ASEAN Motorcycles Industry – Facts & Data 2022
ASEAN Motorcycles Industry is 25% of the World. Starting from the second part of 2021 the industry is now recovering and reporting a third quarter sales increase of a huge 28.7% in the first nine months 2022 the regional 2-wheeler market hit the 8.8 million, up 6.4%.
Actually we have data on new motorcycles and scooter/moped sales for the following countries: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore and Cambodia. The numbers reported in this article aggregate these markets and do not include Myanmar, Laos and Brunei.
ASEAN Motorcycles Industry Trend
Within the 2022 Global disruptions created by Russian war to Ukraine, Energy crisis, Inflation hick, weak consumer’s demand in China, raw material shortage and others, the center of the global economy continues to gravitate east, accelerated by unprecedented GDP growth and the rise of foreign direct investment (FDI) throughout the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. In particular, the growth of FDI has been a key driver of success for the emerging economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which are the focus of this special report.
Originally founded as a political bloc of five countries in Southeast Asia, ASEAN has evolved into a 10-member economic powerhouse. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is now home to some of the world’s fastest growing markets, where hundreds of millions of people have joined the ranks of the middle class. ASEAN’s rapidly rising middle class is driving domestic consumption and fueling the demand for more discretionary and aspirational products and services – with a focus on quality, convenience and choice.
A typical product on-demand in the region is the 2-wheeler, used as primary individual mobility device chosen for the economicity, for easy mobility in congested metropolis, low maintenance, low consumption and finally low emissions.
The industry peaked a record in 2019 at over 15 million sales, representing near the 25% of global market, before to be hardly hit by the pandemic effects and decline very sharply in 2020.
Starting from the second part of 2021 the industry is now recovering and reporting a third quarter sales increase of a huge 28.7% in the first nine months 2022 the regional 2-wheeler market hit the 8.8 million, up 6.4%.
Looking at the single market, the largest is Indonesia which is losing 5.1% so far in 2022.
The second is Vietnam with sales up 16.2% after a huge increase reported in Q3.
The third is the Philippines with sales up 9.6% not far from the all-time record level.
Thailand is the fourth with sales trend up 11.3%, while the star of the year is Malaysia projected to hit the new all time record and with YTD September sales up 57.3%.