According to the Association of Lebanese Car Importers (AIA), the total number of newly registered commercial and passenger cars slightly rose by an annual 2.54% to stand at 39,863 by December 2017.
In details, the number of registered commercial cars increased by 3.65% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach 2,641 by December 2017, and the number of registered passenger vehicles rose by 2.47% y-o-y to reach 37,222 cars by December 2017.
As for sales per importer, Natco, importer of Kia, acquired the largest stake of newly registered cars with 19.12% of the total, followed by RYMCO with 14.16%, Century Motor Co. and BUMC with 12.71% and 11.88%, respectively.
Number of new vehicles registered in Lebanon by December of each year
Source: AIA