Exporters, importers, and companies specialised in localdistribution will drive the growth of lorry sales in 2011, as well,by around 10-15%, Mercedes-Benz officials say, to over 2,200units.
Sales of over 18-tonne lorries saw an over 33% increase in thefirst nine months of this year, according to the statistics of theAutomotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, to nearly 1,200units.
This is the first segment of the Romanian auto market to have seena return to growth this year, while the overall market has fallenby nearly 24%, being driven by companies with import-export and indistribution operations, according to Mercedes-Benz Romaniaofficials.
"We expect the market to amount to 2,000 lorries by the end of theyear. For next year we expect an around 10-15% rise in lorry sales.The segments to see the biggest increases will be internationaltransport and distribution, with Atego," said Stelian Câmpean,marketing manager of the lorry division within Mercedes-BenzRomania.
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