Plus 20 percent
Daimler Truck increases Group sales in 2021
Daimler Truck was able to significantly increase its Group sales in the past financial year. At 455,000 units, around 20% more trucks and buses were sold worldwide in 2021 than in the same period of the previous year.
The company benefited from a recovery in its most important markets, particularly in the first half of 2021. While demand in the core markets remained strong in the second half of the year, supply bottlenecks slowed production and thus limited volume growth, particularly in heavy commercial vehicles in the USA and Europe.
Daimler Truck, which recently became independent, reports its sales figures for the industrial business in the Mercedes-Benz, Trucks North America (Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses), Trucks Asia (FUSO, BharatBenz) and Buses (Mercedes-Benz Buses & Setra) segments as presented at the Capital Market Day (November 11, 2021). All segments achieved the defined volume targets, despite the deteriorating semiconductor situation towards the end of the year.
|
Sales in thousands. |
FY 2020 |
FY 2021 |
Change in |
|
Mercedes-Benz |
118 |
141 |
+ 20% |
|
Trucks North America |
139 |
162 |
+ 17% |
|
Trucks Asia |
110 |
143 |
+ 30% |
|
Buses |
19 |
19 |
+ 0% |
|
Elimination* |
-8 |
-10 |
|
|
Group |
378 |
455 |
+ 20% |
*Adjustment at Group sales level due to internal transactions between the segments.
At its annual earnings conference on March 24, Daimler Truck will present the financial and non-financial key figures at Group and segment level in detail and present its forecast for the current financial year 2022.
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