European truck sales in June down 8.7 percent

PARIS, July 25 (Reuters) - New European registrations of all categories of commercial vehicles fell 8.7 percent in June, with a 5.6 percent rise in new EU member states partly offsetting a 10.3 percent fall in western Europe, the ACEA industry association said on Friday..

For the first half of the year sales were down 0.4 percent on a year ago at 1,405,458 vehicles. This result also reflected strong demand in the new EU member states, where sales were up 15 percent, while sales in western Europe were down 2.1 percent. (Reporting by Marcel Michelson; Editing by Greg Mahlich)