Summarize：
www.chinabuses.org: According to the statistics collected from www.chinabuses.com, in Jan.-August 2012, the sales volume of commuter buses were 12,558 units, which rose by 2.71 percent to the same period of 2011.
Part One: Analysis of Top Fifteen Regional Market of Commuter Bus' Sales and Market Share in Jan.-Aug. 2012
Table One: Sales statistics of top fifteen regional commuter buses
|
No.
|
Reginal Markets
|
Sales Volume
|
Market Share in Jan.-Aug. 2012
|
Market Share in Jan.-Aug. 2011
|
Year-on-year Growth
|
|
1
|
Guangdong
|
782
|
6.23
|
6.36
|
-0.13
|
|
2
|
Shanghai
|
644
|
5.13
|
5.16
|
-0.03
|
|
3
|
Jiangsu
|
640
|
5.10
|
5.00
|
0.1
|
|
4
|
Zhejiang
|
592
|
4.71
|
4.76
|
-0.05
|
|
5
|
Tianjin
|
581
|
4.63
|
4.69
|
-0.06
|
|
6
|
Shandong
|
567
|
4.5
|
4.08
|
0.42
|
|
7
|
Beijing
|
489
|
3.89
|
3.82
|
0.07
|
|
8
|
Liaoning
|
478
|
3.81
|
3.52
|
0.29
|
|
9
|
Hebei
|
467
|
3.72
|
3.35
|
0.37
|
|
10
|
Hunan
|
462
|
3.68
|
3.29
|
0.39
|
|
11
|
Hubei
|
442
|
3.52
|
3.18
|
0.34
|
|
12
|
Sichuan
|
439
|
3.50
|
3.12
|
0.38
|
|
13
|
Fujian
|
432
|
3.44
|
2.81
|
0.63
|
|
14
|
Henan
|
401
|
3.19
|
2.63
|
0.56
|
|
15
|
Heilongjiang
|
376
|
2.99
|
2.46
|
0.53
|
|
16
|
Total
|
7792
|
62.04
|
58.23
|
3.81
|
Chart One: Sales statistics of top fifteen regional commuter buses in Jan.-Aug. 2012
From above data, it is seen that
1. The sales volume of commuter buses in the top fifteen regional markets accounted for 62.04 percent of total sale in Jan.-Aug. 2012, which decreased by nearly 3.8 percent compared to the same period of Jan.-Aug. 2012. For other 18 regional markets, the sales volume of them occupied 38 percent. It shows that the development of the commuter buses is imbalance.
2. The biggest market of commuter buses in China is in Guangdong Province, which accounted for 6.23 percent. Guangdong is a well economic developed province in China and many big companies and multinationals are in here. Hence, the market demand is very strong. Then it is followed by Shanghai City, which decreased by 0.03 percent compared to the same period of 2011. The third one is Jiangsu Province with the year-on-year growth was 0.1 percent.
3.The fourth one and the fifth one in the commuter bus markets are Zhejiang Province and Tianjin City, but both of their market shares decreased respectively.
4. In Jan.-Aug. 2012, in the top fifteen main regional markets, the total commuter bus' market shares increased, but in each regional markets, their market shares were different with up and down.
