JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – National motorcycles sales dropped by 30.28% to 490,824 units in August, compared to 704,019 units in July 2013. Honda led the national sales, followed by Yamaha and Suzuki.
Compared to August 2012, national motorcycles sales grew by 13.9% following subsidized fuel hike in June 2013. The government had in June 22, 2013 increased fuel price by 22% for diesel fuel and 44% for gasoline.
The Indonesian Motorcycle Industry Association (AISI) predicts motorcycles sales to decline 9.86% to 6.4 million to 6.6 million this year, compared to 7.1 million last year, mainly due to fuel price hike.