New commercial registrations dropped for the second consecutive month in July, down by 160 units year-on-year.
Total registrations of new trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 527 units for the month.
This is down 23.3% compared to the same period last year which saw 687 registrations of new commercials for the month.
A total of 3605 new trucks and buses have hit the road in the year-to-date compared to 3834 for the same period last year.
Isuzu is market leader for the month of July with 108 units registered and a 20.5% market share. The brand was up 24.1% year-on-year compared to the 87 units registered in the same period last year.
Fuso is in second spot for the month, up 20.3% with 71 units registered and a 13.5% market share.
Mercedes-Benz comes in third, down 43.6% with 57 units registered and a 10.8% market share.
Hino follows, down 10% with 54 units registered, Iveco up 7.1% (30), Kenworth down 37.8% (28), DAF down 20.6% (27), Volvo up 4.5% (20), Scania up 5% (21) and UD Trucks down 32.3% (21).
Meanwhile, total used imported truck and bus registrations were up slightly year-on-year with 212 units registered in July compared to 193 units registered in the same period same year.
Toyota lead the used commercial import market for the month with 50 units registered and a 23.6% market share. This was up 25% compared to the 40 units registered in the same period last year.
Hino comes in second, up 75% with 42 units registered and a 19.8% market share.
Isuzu third, down 16% with 42 registered and a 19.8% market share.
Mitsubishi follows, down 5.3% (18 units), Nissan up 6.3% (17), Ford up 20% (6), DAF up 33.3% (4), Mazda down 20% (4) and Fuso down 55.6% (4).
