Summarize：www.chinabuses.org: Part One: market analysis of China school bus market Jan to April
1. 9,409 school buses were sold by major bus builders from Jan to April, up 10.82%.
2. Yutong sold the most school buses, and other bus builders are selling more school buses than before. 1,779 Yutong school buses were sold, taking 18.91%, and its shares were 32.2% last year. 6-7 meter school buses sold the most.
3. Area concentration ratio are higher, and 79.69% school buses were sold in the top 15 provinces, 24.45% higher than that of last year. And school bus markets needs are not connected with the economy development level.
4. In terms of engine equippment, Yuchai engines are most used, and then it comes Xichai, Dongfeng Chaoyang Diesel engines.
Part Two: Market analysis of school buses Jan to May
1. 11,908 school buses were sold Jan to May, up 18.8%, and 1,689 units were sold in May, up 9.89%.
2. The top 15 bus builders sold 88.57% school buses from Jan to May, and the figure was 99.24% last year.
10547 school buses were sold by the top 15 bus builders, and their sales are as followings:
|
|
Company
|
11-12m
|
10-11m
|
9-10m
|
8-9m
|
7-8m
|
6-7m
|
5-6m
|
3.5-5m
|
Total
|
|
1
|
Yutong Bus
|
30
|
151
|
22
|
510
|
536
|
295
|
629
|
|
2173
|
|
2
|
Changan Bus
|
|
|
70
|
53
|
212
|
473
|
733
|
|
1541
|
|
3
|
Guilin Bus
|
|
|
|
55
|
2
|
53
|
|
1429
|
1539
|
|
4
|
Zhongtong Bus
|
|
5
|
96
|
33
|
47
|
1043
|
|
|
1224
|
|
5
|
Xiangyang Bus
|
|
|
15
|
101
|
139
|
160
|
486
|
|
901
|
|
6
|
Dongfeng SPV
|
|
|
|
|
281
|
477
|
|
|
758
|
|
7
|
Shuchi Bus
|
|
|
|
153
|
225
|
92
|
|
|
470
|
|
8
|
Shangrao Bus
|
|
|
20
|
100
|
28
|
60
|
242
|
|
450
|
|
9
|
Higer Bus
|
83
|
12
|
|
17
|
127
|
|
74
|
|
313
|
|
10
|
King Long Bus
|
|
|
27
|
|
141
|
102
|
|
|
270
|
|
11
|
Golden Dragon Bus
|
|
29
|
50
|
|
67
|
|
67
|
|
213
|
|
12
|
Shaolin Bus
|
|
|
|
|
49
|
160
|
|
|
209
|
|
13
|
Youyi Bus
|
|
|
|
20
|
35
|
|
141
|
|
196
|
|
14
|
Dongfeng Bus
|
|
|
|
|
67
|
68
|
22
|
|
157
|
|
15
|
Sunlong Bus
|
|
|
|
45
|
86
|
2
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
Total
|
113
|
197
|
300
|
1087
|
2042
|
2985
|
2394
|
1429
|
10547
|
1. The bus builders which has sold more than 500 buses are Yutong, Guilin Bus, Zhongtong, Changan and Dongfeng Xiangfan, Dongfeng SPV, and Yutong sold 2137 school buses, taking 18.25% shares, and Changan sold 1541 units, taking 12.94%, and sales of Yutong, Changan, Guilin Bus and Zhongtong are more than 1000 units, taking 54.4% shares. And the monopoly of school buses are decreasing over last year.
2. In terms of length, 6-7 meter school buses are most sold, taking 25% shares, down 9% over last year, and then it comes 7-8 meter school buses and its shares are 17.15%; 9% of the school buses are 5-6 meters and sales 3.5-5 meter school buses increased by 100% over last year. And the first 11-12 meter school buses were sold this year by Yutong and King Long, and there is no such buses sold last year. And we can see that more school buses are medium buses and there are more large buses and mini buses sold as school buses this year.
3. Sales of school buses increased by 18.8% and this is the first growth this year.
