Sales Analysis of CNG Bus Market in Jan. - April. 2012 Ⅰ

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In Jan. - April. 2012, the natural gas buses especially the CNG buses have received more and more attention from the public. China has been developing CNG buses for years and there are large number of CNG buses driving in the road.

For the Chinese bus builders, such as Dongfeng Yangtze Bus, Hengtong Bus and Huanghai Bus, etc, every year, lots of their natural gas buses serve the public. At present, the market share and the production of the large and medium-sized natural gas buses are increasing. Besides, in some regional markets, some customers begin to buy batches of CNG inter-city buses & coaches.

Part One: Analysis of Above 6-meter CNG Buses’ Sales in Jan. - April 2012
　

According to the industry statistics from www.chinabuses.com, in Jan. - April 2012, the sales of the above 6-meter CNG buses were 2,229 units, which were 951 units more than that of in 2011( 1,278 units). The sales growth rate of the CNG buses in Jan. -April 2012 was 74.4%, which is much higher than the growth rate of the overall bus market sales. CNG buses' sales is one of the important factors which contributes to the bus market sales in Jan. - April 2012.

Among the total bus sales volume data, the sales volume of the large, medium and small buses respectively were 1,014 units, 802 units and 413 units. But the large, medium and small CNG buses respectively accounted for 45.49%, 36.98% and 18.53% of the total bus sales volume.

Table One: Statistic of Above 6-meter CNG Buses’ Sales Volume in Jan. - April 2012 & 2011 
 

Chart One: Statistic of Above 6-meter CNG Buses’ Sales Volume in Jan. - April 2012 & 2011

From above data, it is seen that 　　

In Jan. - April 2012, the sales growth rate of the large CNG buses is the biggest one. The second one is the medium CNG buses. The last one is the small CNG buses. Therefore, the sales of the large CNG buses is the main factor which contributes to the CNG bus' sales volume growing in the first four months of 2012.
　　

Part Two: Analysis of Mainstream China Bus Builders' CNG Buses’ Market Shares in Jan. - April 2012
 

Table Two: Statistics of China Mainstream Bus Builders' CNG Buses’ Sales Volume in Jan. - April 2012  
  

Chart Two: Statistics of China Mainstream Bus Builders' CNG Buses’ Sales Volume in Jan. - April 2012  

From above data, it is seen that

1.In Jan. - April 2012, Yutong Bus accounts for the biggest market share in the CNG bus market. The year-on-year growth rate in the first four months was 4.1%, which shows its strong place in the CNG bus market.
　　

The total market share of the top eleven mainstream bus builders in the CNG bus market was 91.4%, which increased by 0.3% compared to the first four months of 2011. It shows that the mainstream bus builders make efforts on monopolizing the CNG bus market.
　　

Among the top eleven mainstream bus builders, seven of bus builders' market shares were up, and the other four of bus builders' market shares were down.
 

In the sales of the CNG bus market, the top five mainstream bus builders are almost in southeast area of China while Yutong Bus is in the central area of China. Most of the bus builders are in Sichun areas, as the natural gas resource in Sichun is rich. The bus builders there can make use of this advantage, so Sichun Province attracts the bus builders to come there to manufacturer natural gas buses.