According to the statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in April 2018, the automobile production and sales volume declined in a month-on-month ratio, showing a relatively rapid year-on-year growth. From January to April, compared with January-March, the automobile output decreased year-on-year, showing a slight increase. Growth has increased.
Specific analysis is as follows:
Car condition
(1) Rapid growth of automobile production and sales year-on-year
In April, automobile production and sales experienced double-digit growth over the same period of the previous year. Production and sales of automobiles of the month were 2.397 million units and 2.319 million units respectively. Production and sales volume decreased by 8.8% and 12.7% from the previous month, respectively, which represented an increase of 12.3% over the same period of the previous year. 11.5%. This month, automobile production and sales have a faster growth rate than the same period of last year, which is related to the low base of the same period last year.
From January to April, automobile production and sales reached 9.42 million units and 95.10 million units, respectively, and production and sales volume increased by 1.8% and 4.8% respectively from the same period of last year. The sales growth rate was 0.2% higher than the same period of last year, which was a significant increase over the first quarter. , Overall performance is good.
(2) Significant increase in passenger car production and sales
In April, the production and sales of passenger vehicles completed 2 million units and 1.914 million units respectively, which was a decrease of 9.1% and 11.7% respectively from the previous month, and an increase of 12.2% and 11.2% respectively over the same period of last year. The growth rate of production and sales was slightly lower than that of the automotive industry and 0.1%. 0.3%, 15.5 and 14.8 percentage points higher than the same period of last year.
From January to April, passenger car production and sales reached 7.969 million units and 8.011 million units, respectively, and production and sales volume increased by 1% and 4.5% respectively from the same period of the previous year. Passenger car production declined from the same period of last year in terms of production and sales of four types of passenger cars. 1.7%, sales volume growth 3.1%; SUV production and sales increased by 9.6% and 12.9% respectively over the same period of last year; MPV production and sales decreased by 14.7% and 12% respectively over the same period of last year; production and sales of cross-type passenger cars decreased by 33% over the same period of last year. And 36.9%.
In April, sales of passenger vehicles with 1.6 liters and below were 1.258 million, an increase of 9.9% over the same period of the previous year, which accounted for 65.7% of sales of passenger vehicles, a decrease of 0.7 percentage points from the same period of the previous year. January-April, 1.6 liters and The following passenger car sales totaled 5.427 million units, which represented an increase of 1.9% over the same period of the previous year, accounting for 67.4% of the sales volume of passenger cars, which was 1.7 percentage points lower than the same period of the previous year. Sales of Chinese brand passenger cars of 1.6 liters and below were 2.839 million units. Increased 5.2% over the same period last year.
(3) Growth of sales and sales of commercial vehicles
In April, the production and sales of commercial vehicles continued to grow. During the month, the production and sales of commercial vehicles completed 398,000 vehicles and 404,000 vehicles, respectively, which fell by 7.4% and 17.1% respectively from the previous month, and increased by 12.8% and 13% respectively over the same period of last year. 0.5 and 1.5 percentage points, respectively, 6.9 and 7.7 percentage points higher than the same period of the previous year.
From January to April, the production and sales of commercial vehicles completed 14.51 million vehicles and 1.49 million vehicles, respectively, and production and sales volume increased by 6.4% and 6.6% respectively from the same period of the previous year. Looking at the production and sales of vehicles, the production and sales of passenger cars were completed by 140,000 and 137,000 vehicles, respectively. Compared with the same period of the previous year, they increased by 6.4% and 4.6% respectively; the production and sales of trucks completed 1.311 million units and 1.353 million vehicles, respectively, and the production and sales volume increased by 6.4% and 6.8% respectively compared with the same period of last year, among which the production and sales of semi-trailer tractors decreased compared with the same period of last year. 22.8% and 18%.
(4) Rapid growth of new energy vehicles over the same period of last year
In April, the production and sales of new energy vehicles completed 81,000 vehicles and 82,000 vehicles, respectively, an increase of 117.7% and 138.4% over the same period of the previous year. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles reached 64,000 vehicles and 65,000 vehicles respectively, which was an increase over the same period of the previous year. 111.5% and 126.8%; The production and sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles all completed 17,000 vehicles, an increase of 143.4% and 194.6% respectively over the same period of the previous year.
