Italian market up in 2019

According to the last Unacea survey on the Italian market, in 2019, 16,927 construction equipment has been sold on the Italian market, up 16% compared to 2018. In more detail, figures consist of 16,311 earth-moving machines (+15%), and 616 road equipment (+23%).

Looking at the foreign trade, Italian export of construction equipment between January and October 2019 reached €2.5 billion, stable compared to last year (+1%). According to the last SaMoTer Outlook carried by Prometeia, it grew the export of concrete equipment (+13.8) and of crushing and screening machines (+7.8%). Stable the trend of export for drilling equipment (&2B1.1%) and earth-movinng machines (-0.7%). Drop in the export of tower cranes (-10%) and road machines (-15%) while imports saw a double-digit growth (+13%), reaching €0.92 billion. Trade balance surplus amount to €1,5 billion, even if loss 4.9% compared to 2018.

 

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT (units sold)
January - December 2019
Category	2018	2019	variazione %
Dozer	38	47	24%
Crawler excavators	2.356	2.867	22%
Wheel excavators	283	320	13%
Wheel loaders	1.280	1.385	8%
AWS backhoe loaders	88	110	25%
Rigid backhoe loaders	135	77	-43%
Miniexcavators	8.335	9.693	16%
Skid steer loaders	905	970	7%
Compact track loaders	647	752	16%
Articulated dumpers	77	90	17%
Telescopic handlers	123	169	37%
Tot. EARTH MOVING MACHINES	14.144	16.311	15%
Compactors	348	441	27%
Finishers	153	175	14%
Tot. ROAD MACHINES	501	616	23%
Tot. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT	14.645	16.927	16%

 

Source: Unacea - Italian Construction Equipment Association

Created in 2010, at present with about fifty members, Unacea is the Italian trade association of construction equipment, open to the contribution of all companies, institutions, and organizations involved in the construction equipment industry. Unacea membership includes earth-moving machines, attachments, concrete equipment, tower cranes and drilling machineries.