Increase in heavy truck registrations In 2015 the EU market for heavy trucks grew by 19 %, with the larger markets headed by
Spain (+39 %)
Netherlands (+34 %)
UK (+32 %)
Poland (+32 %)
The year ended with strong growth, +25 % in November and +22 % in December; in December out of the top 6 markets the UK (+97 %) and Poland (+27 %) increased most strongly.
Author: Sonja Terbrüggen 24.02.2016
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