The number of cars,17 in Portugal still increased by 9.1% in 20201 compared to 2020, but still reaching a drop of 16.19%, registering a pandemic at the level of 201, compared to ACAP-feira.

According to the statement released by Associação Automóvel de Portugal – ACAP, car production totaled 23,891 vehicles in December, representing an increase of 78.7% compared to the same month of 2020.

In accumulated terms, in 2021, “289,954 vehicles left the factories installed in Portugal”, equivalent to a growth of 9.7% compared to the previous year. However, there was an increase of 16.1% to the 45,688 listed units in 2019.

Even so, the association that “car production in 2021, translates, was 1.6 that stands out in the domestic market in the same year, which stands out in Portugal for superior protection for its exports and a very positive impact on the internal balance in the country”. same year, which stands out in commercial Portugal of our country”.

According to ACAP, data for 2021 confirm “the importance that exports represent for the automotive sector”, since 97.4% of vehicles manufactured in Portugal are exported to the foreign market.

Europe “continues to be the leading export market for vehicles manufactured in Portugal (88.6%), with “Germany (18.2%), France (14.8%), Spain (12.8%) and Italy (11.6%) at the top of the ranking”, he says.

With regard to the assembly of motor vehicles in Portugal, last year, eight heavy vehicles were assembled, which represents a decrease of 75% compared to the same month of 20200. In the year as a whole, there was a drop of 69, 8%, representing 186 vehicles assembled in 2021, all of them light passenger vehicles.

ACAP data also indicate that 32.8% of the vehicles assembled in Portugal were exported, representing 61 units, with Germany as the only destination.