ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s car registrations dropped in October, with each motor automobiles and SUV/crossovers slowing down, whereas business autos continued to choose up tempo, an evaluation of car registry knowledge by J B Securities, Colombo-based brokerage, reveals.
Complete registrations together with motor cycles, dropped to 47,685 in October 2025, from 48,708 in September.
Motor automobile registrations fell from a peak of three,934 in September to three,612 whereas SUV/crossovers fell to five,075 from 5,813.
Sri Lanka had seen registrations of motor automobiles and SUVs of round 5,000 to 7,000 a month, earlier than an financial disaster triggered by aggressive price cuts backed by inflationary open market operations and import controls, which decreased taxes on prime of an oblique tax lower.
In September, automobile and SUVs reached 9,756 unit from 6,137 a month earlier.
In October, the entire dropped to eight,687 with a broad slowdown throughout model new and used-unregistered autos.
BYD numbers additionally dropped sharply with Sri Lanka Customs detaining autos over a dispute over motors.
BYD registrations dropped to 531 items in October from 1,531 items in September.
Nonetheless an entry stage small automobile from BAW has decide as much as be a prime vendor within the section with its E-7 seeing 263 registrations.
Van registrations rose to 716 items in October, up from 551, mini-trucks rose to 200 from 14, lite vehicles dropped to 104 from 112, however was above the August variety of 66.
Medium truck registrations went as much as 209 from 148, heavy vehicles rose to 227 from 221, buses slowed to 107, from 120 however was above the August variety of 66.
Giant tractors soared to 1,031 from 701, with TAFE main the cost whereas hand tractor registrations rose to 128 from 85.
Vikyno, a Vietnamese model, led the subcategory with 52 items, JB Securities mentioned.
Three wheelers fell again to 2,541 unit from 3,015, however remained above the August variety of 2,497.
Earlier than the disaster from aggressive macro-economic coverage about 10,000 three-wheeler had been registered.
Motorcycle registrations had been 32,768, up from 32,626 which is across the pre-crisis ranges. (Colombo/Nov16/2025)
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