| 29-09-2007
According
to the statistics from China Bus Information Center, domestic bus manufacturers
exported 11,488 units in 2006, up 117.45 percent year-on-year. The most remarkable
growth comes from Suzhou Kinglong, whose exports grew by 409 percent over 2005.
"We reaped great benefits in the global bus market last year, generating
$81.63 million from the sale of 1,548 buses. This is significant compared to the
$15 million we made from exports in 2005 and the $3 million we made in 2004,"
says Xu Jianzhong, vice-general manager of Suzhou Kinglong. The
trend is continuing this year. In January, Suzhou Kinglong announced that it won
an additional order from Qatar for 300 Higer buses. Qatar purchased 500 Higer
buses previously, valued at 300 million yuan, from Suzhou Kinglong to shuttle
athletes, officials and media from all over the world to various venues during
the games. It was the first time that Chinese buses served such a global event. In
2006, Yutong exported 1,300 buses to Cuba out of its total exports of 2,002 buses
and plans to further export another 5,000 units to the island nation within three
years. Cuba had received the first batch last February at a ceremony hosted by
Cuban leader Fidel Castro. According to Huatai Securities, Yutong has confirmed
the export order of over 1,000 units, excluding the coaches to Cuba. On
March 28th, 500 JAC buses produced by Anhui JAC Automotive Co., Ltd set out to
Algeria from its headquarters in Hefei of Central China's Anhui Province. The
company sold 510 coaches to overseas market in 2006, but in the first quarter
of 2007, 700 units were outbound, up 137 percent year-on-year. Dongfeng
Motor Co., Ltd signed a deal with Egypt in the first quarter of this year for
exporting bus chassises. The first shipment of 800 units will be sent to the African
within the year. In 2005, Dongfeng had won the big order with 1,000 buses to Ukraine. She
Zhenqing, chief analyst of China Bus Information Center, says that the exports
of made-in-China buses will account for 30 percent in the global market by the
end of 2010. (To be continued tomorrow with Part III)
Editor:Frederick
Wei from Chinabuses.com
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