Analysis on China Bus Sales in January, 2015

www.chinabuses.org: According to sources, in January 2015, domestic buses (incompleted ones included) produce and sell 50081 and 48665 units respectively, down by 25.81% and 30.40% respectively compared with the previous month and up by 24.68% and 8.88% on 2014. In respect of bus types, large, medium and light buses sell 5679, 6234 and 36752 units respectively, sharing 11.67%, 12.81% and 75.52% of the bus market.

Large bus sales:
 

In January 2015, large buses (incompleted ones included) sell 5679 units, sharp down by 60.87% on the previous month and down by 2.22% on 2014. The top five manufactures are Yutong, Higer, King Long, Golden Dragon and Zhongtong, with a total sales of 3985 units, sharing 70.17% of the 5679 units.

Large Bus Sales in January 2015 (Unit:unit)

Seen from the above, compared on the previous month, all the first four manufactures in the top five make positive growth while only Zhongtong makes both monthly and yearly growth. Yutong, Higer and Golden Dragon grows negatively both on the previous month and the previous year.

Medium bus sales:
 

In January 2015, medium buses (incompleted ones included) sell 6234 units, down by 36.61% month-on-month and down by 8.69% on 2014. The top five manufactures are Yutong, Dongfeng, Higer, King Long and JAC, with a total sales of 4313 units, sharing 69.19% of the medium bus market.
 

Medium Bus Sales in January 2015 (Unit:unit)

Compared with the previous month, all top five manufactures make negative growth and only Yutong and King Long make positive growth.
 

Light bus sales:
 

In January 2015, light buses (incompleted ones included) sell 36752 units, down by 19.35% and up by 14.64% on 2014. The top five manufactures are Brilliance, Jiangling, Dongfeng, NAVECO and Foton, with a total sales of 25379 units, sharing 69.05% of the light bus market.
 

Light Bus Sales in January 2015 (Unit:unit)

Compared with the previous month, all the top five except Brilliance make negative growth. Compared with the same period of 2014, only Foton makes negative growth, becoming the only manufacture who makes negative growth both on the previous month and the previous year.

With sales of 36752 units, light bus market is the only market section making positive growth of the bus market.