Egypt’s vehicle market in September 2023 falls for the 22nd month in a row, with new registrations at 3,549 (-77.1%). YTD figures at 42,626 are down 72.2% from the previous year.
Market Trend and Outlook
The Egyptian vehicle market in September 2023 falls for the 22nd month in a row, with new registrations reaching 3,549 (-77.1%). YTD figures at 42,626 are down 72.2% from the previous year.
Looking at cumulative data up to September 2023 brand-wise, Nissan rises 1 spot into first position with 7,149 sales (-63.4%), followed by Chery at 6,201 (-71.7%) and Chevrolet with 5,192 (-67.2%).
Further down the rankings Renault reports the best performance in the top 10, falling merely 7.5% with 3,221 cumulative new registrations.
Looking at specific models the Nissan Sunny is the best seller despite losing 61.5% in year-on-year volume, followed by the Chevrolet TFR down 75.6% in sales but down 1 spot in the rankings.
Medium-Term Market Trend
Egyptian vehicle sales moved up and down in the past decade. From 2011 to 2013, despite the yearly changes in trend, overall sales fell from 244,328 in 2010 to 207,405 in 2013, with 2011 reporting a 26.7% loss and 2012 a 19.7% growth. In 2014 the market increased by 34.9% up to the current all-time high of 279,779 sales, while in 2015 started a 3 year loss that moved sales to 129,254 by the ed of 2017. In 2018 the market rebounded 41.5% to fall back down in the following year, ending 2019 at 163,383.
Unlike in most countries of the world, the arrival of the pandemic in 2020 caused the Egyptian market to increase by 34.5% reaching 219,687.
The momentum continued into the following year with 2021 closing at 266,348. 2022 interrupted this growth in the Egyptian vehicles market with sales down 32.6% from the prior year at 186,819. A combination of factors are behind the current industry struggle: mainly the disruption in the global supply chain caused by a lack of raw materials, in particular for the production of microchips.
