2015News

182,889 new vehicles in 2014

The Tax Agency (DGII) says that as of 31 December 2014, 3,398,662 vehicles were authorized to circulate in the Dominican Republic. This includes 182,889 new vehicles. Of the total, 53.1% are motorcycles and 21.8% automobiles.

Most of the registered vehicles circulate in the National District or 27.3%, followed by adjacent province of Santo Domingo including Boca Chica, Santo Domingo East, Santo Domingo North, Santo Domingo West, Los Alcarrizos, Pedro Brand and San Antonio de Guerra with 16.1%. Next is the province of Santiago where 8.5% of the vehicles circulate.

The 2014 Vehicles Bulletin, a report published by the DGII states that there was an increase of 124,349 motorcycles in 2014, or 7.4% compared to 2013. In 2014, 24,496 new automobiles entered the system, or 3.4%. The number of SUVs increased by 6.6%, or 20,618 new units.

96.4% of the vehicles are from 2009 or earlier. The stats show that 0.4% of the vehicles are from 2015, 41.8% are from 2001-2013 and 56% are 2000 or older.

66.1% of the vehicles are registered to persons (77.8% are men), and 33.9% to companies.

Japanese brands make up 74.2% of all automobiles in circulation and 66.8% of the SUVs.

Grey is the preferred vehicle color in the Dominican Republic (18.5%), followed by white (18.1%) and blue (16.3%)

http://dgii.gov.do/informacionTributaria/estadisticas/parqueVehicular/Documents/ParqueVehicular2014.pdf

http://www.diariolibre.com/economia/2015/03/04/i1039811_motocicletas-representan-parque-vehicular-repblica-dominicana.html