Registration of Farm Tractors in Poland in 2015

The paper presents registration of farm tractors in Poland in 2015 on the basis of the number of registered vehicles in the Central Register of Vehicles and Drivers (CEPiK). Data provided by the Polish Chamber of Commerce for Agricultural Machines and Facilities (PIGMiUR) were the source material for the analysis. The scope of the analysis covered seasonality of registration on a monthly basis, demand for specified brands (producers), origin (national, foreign) and structure of power outputs of tractors registered in Poland. In 2015, as compared to the former year, there was a drop in registration of both new and used tractors. The largest number of registered tractors had the power of 36-54 kW. The share of new tractors in the number of registrations in total amounted to approx. 45% in 2015. In the group of new tractors, the brands New Holland, Zetor and John Deere were the most numerous. The share of Polish brands in the registration of tractors in total in 2015 amounted to less than 4%