1,976 new tractors were licensed for the first time up to the end of October 2024, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
This marks an 8% drop (179 tractors) on the 2,155 tractors registered in the corresponding 10-month period last year.
The latest data published today (Monday, November 11) shows that 112 new tractors were licensed for the first time in October, which is down 10 units or 8% on the same month in 2023 (122).
The decline is less pronounced when it comes to used (imported) tractors.
2,173 units were registered for the first time between January and October 2024, down 1% or 22 units on the 2,195 in the same period last year.
The CSO noted an 18% increase in used (imported) tractors licensed for the first time last month to 209 (October 2023: 177).
Meanwhile, the CSO data shows that the total number of new private cars licensed in the first 10 months of 2024 fell slightly in comparison with the same period in 2023 (113,615 compared to 114,069).
The number of used (imported) cars licensed increased by 27% to 53,008 over the same period.
In the first 10 months of 2024, 14% (16,211) of all new cars licensed for the first time were electric compared with 19% (21,667) in the same period in 2023.
The number of new petrol and electric hybrid cars licensed in the first 10 months of 2024 rose by 32% when compared with the same period in 2023 to 23,408.
This has driven up the share of electric hybrids (excluding plug-in hybrid electric cars) among new private cars from 17% to 22%.
The combined share of petrol and diesel cars among new private cars licensed to October 2024 fell to 54%, slightly down on the 55% recorded in the same period in 2023.
Data also shows that Toyota (550) was the most popular make of new private car licensed in October 2024, followed by Volkswagen (521), Skoda (360), Kia (287), and Hyundai (269).
Together, these five makes represented exactly half (50%) of all new private cars licensed in October 2024.
The most popular brand of new electric car licensed in October 2024 was Volkswagen ID.4 (57), followed by Nissan Leaf (53), and Tesla Model Y (49).