Strong sales performance

UK firm Euro Auctions has achieved strong performance with its equipment sale at Valencia in Spain.
March 1, 2012 Read time: 1 min
UK firm 214 Euro Auctions has achieved strong performance with its equipment sale at Valencia in Spain. The sale attracted 746 lots from 16 sellers and with bids from 32 countries. Of the buyers, 51.9% were deals made over the Internet, while strong market interest was seen from the Spanish market with 48 new bidders. Interest was also strong from South America and Uruguay in particular. Buyers in the Netherlands bought the highest value of equipment at €464,260, followed by Spain with €430,830, the UK with €405,190, Germany with €227,100, Poland with €149,595, France with €133,200, Saudi Arabia with €118,350 and Russia with €114,000. Of the machines sold, wheeled excavators figured heavily with a total value of €448,000 while backhoe loaders reached €187,000.
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