Analysis of China School Bus Market in Jan.- July 2012 I

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Part One: Analysis of  School Buses' Market Share in Jan.- July 2012.

In January 2012, the sales of the school buses were 1,652 units;

In the first two months of 2012, the sales of the school buses were 4，577 units;

In the first three months of 2012, the sales of the school buses were 6,489 units;

In the first four months of 2012, the sales of the school buses were 8,490 units;

In the first five months of 2012, the sales of the school buses were 10,022 units;

In the first six months of 2012, the sales of the shool buses were 11,065 units;

In the first seven months of 2012, the sales of the shool buses were 13,117 units.

In each month, the sales volume of Jan.-Feb. increased by nearly 3,000 units compared to the sales of Jan;

The sales of Jan.-March increased by 1,912 units to the sales of Jan.-Feb.;

The sales of Jan.-April increased by nearly 2,001 units to the sales of Jan.-March;

The sales of Jan.-May increased by nearly 1,532 units to the sales of Jan.-April;

The sales of Jan.-June increased by nearly 1,043 units to the sales of Jan.-May;

The sales of Jan.-July increased by nearly 2,052 units to the sales of Jan.-June;

The school bus sales in July is over 2,000 units, which is the third month whose sales volume are more than 2,000 units.

Among fifty main bus builders, there are twenty-six bus builders who manufacturer school bus products in China, which increased by 4 bus builders than that of June. The school bus sales volume in July were 2,052 units. The top three school bus builders are Yutong Bus, Chang'an Bus, Zhongtong Bus. Yutong Bus is in the top one place, the sales of which in Jan.-July were 3,982 units. In Jan.- June 2012, the twenty-two bus builders' total school buses sales  were 13,117 units, which account for 9.88% of the total sales of the bus industry market.

Table One: Monthly Sales Statistics of school buses in Jan.-July 2012

Table Two: Statistics of monthly market share of school buses that account for the bus industry Jan.- July 2012
 

Chart One: Monthly Sales Statistics of school buses in Jan.-July 2012

It is obviously seen that the month-on-month growth of the school bus in China changes a lot. The growth rate in the first six month of 2012 is gradually slowing down to a rational growth rate but it increased sharply in July, which even increased by 96.74 percent. 

Part Two: Sales Analysis of China Mainstream School Bus Builders in Jan.- July 2012
　　

In the school bus industry, each school bus builders' sales volume are quite different. Yutong school buses are the best selling products, which account for the biggest part of the school bus market. King Long school buses starts to be sold in July. In the school bus industry, the sales of the 7m-8m school buses are the best selling products. Then it is followed by 6m-7m school bus products and  8m-9m school bus products.

According to the sales statistics of www.chinabuses.com collecting from the China fifty mainstream bus builders, the total sales of school buses in Jan.- July 2012 were 13,117 units. However, the top sixteen bus builders' total school buses sales were 12,942 units, which account for 98.66% of the total sales of the school bus market, which increased a litter compared to the sales in Jan.-June 2012.

Based on different length of the school buses, the sales volume of school buses for the top fifteen school bus builders in first seven months of 2012 shows as following: