RV shipments continue slide, down 20 percent for year

The RV Industry Association’s (RVIA) August survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with 33,674 wholesale shipments, a 15 percent decrease from the 39,636 units shipped last August.

Shipments of towable RVs, led by conventional travel trailers, totaled 29,448 units for the month, a decrease of 15.1% from last August’s total of 34,677. Motorhomes finished the month with 4,226 units, down 14.8% from last August’s 4,959 units.

Through August, RV shipments have reached 278,299 units, down 20% from the 347,749 units at the same time last year.

Chuck Woodbury
Chuck Woodburyhttps://www.rvtravel.com
I'm the founder and publisher of RVtravel.com. I've been a writer and publisher for most of my adult life, and spent a total of at least a half-dozen years of that time traveling the USA and Canada in a motorhome.

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