Summarize：www.chinabuses.org:
According to the industry statistics from www.chinabuses.com, in Jan. - Dec. 2012, the market share of the new energy buses (including hybrid buses, pure electric buses etc,) increase by 3.7 percent. And in the CNG bus market, it sold 7,171 units in total, which increased by 29.42 percent. In Jan. - Dec. 2012, the natural gas buses especially the CNG buses have received more and more attention from the public. China has been developing CNG buses for years and there is large number of CNG buses driving in the road.
Part One: Large CNG Buses Contribute the Sales Growth of CNG Buses
According to the industry statistics from www.chinabuses.com, in Jan. - Dec. 2012, the sales of the above 5-meter CNG buses were 7,171 units, which were 1,630 units more than that of in 2011( 5,541 units). The sales growth rate of the CNG buses in Jan. -Dec. 2012 was 29.42%, which is much higher than the growth rate of the overall bus market sales. CNG buses' sale is one of the important factors which contribute to the bus market sales in Jan. - Dec. 2012.
Among the total bus sales volume data, the sales volume of the large, medium and small buses respectively were 3,131 units, 2,721 units and 1,319 units. But the large, medium and small CNG buses respectively accounted for 43.7%, 37.9% and 18.39% of the total bus sales volume.
Table One: Statistic of above 5-meter CNG Buses’ Sales Volume in Jan. - Dec. 2012 & 2011
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Jan. - Dec. 2012
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Jan. - Dec. 2011
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Year-on-year Growth Rate
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Large CNG Buses
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3131
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2178
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43.58
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Medium CNG Buses
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2721
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2068
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31.6
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Small CNG Buses
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1319
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1296
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1.77
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Total
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7171
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5541
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29.42
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From above data, it is seen that
In Jan. - Dec. 2012, the sales growth rate of the large CNG buses is the biggest one. The second one is the medium CNG buses. The last one is the small CNG buses. Therefore, the sale of the large and medium CNG buses are the main factor which contributes to the CNG bus' sales volume growing in 2012.
Part Two: Analysis of 5-meter above CNG Buses’ Sales in Chinese Main Regional Sales Markets in Jan. - Dec. 2012
The Southwest area is the rich for its natural gas resources, which account 40% above overall natural gas resources volume. The second one is in East China, which account for 15.6%. Then it is followed by integration of Chinese central and western area, which account for 13%.
Table Two: Statistics of China six regional markets' CNG buses’ sales volume and market share in Jan. - Dec. 2012
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Regional Markets
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China’s Northeast
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North China
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East China
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North-west China
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Southwest China
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Central South China
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Sales Volume
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667
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754
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1119
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752
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2918
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961
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Market Share
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9.3
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10.5
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15.6
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10.5
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40.7
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13.4
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