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Part Three: Sales Growth Analysis of Different Segment Bus Markets in Jan.-Oct. 2012
Table Three: Sales growth of different segment bus markets in Jan.-Oct. 2012
|
Overall Bus Industry
|
Coaches
|
Sleeper Buses
|
Commuter Buses
|
Growth Rate
|
5.05
|
-7.35
|
-74.2
|
8.64
|
|
Tourist Buses
|
City Buses
|
New Energy Buses
|
School Buses (Register Quantity)
|
Growth Rate
|
9.63
|
-2.39
|
-4.52
|
567.2
|
From above data, it is seen that, in the segment bus markets, the commuter buses, the tourist buses and the school buses were in positive growth in Jan. - Oct. 2012, but the others were in negative growth. As the city buses decreased by 2.39 percent in Jan.-Oct. 2012 and it accounted big part of the overall bus industry, which becomes a big factor to influence the growth of the overall bus industry.
Part Four: Analysis of City Buses Export in Jan-Oct. 2012
Table Four: Analysis of city buses export in Jan-Oct. 2012
|
Oct.
|
Sept.
|
August
|
July
|
June
|
May
|
April
|
March
|
Feb.
|
Jan.
|
Total
|
Yutong
|
285
|
90
|
126
|
380
|
25
|
516
|
31
|
392
|
15
|
195
|
1680
|
King Long
|
83
|
32
|
118
|
0
|
90
|
2
|
0
|
26
|
14
|
8
|
258
|
Higer
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
Golden Dragon
|
0
|
85
|
32
|
74
|
0
|
55
|
101
|
59
|
7
|
5
|
333
|
Zhongtong
|
33
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
130
|
119
|
250
|
151
|
2
|
0
|
654
|
Sunlong
|
0
|
48
|
1
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
115
|
151
|
Hengtong
|
0
|
5
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
24
|
0
|
0
|
32
|
Huanghai
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
Ankai
|
4
|
522
|
50
|
354
|
120
|
80
|
0
|
150
|
100
|
110
|
964
|
JAC
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
22
|
Total
|
405
|
789
|
358
|
829
|
380
|
772
|
405
|
802
|
138
|
433
|
5311
|
From above data, in Jan.-Oct. 2012, the top ten mainstream city bus builders’total growth rates was 20.56 percent, down nearly 43 percent over Jan.-Oct. 2011 (63.86 percent growth rate). Therefore, with the decreasing export quantity of the city buses, it greatly influences the overall city buses market.
Part Four: Analysis of City Bus Builders’Market Share in Jan.-Oct. 2012
Table Four: Analysis of city buses’ market share in Jan-Oct. 2012
|
Yutong
|
King Long
|
Higer
|
Hengtong
|
Ankai
|
Zhongtong
|
Huanghai
|
Sunwin
|
Market Share
|
Sales Volumes in Jan-Oct. 2012
|
8543
|
4027
|
3697
|
2911
|
2626
|
2476
|
2193
|
2132
|
55.48
|
Sales Volumes in Jan-Oct. 2011
|
8179
|
3428
|
4967
|
2931
|
2276
|
2398
|
1433
|
2023
|
52.32
|
Year-on-year Growth
|
4.45
|
18.06
|
-25.6
|
-0.68
|
15.4
|
3.25
|
53.04
|
5.4
|
3.16
|
From above data, it is seen that in the top eight mainstream city bus builders, the market share of the city buses in Jan.-Oct. 2012 was 55.48 percent, up 3.16 percent over Jan.-Oct. 2012 (52.32 percent).
In Jan.-Oct. 2012, six bus builders’ city bus sales growth were in positive and other two were in negative growth.