ETRMA: Members’ tyre sales in Europe – a positive move in Q1 2021

On 19 April 2021, the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) published its members’ replacement sales for the first quarter 2021. According to the association, its members are assisting to a positive recovery, after the deep negative year 2020, strongly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic with several lockdowns all around Europe.

ETRMA said all the segments have registered a positive evolution compared to Q1 2020 and this is an encouraging factor. In Q1 2021 the truck segment is driving the growth with 18 % increase, followed by the moto and scooter segment (17 %), and the consumer tyres market (12 %). The car all-seasons tyres reached a 39 % increase, followed by a 17 % in the car winter tyres, where the summer tyres only recorded a 6 % increase. The timid increase in the car summer tyres is still linked to the Covid-19 effects, with many drivers who have not yet changed their tyres for the summer seasons, also due to the stringent travelling conditions still existing in many European countries, the association said.

“It is encouraging to see that in all the segments the market is recovering, and after the very difficult 2020 this is finally a good sign for our industry and for the society that is starting little by little to move again,” said Fazilet Cinaralp, Secretary General of ETRMA, and added: “I really hope that in the months to come, with the vaccination plan advancing all over Europe, travelling restrictions will be lifted allowing people to travel again.”

The ETRMA represents nearly 4,400 companies in the EU, directly employing about 370,000 people. The global sales of ETRMA’s corporate members represent 70 % of total global sales.

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ETRMA members’ tyre replacement sales in Europe in Q1 2020 vs. Q1 2021

In 1,000 units*	Q1 2020 YTD	Q1 2021 YTD	Variation %
Replacement consumer1 tyres	48,095	53,722	12 %
– Of which car summer tyres	31,996	33,972	6 %
– Of which car all seasons tyres	4,932	6,839	39 %
– Of which car winter tyres	2,134	2,497	17 %
Replacement truck tyres	2,833	3,336	18 %
Replacement agricultural tyres	312	339	9 %
Replacement moto and scooter tyres	2,768	3,233	17 %
* Discrepancies with data previously published is due to periodic data corrections
1Passenger car, SUVs and light commercial vehicles
(Source: europool ETRMA)