Bus Industry Saw down Output and up Sales Volumes in December 2009

www.chinabuses.org: Production and sales volumes of automobiles were favorable in December 2009 with monthly production and sales volumes record high. More than 13,000,000 units were produced and sold out in 2009, increasing highest in history. And performance of commercial vehicles were also great. And production and sales volumes of bus were 276,000 units and 271,300 units respectively, up 9.65% and 7.28% year on year.

Production and sales volumes of automobiles were 13,791,000 units and 13,644,800 units, up 48.30% and 46.15% year on year. Production and sales volumes of commercial vehicles were 3,407,200 units and 3,313,500 units, up 33.02% and 28.39% year on year. And production and sales volumes of buses were 276,000 units and 271,300 units, up 9.65% and 7.28% year on year. Production and sales volumes of non-complete buses were 82,000 units and 82,800 units, down 4.04% and 5.66% year on year.

Production and sales volumes of buses were 28,600 units and 29,600 units respectively in December compared with that of November, and the production volumes were down 2.57% monthly and up 27.06% year on year, while sales volumes were up 16.73% month on month and up 40.38% year on year. And 8,800 units and 9,400 units of non-complete buses were produced and sold out, up 8.51% and 14.48% monthly and up 38.93% and 24.63% year on year.

The top ten commercial auto makers concerning to sales volumes in December are as followings: Beiqi Foton, Dongfeng, FAW, JAC, Jiangling, Jinbei Shares, Chongqing Chana, KAMA, CNHTC, and GWM, and their sales volumes are 50,000 units, 45,800 units, 27,300 units, 13,700 units, 11,400 units, 11,300 units, 11,000 units, 10,100 units, 9,500 units, and 9,100 units. Compared with November, sales volumes of FAW, JAC, Jinbei and Chana declined clearly, and Foton increased a little; sales volumes of other companies increased, and GWM experienced rapid growth. 199,200 commercial vehicles, 64% of the overall sales volumes of commercial vehicles, were sold out by these ten manufacturers in December.

The top ten commercial auto makers concerning to sales volumes in 2009 are as followings: Beiqi Foton, Dongfeng, FAW, JAC, Chongqing Chana, Jinbei Shares, CNHTC, Jiangling, KAMA, and Shangqi GM Wuling, and their sales volumes are 588,500 units, 449,900 units, 304,200 units, 195,400 units, 159,500 units, 157,800 units, 125,000 units, 111,200 units, 105,100 units and 88,200 units respectively, up 44.97%, 19.33%, 25.61%, 33.58%, 40.96%, 7.95%, 11.61%, 20.38%, 55.45% and 36.87%. 2,284,800 commercial vehicles, 69% of the overall sales volumes, were sold out by the ten manufacturers in 2009.