain posted a slight increase (+1.2%).

From January to October 2022, EU light commercial vehicle registrations were down by 20.6%, to 1 million units. Aside from the Czech Republic (+1.6%) and Slovakia (+0.1%), all the EU markets contributed to the overall decline, including the four largest ones, which all faced double-digit losses: Spain (-25.5%), France (-21.1%), Germany (-18.7%) and Italy (-11.9%).