(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Vehicles registered until the end of December 2013 decreased by over five per cent compared to the same period in 2012, according to a bulletin released by the National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
It stated that the drop is due to the fall in the number of private vehicles registered, and fewer vehicles being purchased by the government in 2013. The total number of vehicles registered in 2013 stood at 131,700 as compared to 139,589 in 2012.
A break-up of the registration type shows that the number of new registrations recorded for private vehicles decreased by 7.2 per cent in 2013, with 97,019 new vehicles registered against the 2012 figure of 104,599. The number of vehicles registered by the government witnessed a drop of 38.6 per cent in 2013, with 2,348 vehicles registered against 3,823 in 2012.
Meanwhile, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, tractors, and driving school vehicles witnessed increased numbers of registrations. Motorcycles topped the list, recording a growth of 33.3 per cent in 2013, with 1,140 new registrations recorded, compared to 855 in 2012. This was followed by the driving school vehicles, which saw 207 new registration in 2013, compared to 177 in 2012, showing an increase of 16.9 per cent. New commercial vehicle registrations also recorded a growth of 7.8 per cent in 2013 with 24,427 new registrations.
However, during 2013, the demand from rental car operators dropped by 13.1 per cent, with 4,700 new vehicles registered against 5,406 in 2012. This trend was mirrored by taxi operators, with new registrations falling by 11.2 per cent with 1,636 new vehicles registered against the 2012 figure of 1,843.
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