NMMA sees 6 percent gain in powerboat sales in 2017
May 23, 2017
The U.S. boating industry is reporting some of its highest sales in a decade.
The U.S. boating industry is reporting some of its highest sales in a decade.
Traditional powerboat retail unit sales were up 5.9 percent for the 12 months through February 2017 and wholesale shipments rose 3.6 percent.
Outboard fiberglass boats were the industry’s top seller in the early-reporting states.
Marking another milestone in its recovery, the U.S. recreational boat industry sold more than 250,000 boats in 2016 for the first time in eight years.
Driven by the three boat types that have been the industry’s strongest sellers since the last recession ended, recreational boatbuilders and dealers began 2017 with high single-digit January gains.
The recreational boat industry followed a strong January with moderate February growth.
Statistical Surveys said 246,891 boats were sold industrywide in those states in 2016, 4.9 percent more than in 2015.
The gains were concentrated among fiberglass outboard boats and aluminum fishing and pontoon boats.
Recreational boat sales posted their second consecutive month of weak growth in October, leaving the industry farther from the full-year gains forecasters were hoping for when 2016 began.
New powerboat registrations were up 6.4 percent year over year for the 12 months through October.
The U.S. boating industry is reporting some of its highest sales in a decade.
Traditional powerboat retail unit sales were up 5.9 percent for the 12 months through February 2017 and wholesale shipments rose 3.6 percent.
Outboard fiberglass boats were the industry’s top seller in the early-reporting states.
Marking another milestone in its recovery, the U.S. recreational boat industry sold more than 250,000 boats in 2016 for the first time in eight years.
Driven by the three boat types that have been the industry’s strongest sellers since the last recession ended, recreational boatbuilders and dealers began 2017 with high single-digit January gains.
The recreational boat industry followed a strong January with moderate February growth.
Statistical Surveys said 246,891 boats were sold industrywide in those states in 2016, 4.9 percent more than in 2015.
The gains were concentrated among fiberglass outboard boats and aluminum fishing and pontoon boats.
Recreational boat sales posted their second consecutive month of weak growth in October, leaving the industry farther from the full-year gains forecasters were hoping for when 2016 began.
New powerboat registrations were up 6.4 percent year over year for the 12 months through October.
