Analysis of CNG Bus Market in Jan. - Feb. 2013 I

www.chinabuses.org: In Jan. - Feb. 2013, the natural gas buses especially the CNG buses have received more and more attention from the public. In China, CNG buses have been developing for many years and the number of the operation CNG buses in the road is big.

For the bus builders, such as Yutong Bus, Dongfeng Bus, Yangtze Bus, Hengtong Bus and Huanghai Bus, etc. every year, lots of their natural gas buses drive in the road to serve the public. At present, the market share of the large and medium-sized natural gas buses is increasing. Besides, in some regional markets, some customers begin to buy batches of CNG inter-city buses & coaches.

　
Part One: Analysis of above 6-meter CNG Buses’ Sales in Jan. - Feb. 2013

According to the industry statistic from www.chinabuses.com, it is shown that in Jan. - Feb. 2013, it sold 1,491 units of the above 6-meter CNG buses in China, which are 377 units more than that of in 2012 (1,114 units). The growth rate of the sales of the CNG buses is 33.8%, which is much higher than the growth rate of the overall bus market sales. The sales volume of the CNG buses is one of the important factors to contribute the bus market sales volume in Jan. - Feb. 2013.

Among the total bus sales volume data, the sales volume of the large, medium and small buses are respectively 644 units, 507 units and 260 units. But the large, medium and small CNG buses respectively account for 43.2%, 34.0% and 17.4% of the total bus sales volume.

Table One: Statistic of above 6-meter CNG Buses' Sales Volume in Jan. - Feb. 2012 & 2013 
  

From above data, it is seen that

In Jan. - Feb. 2013, the sales volume of the large CNG buses is the biggest one. The second one is the medium CNG buses but the highest growth rate. The last one is the small CNG buses. So, the sales of the medium CNG buses is the main factor to contribute to the growing sales volume of the CNG bus sales in the first two month in 2013.

Part Two: Statistic of CNG Buses' Sales in China's Different Regional Markets in Jan. - Feb. 2013

1. CNG Buses' Sales in China's Northeast Regional Markets

In Jan.-Feb. 2013, 166 units of CNG buses were sold by the nine bus builders in China’s northeast regional markets. The top four bus builders are FAW Dalian Bus, Yutong Bus, Shaolin Bus and Yangtze Bus. Due to the geographical advantage, FAW Bus sold 33 units of CNG buses, which accounted for nearly 30 percent of the market share. From the CNG sales models, the large and the medium CNG buses are the mainstream bus models.

Table Two: Statistic of CNG Buses' Sales in China's Northeast Regional Markets in Jan. - Feb. 2013 

Table Three: Statistic of Top Four CNG Bus Builder' Sales in China's Northeast Regional Markets in Jan. - Feb. 2013

2. CNG Buses' Sales in North China Regional Markets

In Jan.-Feb. 2013, there were eleven bus builders who sold 181 CNG buses in North China regional markets. Yutong Bus is the top one who sold 49 units of CNG buses here, which accounted for nearly 27 percent of the market share. The second one and the third one are Yangtze Bus and Changan Bus.

Table Four: Statistics of CNG Buses' Sales in North China Regional Markets in Jan. - Dec. 2013

Table Five: Statistic of Top Six CNG Bus Builder' Sales in North China Regional Markets in Jan. - Dec. 2013