Tractors was the only category to register YoY growth in August 2020. Tractors registration continued its positive momentum showing a growth of 27.8% in Aug’20 v/s Aug’19.
Rural market continued to show strong growth due to a good monsoon. Tractor sales was positively impacted with the monsoon progress and spread. Riding high on back of good monsoons, favorable Kharif season and increased disposal income in the rural areas majority OEMs registered high double-digit growth in August 2020 sales.
OEM wise Tractor Sales Performance for August 2020 –
Source: FADA research
Mahindra + Swaraj commanded a Market Share of 39.85% in August 2020 and its market share increased by 0.6% when compared to August 2019.
Sonalika outsold TAFE in Aug’20 and recorded a Market Share of 12.7% in August 2020. Sonalika has been extremely consistent in the past few months and the sales growth is a testimony of it.
TAFE registered sales growth too and grew 18.39% in Aug 2020 v/s Aug 2019. It saw its market share decline by 0.91% and slid to the fourth spot.
Escorts recorded a YoY growth of 24.96% and its market share fell by -0.23%.
Statewise Tractor Sales / Registrations in August 2020 –
Source: FADA research
Maharashtra performance was exemplary in August 2020. Maharashtra YoY growth was a record 169.6%.
Bihar was the only eastern state in top 5! Bihar’s tractor sales improved a mammoth 44.7% in Aug’20 v/s Aug’19. The return of migrant workers in Bihar has given an stimulus to the sale of tractors in the state, with the state recording one of the highest increase in percentage terms in August 2020. As per experts opinion, the migrants are looking at agriculture as an alternate employment opportunity to compensate for loss of jobs during Covid-19.
Gujarat was the No.1 State in terms of Tractor Sales and it registered a YoY growth of 4% as well.
UP came in second and around 12,571 tractors were registered in August 2020.
Rajasthan ranked fourth and was 1,024 units short of Maharashtra.
It is also surprising to see that only 5 tractors were registered in Kerala in August 2020!
Disclaimer: 1- The above numbers do not have figures from AP, AN, MP, LD & TS as all these States/UT’s are not yet on Vahan 4. 2- Vehicle Registration Data has been collated as on 07.09.20 and in collaboration with Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India and has been gathered from 1,242 out of 1,450 RTOs.