UK construction machinery sales in the first half of 2021 increase by 73% year on year

According to the latest data from the British Construction Machinery Association (CEA), in the first half of 2021, more than 18,000 units of construction machinery and equipment in the UK were sold, an increase of 73% compared with the same period in 2020, and an increase of 4% and 7 respectively compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019 before the epidemic. %. Among them, the sales of construction and earth-moving machinery in June increased by 75% over the same period in 2020, bringing the total sales of equipment in the second quarter of 2021 to about 10,000 units.

In terms of models, the strongest growth momentum in the UK market in the first half of 2021 is telescopic forklifts, with sales of about 2,400 units; the best-selling is still small excavators (10t and below) with sales of about 10,500 units, but The growth rate is significantly lower than other models. In the first half of the year, the sales volume of crawler excavators was around 3,400 units, a year-on-year increase of 97.2%.

From a regional perspective, equipment sales in Scotland and Northwest England increased the most in the first half of 2021, twice as much as in the first half of 2020. Sales in the West Midlands and Wales in the first half of the year increased by about 30% compared to the same period in 2020. The Irish region is also within the scope of the statistics. In the first half of 2021, equipment sales increased by 56% compared with the same period in 2020.

CEA said, "Like many other industries, the industry is experiencing supply chain shortages and rising prices of some products and raw materials. The rapid growth in sales seems to confirm the current market demand potential." Although many people expect the construction machinery industry will After the market decline caused by the epidemic, there is a rebound, but even with the increase in government infrastructure investment, such strong growth is still somewhat beyond expectations.