Analysis of China Tourist Bus Market in the First Five Months of 2012 IV

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Part Four: The tourist bus brands' concentration is increasing year by year, as well as the monopoly degree of the bus builders is more and more obvious.

1. Analysis of top ten bus builders' tourist bus sales in the first five months of 2012

In Jan. - May 2012, there are 37 bus builders that have sold their tourist bus products. The sales volume of the tourist buses above 5 meters long are 16,788 units. According to the un-completed statistics, the top ten bus builders' tourist bus sales in the first five months of 2012 show in the following table.
 

Table Five: Sales statistics of the mainstream tourist bus builders in the first five months of 2012

Chart Five: Sales statistics of the mainstream tourist bus builders in the first five months of 2012

From above data, it is seen that　　

(1) Among the top ten bus builders, the average sales growth rate of the tourist bus market in Jan.-May 2012 is 15.5 percent, which is nearly 3.4 percent higher than the average sales growth rate of the overall bus industry. The sales growth rate of Yutong Bus, King Long Bus and Zhongtong Bus are all higher than the average sales growth rate of the overall bus industry. Only Youngman Bus, Golden Dragon Bus and Foton Bus are in negative growth. 　　

(2) King Long shows the highest sales growth rate among the top ten bus builders, which is 29.9 percent. Yutong Bus sells 3,699 units of tourist buses, which is the biggest one.

2. Analysis of top ten bus builders' tourist bus market share in the first five months of 2012

Table Six: Market share statistics of the mainstream tourist bus builders in the first five months of 2012 

     Chart Six: Market share statistics of the mainstream tourist bus builders in the first five months of 2012 

From above data, it is seen that　

Among the top ten bus builders, the total market shares of the tourist bus builders in Jan.-May 2012 is 68.96 percent, which rises 2.16 percent higher than that of in in Jan.-May 2011, which shows the obvious market monopoly degree of the top ten bus builders.
　　

2)Yutong Bus accounts for the highest market share in the tourist bus market, which is 22.03 percent. The market share of Higer Bus is 13.2 percent, which is the second highest one. King Long ranks the third with the 11.98 percent of the market share. Golden Dragon is in the top four with the 6.1 percent of the market share in the tourist bus market.

The total market share the top four in Jan.- May 2012 is 53.31 percent, which rise nearly 3 percent higher than that 50.4 percent of in Jan.-May 2011. It means the obvious market monopoly degree of the top ten bus builders.