1、 January 2023 Economic and Market Report State of the EU auto industry Full-year 2022 www.acea.auto 1 CONTENTS Passenger cars.2 Registrations.2 World.2 The European Union.4 Production.6 World.6 The European Union.9 COPYRIGHT NOTICE Reproduction of(parts of)this information or related documents is no
2、t permitted without the prior written consent of ACEA.Wherever reproduction is permitted,ACEA shall be referred to as the source of the information.www.acea.auto 2 PASSENGER CARS REGISTRATIONS World Full-year global new car registrations reached 2021 volumes at 66.2 million units,aided by the easing
3、 of semiconductor supplies,combined with a sales recovery in the last quarter of 2022.However,global vehicle demand is still trending well below pre-pandemic levels,and a comparison with 2019 volumes(74.9 million units)highlights how far registrations have dropped.Passenger car registrations in the
4、European region declined by 10.4%during 2022 to 12.8 million units.The main factor impacting the regions performance was again the shortage of semiconductors.In addition,the war in Ukraine continued to hold the Eastern European market back,with major declines in the countries directly involved in th
5、e conflict:Ukraine(-64.7%)and Russia(-62.7%).Despite a slight rebound in the final quarter of 2022,full-year sale volumes in North America were down 8.7%compared to 2021,at 12.7 million units.The same trend was observed in the US,where passenger car sales contracted by 9.2%during 2022,affected by su
6、pply chain and logistics issues.Demand for cars in South America during the last year was up by a modest 1.8%,with nearly 2.8 million units sold.Brazil the regions largest market managed to close flat year-on-year,thanks to a recovery in the last quarter.Japans passenger car sales were down by 5.1%c