Market Analysis of City Buses in Jan.- August in 2012 I

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According to central research data from www.chinabuses.com, in Jan.- Aug. 2012, it sold 39,281 units of city buses, which decreased by 4.09 percent compared to the same period in 2011, which was sold 40,955 units. However, in Jan.- Aug. 2012, the overall total sales of the buses & coaches were 158,163 units, which increased by 8.2 percent compared to the same period in 2011, which was sold 146,157 units. It is seen that in the city bus segment market, it showed downturn trend obviously.

Part One: Sales Analysis of 3.5m～12m Long City Buses in Jan. - Aug. in 2011 - 2012

Table One: Sales statistics of 3.5m～12m long city buses in Jan. - Aug. in 2011 - 2012
  

From above data, it is seen that
1. The sales volume of each lengths' city buses all decreased, except the 11m - 12m long city buses increased.　　

2. Due to the 11m - 12m long city buses account for the biggest part in city bus market, so the sales volume of it increased most, which accounted for about 30 percent of the total city buses' overall sales volume. Besides, the 11m - 12m long city buses are still the main bus models diriving in the main bus lines in the medium and big cities. And their cost performance is the highest.

　　
Part Two: Analysis of Different Segment Bus Markets in Jan. - Aug. in 2012

Table Two: Sales Growth statistics of different segment bus market in Jan. - August in 2012

From above data, it is seen that

1. In the above table, the tourist buses, the school buses and the commuter buses were in positive growth, however, the new energy buses, the sleeper buses, the coaches and the city buses were in negative growth.

2. The decreased sales of the city buses is the main factor influenced the overall bus & coach industry. For the sales data from Jan. to Aug. in this year, the sales volume of the overall bus & coach industry were 158,163 units, among which, sleeper buses were nearly 600 units, new energy buses were nearly 3000 units, city buses were 40,000 units. Due to the big market share of the coaches in the overall bus & coaches industry, the influence of the coaches was great for the overall market. The market shares of the city buses were 25.2 percent, which obviously influenced the overall bus & coach industry.