Summarize:www.chinabuses.org:
Part One: Sales Analysis of China Mainstream School Bus Builders in Jan. -Feb. 2013
In the school bus industry, in Jan.-Feb., it sold 3,424 units of school buses, down 25.19 percent. Yutong school buses are the best selling products, sold 670 units, which accounted for 19.56 percent of the school bus market and decreased by nearly 21 percent.
In the school bus industry, in Jan.-Feb., the sales of the 6m-7m school buses are the best selling products, but their market share decreased by almost 35 percent over Jan.-Feb. 2012.
According to the sales statistics of www.chinabuses.com collecting from the China fifty mainstream bus builders, the total sales of school buses in Jan.-Feb. 2013 were 3,424 units. However, the top fifteen bus builders' total school buses sales were 3,224 units, which accounted for 94.16 percent of the total sales of the school bus market.
Based on different length of the school buses, the sales volume of school buses for the top sixteen school bus builders in Jan.-Feb. 2013 shows as following:
Table One: School bus' sale statistics of China mainstream bus builders in Jan.-Feb. 2013
No
|
Bus Builders
|
11m~12m
|
10m~11m
|
9m~10m
|
8m~9m
|
7m~8m
|
6m~7m
|
5m~6m
|
3.5m~5m
|
Total
|
1
|
Yutong
|
|
27
|
20
|
154
|
182
|
101
|
186
|
|
670
|
2
|
Guike
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
11
|
|
418
|
430
|
3
|
Zhongtong
|
|
4
|
58
|
19
|
18
|
316
|
|
|
415
|
4
|
Dongte
|
|
|
|
|
96
|
220
|
|
|
316
|
5
|
Chang'an
|
|
|
50
|
19
|
89
|
123
|
27
|
|
308
|
6
|
Shangrao
|
|
|
|
80
|
22
|
27
|
143
|
|
272
|
7
|
Xiangyan
|
|
|
9
|
42
|
42
|
89
|
33
|
|
215
|
8
|
Shuchi
|
|
|
|
25
|
95
|
35
|
|
|
155
|
9
|
Higer
|
47
|
6
|
|
2
|
58
|
|
4
|
|
117
|
10
|
Golden Dragon
|
|
9
|
40
|
|
24
|
|
29
|
|
102
|
11
|
King Long
|
|
|
5
|
|
78
|
17
|
|
|
100
|
12
|
Shaolin
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
55
|
|
|
63
|
13
|
Dongfeng
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
18
|
|
|
33
|
14
|
Sunlong
|
|
|
|
7
|
9
|
|
|
|
16
|
15
|
Yaxing
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
1
|
|
|
12
|
|
Total
|
47
|
46
|
182
|
349
|
747
|
1013
|
422
|
418
|
3224
|
Table Two: School bus sale statistics in various lengths in Jan.-Feb. 2013
|
11m~12m
|
10m~11m
|
9m~10m
|
8m~9m
|
7m~8m
|
6m~7m
|
5m~6m
|
3.5m~5m
|
Total
|
Sales in Jan.-Feb. 2013
|
47
|
46
|
182
|
349
|
747
|
1013
|
422
|
418
|
3224
|
Sales Volumes Percentage
|
1.46
|
1.43
|
5.65
|
10.8
|
23.2
|
31.4
|
13.1
|
12.97
|
100
|
Sales in Jan. -Feb. 2012
|
0
|
99
|
137
|
583
|
1535
|
1637
|
378
|
181
|
4550
|
Sales Volumes Percentage
|
0
|
2.18
|
3.0
|
12.8
|
33.74
|
35.98
|
8.3
|
3.98
|
100
|
From above data, it is seen that
1. China bus builders' school bus sales volumes who manufactures more than 200 units in Jan.-Feb. 2013 are Yutong Bus, Guike Bus, Zhongtong Bus, Dongte Bus, Chang'an Bus, Dongfeng Xiangyan Bus and Shangrao Bus. Among them, Yutong Bus sold 670 units of school buses which accounted for 19.56 percent of the market share, but decreased by 21 percent over Jan.-Feb. 2012, which was 40.55 percent.
2. Based on the various lengths of the school buses, the sales of 6~7 meters school buses was the biggest one, which accounted for 31.4 percent of the school buses' total sales, decreasing by nearly 4.6 percent over Jan.-Feb 2012. The 7~8 meters school buses, whose market share decreased over Jan.-Feb. 2012. The 8~9 meters school buses, whose market share increased over Jan.-Feb.2012. The least one is the 11~12 meters school buses, whose market share was zero in Jan. 2012.