Farm tire market share From radial to bias, OE to replacement

摘要

Farm tire shipments in 2012 were down. And up. Nobody bought tires during the drought, but who expected the drought? So dealer inventories were high, at least for part of the year. Overall replacement sales, both rear and small farm tires, totaled 2 million units, down 6.6% from 2011. In contrast, original equipment tire sales were up 3.2% (despite a 5% drop in bias rear OE shipments). Here are Modern Tire Dealer's market share estimates for 2012 (the Mitas and Continental brands are combined in "Others" where applicable).