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

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Part One: General Analysis of School Buses' Market Share in Jan.- Aug. 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 the first eight months of 2012, the sales of the shool buses were 17,153 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 sales of Jan.-Aug. increased by 4,036 units to the sales of Jan.-July;

The school bus sales volume in Aug. was over 4,000 units, which is the highest sales volume month in Jan.-Aug. 012.

Table One: Monthly sales statistics of school buses in Jan.-Aug. 2012
Jan. Feb. March April May June July August Sales Volume  Month-on-month Growth Market Share in Bus Industry

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

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

Among fifty main bus builders, there are twenty-nine bus builders who manufacturer school bus products in China, which increased by three bus builders than that of August. The school bus sales volume in Aug. were 4,036 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.- Aug. were 54,242 units. The twenty-nine bus builders' total school buses sales in Jan.- Aug. 2012 were 17,153 units, which accounted for 10.85 percent of the total sales of the bus industry market.

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 and especially August, which even increased by 96.7 percent in the both months.