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August 17, 2007 02:00 AM

RMA: Overall tire shipments will fall in 2007

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    WASHINGTON (Aug. 17) — The Rubber Manufacturers Association further downgraded its forecast for tire shipments this year — calling for a decrease in overall shipments instead of minor increases — reflecting changes in U.S. economic growth in the consumer and commercial sectors.

    The RMA said shipments will fall by about 1 million units to about 306 million total shipments for the full year. Replacement tire markets should increase about 2 percent as original equipment markets should fall about 8 percent.

    In March, the RMA had expected a slight improvement of about 0.3 percent in overall shipments, including a 1.4-percent gain for replacement tires and a 3.8-percent decline in OE.

    Even farther back in January, the RMA had called for an increase in overall shipments of about 4 million units.

    In its latest forecast, the RMA detailed the following for certain segments:

    • Original equipment passenger tires — A decrease of about 4.5 percent to 46 million units from 48.2 million units in 2006 on decreases in domestic light vehicle sales and production;
    • Original equipment light truck tires — A decrease of about 12 percent, or 600,000 units, as more light truck vehicles are outfitted with P-metric passenger tires;
    • Original equipment medium/wide-base/ heavy commercial truck tires — A 29-percent decrease to about 4.8 million units as the market experiences a sharper drop than expected because of changes in Environmental Protection Agency regulations;
    • Replacement passenger tires — An increase of about 2 percent to about 200 million units, or 4 million units ahead of 2006 on gains in P-metric markets for light trucks and high- and ultra-high-performance tires;
    • Replacement light truck tires — An increase of about 500,000 units to 34 million as more commercial vehicles use light truck tires; and
    • Replacement medium/wide-base/heavy commercial tires — A decrease of 500,000 units to 16.4 million on a weaker economic forecast for the rest of the year.
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