tractorsales
Monday August 7th, 2017
The good performance in the domestic currency in June and early part of July, coupled with expected large domestic grain […]
Monday September 11th, 2017
The sustained good performance in the domestic currency over the past few months, coupled with a large domestic grain and […]
Tuesday November 7th, 2017
After declining by 5% m/m in September 2017, the South African tractor sales increased by 28% m/m in October 2017, […]
Thursday February 8th, 2018
After the solid performance of 19% y/y increase in December 2017, the South African tractor sales were again up by […]
Thursday April 12th, 2018
The South African tractor sales were up by 41% y/y in March 2018, with 726 units sold. This follows a 12% y/y contraction in February. On average, 23 tractors were sold a day last month compared to 21 tractors in February 2018 and 16 tractors a day in March 2017. Given that this is a fairly quiet period in the fields (in both summer and winter crop growing areas), the private sales were expected to have followed a normal trend, but the overall boost could be linked to government tenders ahead of the end of the financial year. The combine harvester sales were also solid, recorded a 9% y/y uptick, with 25 units sold.