The demand for new cars in Europe decreased in June again after remaining unchanged in May and a decrease, after three months, was also recorded in Croatia, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said on Wednesday.

“In June 2019, new car registrations in the European Union fell by 7.8% to 1,446,183 units.To a large extent, this drop can be attributed to a negative calendar effect,” ACEA said.

The decline was recorded in all major markets, the largest in France (-8.4%) and Spain (-8.3%). In “new” European countries, the decrease in June was 3% after high growth rates in the previous months.

In Croatia, 8,232 new cars were registered in June, down 4% on the year.

During the first half of 2019, 8.2 million new cars were registered in the EU27, down 3.1% on the year. Among the leading markets, only Germany recorded a higher demand, albeit by only 0.5%, while Spain recorded the largest drop (-5.7%).

In the “old” Europe, the number of new car registrations during the first half of 2019 was down 3.6% on the year. The countries of the “new Europe” recorded a 1.4% increase.

In Croatia, there were 38,216 new car registrations in the first half of the year, almost the same as at the same time in 2018.