From January to April, the production and sales of new energy vehicles completed 232,000 and 225,000 vehicles, respectively, an increase of 142.4% and 149.2% over the same period of the previous year. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles were completed by 172,000 and 168,000 vehicles, respectively, compared with the same period of last year. They increased by 120.6% and 130.5%, respectively; The production and sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles completed 59,000 vehicles and 57,000 vehicles, respectively, an increase of 239.6% and 226.7% over the same period of the previous year.
(5) Decline in market share of Chinese brand passenger cars
In April 2018, a total of 810,000 branded passenger cars were sold in China, a year-on-year increase of 10.5%, accounting for 42.3% of the total passenger car sales, which was a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from the same period of the previous year. Among them, the sales of Chinese brand cars reached 205,000 units. , an increase of 24.5% year-on-year, accounting for 22.1% of the total sales of cars, an increase of 2.4 percentage points over the same period of the previous year; sales of Chinese branded SUVs 465,000, an increase of 18.4%, accounting for 57.4% of total sales of SUVs, same period last year Flat; China brand MPV sales were 101,000 units, down 15.3% year-on-year, accounting for 73.7% of total MPV sales, down 9.3% from the same period last year.
In January-April, China's branded passenger vehicles sold a total of 3.564 million vehicles, which represented a year-on-year increase of 3.2%, accounting for 44.5% of the total passenger vehicle sales, which was a decrease of 0.5 percentage points from the same period of the previous year. Among them: China's branded car sales reached 800,000 units. , an increase of 8.7% year-on-year, accounting for 21.1% of the total sales of cars, an increase of 1.1 percentage points over the same period of last year; sales of Chinese branded SUVs 2.137 million units, an increase of 13.7% year-on-year, accounting for 61.7% of total sales of SUVs, compared to the same period of last year Increased by 0.4%; China's branded MPV sales reached 485,000 units, down 20.7% year-on-year, accounting for 79.1% of total MPV sales, down 8.7 percentage points from the same period last year.
(6) The growth rate of top ten companies is higher than that of the industry
From January to April, the sales volume of the top 10 automotive group sales totaled 8.453 million units, an increase of 4.9% over the same period of the previous year, which was higher than the industry growth rate of 0.1%. It accounted for 89% of the total sales of automobiles. 0.1% year-on-year.
(7) Rapid growth in automobile exports
In April, automobile exports grew faster than the same period of the previous year. In the same month, automobile companies exported 94,000 vehicles, which represented an increase of 5% over the previous month and an increase of 39.5% over the same period of the previous year, maintaining rapid growth. The number of trucks exported was 67,000, a decrease of 0.8% from the previous month and an increase of 43.7% from the same period of last year. Commercial vehicle exports were 28,000 units, an increase of 22% from the previous month and an increase of 30.4% from the same period of last year.
In January-April, auto manufacturers exported 322,000 vehicles, an increase of 31.3% over the same period of the previous year. By model, passenger car exports were 234,000, an increase of 35.2% over the same period of the previous year; commercial vehicle exports were 88,000, compared to the previous year. Increased 22.1% over the same period.
According to the consolidation of customs data, a total of 104,000 vehicles were imported in March 2018, an increase of 2.0% over the same period of the previous year. The number of auto vehicles exported was 76,000, an increase of 8.7% over the same period of the previous year. From January to March, the entire vehicle was completed. Accumulatively imported 281,000 units, an increase of 5.5% over the same period of the previous year; Accumulative total exports of auto vehicles totaled 236,000 units, an increase of 22.3% over the same period of the previous year.
2. Motorcycle situation
(1) Motorcycle production and sales continue to decline
In April, the sales and sales of motorcycles were both lower year-on-year. Both sales and sales volume reached 1.377 million units and 1.35 million units in the month, down 3.5% and 6% from the previous month, and 7.8% and 8.2% respectively from the same period of last year. The year-on-year decline was larger than last month. 2.6 and 2.5 percentage points. Among them, the production and sales of two-wheeled vehicles were 1,322,000 and 1,218,000, which was 3.9% and 3.2% lower than the same period of the previous year; the production and sales of tricycles were 145,000 and 132,000, which was a decrease of 31% and 37.8 from the same period of last year. %, tricycles continued to decline rapidly.
