COE Results — Aug 2019 Ex 1

COE Prices — Aug 2019 Ex 1

Bidding Date: Wednesday, 7 August 2019

Category	Vehicle Type	COE Price (QP)	Change vs Previous
Cat A	Cars ≤ 1,600cc & 130bhp (or 110kW)	$32,725	↑ +$6,058
Cat B	Cars > 1,600cc or 130bhp (or 110kW)	$40,001	↑ +$595
Cat C	Goods Vehicles & Buses	$27,800	↑ +$3,201
Cat D	Motorcycles	$4,400	↑ +$846
Cat E	Open (All Vehicle Types)	$40,512	↑ +$623

Quota & Bidding Activity

Category	Quota	Bids Received	Successful Bids	Competition Ratio
Cat A	1059	2023	1059	1.91×
Cat B	1047	1487	1043	1.42×
Cat C	292	492	273	1.68×
Cat D	751	1040	751	1.38×
Cat E	357	589	353	1.65×

Competition ratio = bids received ÷ quota available. A ratio above 1.5× indicates high demand for that category.

What Stood Out

• Biggest mover: Cat D, +23.8%. Overall, every category rose.
• Most contested: Cat A, with 1.91 bids for every COE available.
• Supply: the total quota shrank −20.9% to 3,506 COEs.

Category by Category

Cat A (small cars) jumped $6,058 (+22.7%) to $32,725. A year earlier, in Aug 2018 Ex 1, it was $33,798, so the premium is 3.2% lower year on year. That puts it in the upper part of its 12-month range of $23,568 to $36,704.

Cat B (large cars) rose $595 (+1.5%) to $40,001. A year earlier, in Aug 2018 Ex 1, it was $34,381, so the premium is 16.3% higher year on year. That puts it mid-way through its 12-month range of $31,001 to $48,010.

Cat E (open category) rose $623 (+1.6%) to $40,512. A year earlier, in Aug 2018 Ex 1, it was $33,420, so the premium is 21.2% higher year on year. That puts it mid-way through its 12-month range of $30,851 to $52,502.

Cat C (goods vehicles) jumped $3,201 (+13.0%) to $27,800. A year earlier, in Aug 2018 Ex 1, it was $30,389, so the premium is 8.5% lower year on year. That puts it mid-way through its 12-month range of $24,599 to $32,001.

Cat D (motorcycles) jumped $846 (+23.8%) to $4,400. That is its 3rd rise in a row. It is the highest Cat D premium since Aug 2018 Ex 2 ($4,889). A year earlier, in Aug 2018 Ex 1, it was $5,514, so the premium is 20.2% lower year on year.

Bidding Competition

Cat A drew 1.91 bids per COE, well above its 12-month average of 1.35. Some COEs went unallocated: Cat C (19 of 292). Unallocated COEs are added to the next exercise’s quota. The Cat A quota fell −34.8% to 1,059 from the previous exercise.

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