‘08 Tractor Sales Up Across Western Europe

Despite the global downturn, the sales of new tractors in West European this year haven’t slipped too far, Farmers Guardian (UK) reports. However, tractor sales are unlikely to match 2008, which will be remembered as the best of the past decade.

Figures compiled by a German dealer magazine, reveal that France was the biggest new tractor market in Western Europe last year. In Britain, sales rose by 16% to almost 34,000 units. Similarly, the German market increased by almost 10%, while in Italy the market was up by 1.5%. Spain came through with the only negative, as new tractor sales fell by 8%.

Overall, in 2008 these four major tractor markets purchased around 108,000 new tractors, up 5.5% from 2007. To view the full article, go to: FarmersGuardian.com and search for “Euro tractors: Best sellers” under the articles tab.