NI tractor sales are down 35% to August

Sales of new tractors in Northern Ireland for the first eight months of 2020 were down 35% on the same period in 2019, figures from the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) show.

With 30 new tractors registered in August, the total number of new tractors registered in NI for the first eight months of 2020 is 274 units, down from the 422 units registered in the same period in 2019.

This means the NI market has accounted for 4% of the total UK sales so far in 2020. Total UK tractor registrations for the first eight months of 2020 are running at 6,683 units. This represents a drop of 26.7% on 2019 figures, a drop of nearly 2,500 tractors.

Meanwhile, FTMTA figures show that 114 new tractors were registered in Ireland during August, up from 108 units in August 2019. This brings the total number of new units registered for the eight months to 1,626, which is a drop of 8% on last year.