WORLD INDUSTRIAL TRUCK STATISTICS (WITS)INFORMATION SHEET Q3 – 2022

WITS is a worldwide statistical reporting program tracking Orders and Shipments of Industrial Trucks
across the globe.
Seven associations report aggregated and anonymized Monthly and Quarterly Statistics on industrial
trucks to produce the WITS Reports:
ABIMAQ – Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Máquinas e Equipamentos
CITA – China Industrial Truck Association
FEM IT – European Federation of Materials Handling, Product Group Industrial Trucks
ITA – Industrial Truck Association (North America)
JIVA – Japanese Industrial Vehicles Association
KOCEMA – Korean Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association
SIMHEM – Society of Indian Materials Handling Equipment Manufacturers
The following categories are used in the reporting program:
Class 1 – Electric Rider Trucks – Counterbalanced
Class 2 – Electric Warehouse Rider Trucks
Class 31 – Electric Low Lift Pedestrian Pallet Trucks (with a service weight incl. battery of <= 250 kg)
Class 32 – Electric Warehouse Pedestrian Trucks (other than Class 31)
Classes 4 / 5 – Internal Combustion Trucks, Cushion and Pneumatic Tires – Counterbalanced
WITS Reports are confidential to the membership of the participating associations.
A worldwide summary by continent is made available each quarter to the public.

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World Industrial Truck Statistics / Orders and Shipments

EuropeAmerica
Asia
AfricaOceania

2020
Class 1
Class 2
Class 31Class 32Class. 4/5
Orders Shipments Orders Shipments Orders Shipments Orders Shipments Orders Shipments
81.81876.909 37.989
38.690 63.474
60.056 219.782
222.086 61.121
59.77652.02250.726 41.076
39.061 15.917
14.744 97.761
89.829 99.217
89.393107.248104.705 41.213
42.736 145.816
135.491 118.792
119.049 414.833
402.850
2.309
1.934
973
922
1.276
1.121
2.568
2.342
9.662
9.053
3.250
2.877
2.697
2.563
1.940
1.626
4.982
4.775
9.878
9.291

World

246.647

EuropeAmerica
Asia
AfricaOceania2021
Class 1
Class 2
Class 31
Orders Shipments Orders Shipments Orders Shipments
143.67198.089 57.157
45.532 108.839
98.25890.89055.949 67.578
39.698 33.630
33.502142.530130.282 50.489
46.587 259.876
239.189
3.777
2.779
1.385
1.107
1.471
1.324
5.714
3.738
4.995
2.753
3.622
3.123

World

386.582

EuropeAmerica
AsiaAfrica
Oceania

Q3-2022 YTDClass 1Class 2
Class 31Class 32Class. 4/5
Orders Shipments Orders Shipments Orders Shipments Orders Shipments Orders Shipments
104.906
84.435 36.147
31.644 84.522
86.526 216.235
185.595 54.957
49.54667.65349.053 48.533
26.517 30.488
30.959 105.313
77.517 139.711
95.809114.299106.543 39.730
35.458 185.397
182.328 122.311
112.946 295.147
284.197
2.593
2.511
1.364
778
739
935
2.790
2.189
8.595
8.865
4.726
3.989
3.494
2.764
3.975
4.096
5.910
5.391 12.559
12.199World

294.177

237.151 123.948

290.837 181.604

246.531 129.268

123.972 228.423

135.677 407.438

97.161 305.121

213.038 443.885

438.081 594.711

Total
Orders Shipments
464.184457.517305.993283.753827.902804.831
16.78815.37222.74721.132570.363 1.637.614

1.582.605

Class 32Class. 4/5
Total
Orders Shipments Orders Shipments Orders Shipments
317.494271.864 92.311
70.180719.472
583.923147.778102.878 151.822
100.986491.698
333.013157.281147.815 457.036
441.640 1.067.212 1.005.513
3.515
3.048 13.253
10.35723.401
18.6159.272
6.531 15.201
12.20138.80428.346375.396 635.340

304.844 452.559

532.136 729.623

383.638 510.969

635.364 2.340.587

1.969.410

Total
Orders Shipments
496.767437.746
391.698279.855
756.884
721.472
16.081
15.27830.66428.439450.616 1.692.094

1.482.790

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