RVIA: Wholesale Shipments Fell 3%
The RV Industry Association’s December survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with 27,516 wholesale shipments, a decrease of 3 percent from the 28,363 units shipped last December.
Towable RVs, led by conventional travel trailers, totaled 24,649 units for the month, a decrease of 2.2 percent compared, to last December’s total of 25,207 units. Motorhomes finished the month with 2,887 units, down 9.2 percent, compared to the December 2018 total of 3,156 units.
RV shipments have reached 406,070 units for 2019, down 16 percent from the 483,672 units last year.
Park model RVs finished the month up 18.5 percent compared to last December with 243 wholesale shipments. Park model RV shipments ended 2019 up 16.1 percent from 2018 with 4,213 shipments for the year.