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Part Two: Sales Analysis of China Mainstream School Bus Builders in Jan.- Aug. 2012
In the school bus industry, each school bus builders' sales volume are quite different and the market share of the top sixteen school bus builder increased slightly. Yutong school buses are the best selling products, which accounted for the biggest part of the school bus market. King Long school buses started 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.- Aug. 2012 were 17,153 units. However, the top sixteen bus builders' total school buses sales were 16,867 units, which accounted for 98.33% of the total sales of the school bus market, which decreased a litter compared to the sales in Jan.-July 2012, which was 98.66%.
Based on different length of the school buses, the sales volume of school buses for the top sixteen school bus builders in first eight months of 2012 shows as following:
Table Two: School Bus' Sale Statistics of China Mainstream Bus Builders in Jan.- Aug. 2012
|
Bus Builders
|
Total
|
Above 12m
|
11m～12m
|
10m～11m
|
9m～10m
|
8m～9m
|
7m～8m
|
6m～7m
|
5m～6m
|
3.5m～5m
|
|
Yutong
|
5424
|
|
|
358
|
|
659
|
2503
|
1726
|
178
|
|
|
Chang'an
|
1825
|
|
|
33
|
311
|
100
|
295
|
555
|
531
|
|
|
Zhongtong
|
1635
|
|
|
100
|
75
|
143
|
296
|
1021
|
|
|
|
Guike
|
1393
|
|
|
|
|
382
|
25
|
15
|
|
971
|
|
Dongfeng
|
1051
|
|
|
|
|
26
|
549
|
355
|
121
|
|
|
Xiangyan
|
1028
|
|
|
|
123
|
258
|
283
|
110
|
254
|
|
|
Dongte
|
861
|
|
|
|
|
|
311
|
550
|
861
|
|
|
Shaolin
|
771
|
|
|
|
|
|
141
|
299
|
331
|
|
|
Shuchi
|
640
|
|
|
|
|
38
|
448
|
154
|
|
|
|
Shangrao
|
549
|
|
|
|
|
351
|
127
|
51
|
20
|
|
|
Higer
|
535
|
|
45
|
132
|
|
16
|
283
|
|
59
|
|
|
Kinglong
|
370
|
|
|
|
55
|
|
107
|
208
|
|
|
|
Huanghai
|
286
|
|
|
|
|
33
|
252
|
|
|
|
|
JAC
|
236
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
33
|
178
|
|
|
|
Golden Dragon
|
140
|
|
|
|
56
|
3
|
76
|
|
|
|
|
Yaxing
|
123
|
|
|
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
16867
|
|
45
|
623
|
645
|
2009
|
5852
|
5222
|
2024
|
971
|
China bus builders' school bus sales who manufactures more than 1,000 units in the first eight months of 2012 are Yutong Bus, Chang'an Bus, Zhongtong Bus, Guike Bus, Dongfeng Bus, Dongte Bus and Xiangyan Bus. Among them, Yutong Bus sold 5,424 units of school buses which accounted for 31.62% of the market share.
Table Three: School bus sale statistics in various lengths in Jan.- Aug. 2012
| |
11m～12m
|
10m～11m
|
9m～10m
|
8m～9m
|
7m～8m
|
6m～7m
|
5m～6m
|
3.5m～5m
|
Total
|
|
Sales Volume
|
45
|
623
|
645
|
2009
|
5852
|
5222
|
2024
|
971
|
16867
|
|
Percentage
|
0.267
|
3.69
|
3.82
|
11.9
|
34.7
|
30.96
|
12．00
|
5.76
|
100
|
Among the top sixteen school bus builders, based on the various lengths, the sales of 7～8 meters school buses was the biggest one, which accounted for 34.7% of the school buses' total sales. The second one is the 6～7 meters school buses, which accounted for 30.96% of the school buses' total sales. The third one is 8～9 meters school buses, which accounted for 11.9% of the school buses' total sales. The least one is the 11～12 meters school buses, which accounted for only 0.267% of the school buses' total sales.
As for the famous bus builders such as King Long Bus, it started to sell the bus in July and August, King Long sold 370 units of school buses in all. King Long Bus is another potential competitor in the school bus industry.
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