Summarize：www.chinabuses.org: CNG is short for Compressed Natural Gas and now CNG buses is one good choice for the short or middle distance public transportation especially in the natural gas rich areas when the oil price is rapidly increasing nowadays.
Part One: Analysis of above 6 meter GNG Buses’ sales in Jan. - Nov. 2011
According to www.chinabuses.com industry statistic center, it is known that in Jan. - Nov. 2011, it sells 4677 units of CNG Buses in China. Among them, the large-size buses sell 1699 units; the medium size buses sell 2072 units and the large size buses sell 906 units which the large and medium size buses respectively account for 36.3% and 44.3% of the total sales.
Table One: Monthly statistic of GNG Buses sales in Jan. - Nov. of 2011
|
|
Jan.
|
Feb.
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
|
Large size
|
158
|
158
|
40
|
61
|
57
|
324
|
|
Medium size
|
117
|
80
|
169
|
190
|
259
|
365
|
|
Small size
|
60
|
58
|
26
|
81
|
114
|
140
|
|
|
July
|
Aug.
|
Sept.
|
Oct.
|
Nov.
|
Total
|
|
Large size
|
214
|
202
|
215
|
112
|
158
|
1699
|
|
Medium size
|
53
|
247
|
292
|
140
|
160
|
2072
|
|
Small size
|
60
|
108
|
110
|
59
|
90
|
906
|
Chart One: Monthly statistic of GNG Buses sales in Jan. - Nov. of 2011
From monthly sales data, it is seen that the highest sales one in Jan. - Nov. is in June with its sales quantity of 829 units. The second one is in Sept. with its sales quantity of 617 units. And the other 9 months, their sales quantities are all in the range among 200 units and 560 units.
Table Two: Statistic of each enterprise’s GNG Buses sales in Jan. - Nov. of 2011
|
|
Enterprises
|
Sales
|
Market share
|
|
1
|
Yangtse Bus
|
736
|
16%
|
|
2
|
Nanjun Auto
|
470
|
10%
|
|
3
|
Chengdu Anda Bus
|
447
|
10%
|
|
4
|
Sichuan Auto
|
368
|
8%
|
|
5
|
Chengdu Bus
|
344
|
7%
|
|
6
|
Dongfeng Nanchong Auto
|
321
|
7%
|
|
7
|
Hengtong Bus
|
287
|
6%
|
|
8
|
Changan Aoto
|
245
|
5%
|
|
9
|
Xinjiang Zhontong
|
218
|
5%
|
|
10
|
Youyi Auto
|
196
|
4%
|
|
11
|
Sunwin Bus
|
194
|
4%
|
|
12
|
Others
|
848
|
17%
|
Chart Two: Statistic of each enterprise’s GNG Buses sales in Jan. - Nov. of 2011
From the main enterprises’ sales quantities, the top eleven enterprises’ sales quantities are all above 180 units which account for more than 90 % market share. Dongfeng Yangtse Bus is in the top one with the sales quantity of 736 units and 16% of share market. The top two, top three, top four and top five enterprises are Nanjun Auto, Chengdu Anda Bus, Sichuan Auto and Chengdu Bus. Their sales quantities are all above 336 units.
From the above data, it is seen that the top five CNG Buses’ enterprises are mainly in Southwest of China, especially in Sichuan Province which shows that the CNG resource is rich here and attracts the buses enterprises come here to develop CNG buses.
Part Two: Analysis of above 6 meter CNG Buses’ Sales in China’s six regional markets in Jan.-Nov. of 2011
1. The market of China’s northeast
In Jan.-Nov. of 2011, the CNG buss’s sales in the market of China’s northeast reach 499 units. The highest sales one is Jilin Province with the sales quantity of 343 units.
Table Three: Sales statistic of CNG buses in China’s northeast in Jan.-Nov. of 2011
|
Province
|
Large size
|
Medium size
|
Small size
|
Total
|
|
Liaoning
|
7
|
10
|
6
|
23
|
|
Jilin
|
120
|
216
|
7
|
343
|
|
Heilongjiang
|
69
|
14
|
0
|
83
|
|
Northeast
|
196
|
240
|
13
|
449
|
Chart Three: Sales statistic of CNG buses in China’s northeast in Jan.-Nov. of 2011
From the type of the CNG buses, the main trend is the large and medium buses with respectively sales quantities of 196 unit and 240 units.
