Global Tires

Global Tires

This report forecasts to 2022 global demand for tires by market and major world region in units. Market segments include: light motor vehicles, medium and heavy motor vehicles, motorcycles, and agricultural and other. Major world regions include North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific, and all other regions.

To illustrate historical trends, world, market, and regional demand (including market segments) are provided for 2007, 2012, and 2017. Finally, global production is segmented by major world region and provided for 2007, 2012, 2017, and 2022.

Tire sales include both the OEM and replacement (or aftermarket) segments. Retread tires are excluded from tire production and sales data, as are bicycle tires.

For any given historical year, US dollar amounts are obtained from values expressed in the applicable local currency. These local currency values are converted to US dollars at the average annual exchange rate for that year. For forecast years, the US dollar amounts assume the same annual exchange rate as that prevailing in 2017.

Other various topics, including profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.