COE quota up 2.6% to 18,701 for Aug-Oct period

There will be 469 more certificates of entitlement (COEs) available for tender between August and October, a 2.6 per cent increase over the preceding three-month period.

- Lee Nian Tjoe

In total, 18,701 certificates will be available for bidding, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on July 28. This is up from the 18,232 COEs available from May to July.

At 7,586, the number of Category A COEs—meant for smaller and less powerful cars and electric vehicles (EVs)—is 1 per cent higher than the 7,511 certificates available in the preceding period.

The supply of Category B COEs, meant for larger and more powerful cars and EVs, for August to October will stand at 4,737 certificates, an increase of 1 per cent from 4,689.

For commercial vehicles (Category C), there will be 1,642 certificates, 1 per cent higher than the 1,625 certificates before.

The supply of motorcycle (Category D) COEs is unchanged from the preceding period at 3,198 certificates.

Open category (Category E) COEs, which can be used to register any vehicle type other than motorcycles, will see an increase of 27.2 per cent to 1,538 certificates, up from 1,209.