March 24 (SeeNews) - Registrations of all types of new commercial vehicles in Bulgaria slipped 9.8% year-on-year to 581 units in February, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, ACEA, said on Thursday.
Registrations of new light commercial vehicles of up to 3.5 tonnes marked the biggest decline, by 13.5% on the year to 372 last month, ACEA said in a statement, citing provisional data.
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Registrations of new medium and heavy commercial vehicles of over 3.5 tonnes were also on the decline, dropping 12.3% to 186 in the review period.
The only segment to expand was the medium and heavy buses and coaches, where new vehicle registrations numbered 23 in February compared to 2 in the same month of 2021.
In the EU, new commercial vehicle registrations went down by 15.7% to 131,874, while in the EU12, which comprises member states that have joined the EU since 2004, registrations declined by 9.4% to 12,541 in February.