About 11.5 million bicycles were produced by the 27 EU member states last year. To be precise; 11,636,000 (see Table 2). That’s down 2.6% compared to a year earlier, when 11,946,000 units rolled off the assembly lines. Contrary to bike imports the production closely followed the sale of bicycles in 2010.
For all EU-2010 bicycle statistics, click in list:
EU-27 Bicycle Production (x 1,000 units)*
|
2008
|
2009
|
20010
|
|
Austria
|
167
|
195
|
210
|
|
Belgium
|
150
|
150
|
150
|
|
Germany
|
2,370
|
2,250
|
2,220
|
|
Italy
|
2,380
|
2,590
|
2,489
|
|
Netherlands
|
1,129
|
1,200
|
1,200
|
|
UK
|
28
|
0
|
25
|
|
France
|
1,110
|
900
|
845
|
|
Spain
|
300
|
220
|
398
|
|
Portugal
|
1,100
|
850
|
700
|
|
Denmark
|
106
|
83
|
40
|
|
Finland
|
20
|
15
|
15
|
|
Sweden
|
120
|
110
|
120
|
|
Greece
|
150
|
120
|
100
|
|
Ireland
|
10
|
10
|
8
|
|
Luxembourg
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Malta
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Estonia
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Latvia
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Lithuania
|
400
|
264
|
330
|
|
Poland
|
1,057
|
733
|
760
|
|
Czech Rep.
|
400
|
320
|
435
|
|
Slovakia
|
600
|
500
|
350
|
|
Hungary
|
500
|
450
|
430
|
|
Slovenia
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
|
Cyprus
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Romania
|
500
|
400
|
380
|
|
Bulgaria
|
562
|
450
|
428
|
|
Total
|
12,804
|
11,833
|
11,636
|
*Table 2
**Spain: production figures according to AMBE association
Sources: Bike Europe Market Reports, COLIBI.
by
Bike Europe
23 Sep 2011
last update:11 Jul 2012