U.S. to continue to increase demand for tire replacement tire market will continue to grow

Recently, the United States Rubber Industry Association (RMA) announced the United States this year, the report forecast demand for tires. The report said that compared with last year, the overall tire market growth will be more than 1%, demand will increase by 3,800,000 to 325,000,000 or so. Among the replacement tire market will continue to grow, and the original tire demand declined.
The report notes that the United States this year thanks to growth in tire demand for consumption and trade of the strong growth in the tire market is expected to be close to grow at a rate of 1.7 percent; 2011, the United States demand for tires will reach 352,000,000.
Original birth by using the market, the U.S. light vehicle production and domestic sales have declined this year by using fetal original demand of at least 2% drop in demand of about 52,000,000. However, with sales of passenger cars and an increase in demand, especially by the use of child with the increasing demand for multi-purpose vehicle, the 2011 original by using child needs to return to 55,000,000.
Original light truck tire market, the demand this year will be close to 6,000,000. As the consumer more inclined to opt-in P-metric passenger tires for light trucks and small sports car, the original 2011 light truck tire demand will remain at that level. And, starting this year, will include the maintenance of such tires trailer tires.
In the original broad-based load fetal market this year due to freight traffic updates and the United States Environmental Protection Department will revise laws and regulations, the demand will be 6,500,000. Because the United States Environmental Protection Department's new rules will come into effect in 2010, 2007 and it is expected that the market will decline sharply by 15%. And starting this year, heavy-duty vehicle began to tire in the calculation of wide-load of tires.
By using replacement tire market this year will be a slight increase of 2% to 206,000,000. Which is expected to P-metric tires (for SUV vehicles) increased by more than 10% of the special high-performance and high-performance tires in the growth rate of 5% to 10%. Due to the number of vehicles and road mileage of the ever-increasing and is expected in 2011, passenger demand for replacement tires will be 227,000,000.
Light truck tire replacement market this year, demand will increase by 200,000 to 36,200,000. In the next few years will be about 2% of the average annual growth rate in 2011 is expected to demand 40,000,000.
In wide-load the replacement tire market, due to continued growth in industrial production this year, demand is expected to be 17,800,000. In the next few years will be an annual rate of 1% growth in 2011 will reach 18,000,000.