China - Flash report, Production volume, 2016
Flash report, Production volume, 2016
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Flash report, December 2016
13 Jan. 2017
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
China sales in 2016 reach 28.03 million vehicles, up 13.7% y/y
On January 12, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) announced that annual vehicle production and sales in 2016 reached record highs.
Production totaled approximately 28,119,000 units, a 14.5% increase on a year-over-year (y/y) basis, while sales totaled approximately 28,028,000 units, a 13.7 rise y/y. These growth rates were 11.2 and 9.0 percentage points higher than those in 2015, respectively.
Passenger vehicles: production reached 24,421,000 units, a 15.5% increase y/y; while sales reached 24,377,000 units, a 14.9% increase y/y. The y/y growth rates were 1 and 1.3 percentage points higher than those for the overall market.
Commercial vehicles: production reached 3,698,000 units, up 8% y/y; while sales reached 3,651,000 units, up 5.8% y/y.
New energy vehicles: production totaled approximately 517,000 units, a 51.7% increase y/y; while sales totaled approximately 507,000 units, a 53% increase y/y. Production of electric vehicles (EVs) reached 417,000 units, up 63.9% y/y, while EV sales reached 409,000 units, up 65.1% y/y. Production of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) reached 99,000 units, up 15.7% y/y, while PHV sales reached 98,000 units, up 17.1% y/y.
Exports from China totaled approximately 708,000 vehicles, a 2.7% decrease y/y, with 477,000 passenger vehicles (up 11.5% y/y) and 231,000 commercial vehicles (down 23.1% y/y) shipped overseas.
China - Production of vehicles
| Dec. 2016 | Jan.-Dec. 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 124.64 | 40.69 | 3.45 | 1211.13 | 43.07 | 3.91 |
| MPV | 24.77 | 8.09 | -0.48 | 249.06 | 8.86 | 17.11 |
| SUV | 108.87 | 35.55 | 38.28 | 915.29 | 32.55 | 45.72 |
| Mini Van | 6.13 | 2.00 | -29.17 | 66.59 | 2.37 | -38.32 |
| PC Total | 264.40 | 86.33 | 13.60 | 2442.07 | 86.85 | 15.50 |
| CV Total | 41.87 | 13.67 | 25.07 | 369.81 | 13.15 | 8.01 |
| Grand Total | 306.28 | - | 15.04 | 2811.88 | - | 14.46 |
Flash report, November 2016
13 Dec. 2016
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
China sales rise 16.6% y/y to 2.94 million units in November
On December 12, 2016, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) announced vehicle production and sales results for November 2016. Production and sales maintained a growth trend for a month-over-month (m/m) and a year-over-year (y/y) increase of over 10% respectively. Year-to-date (YTD) production and sales continued to increase y/y, and the growth rate was slightly higher than that for January-October.
Overall vehicle production for November totaled 3.011 million units, which was a 16.4% increase m/m and a 17.8% rise y/y. Overall vehicle sales reached 2.939 million units, a 10.9% increase m/m and a 16.6% improvement y/y. YTD production reached 25.027 million units, up 14.3% y/y, and YTD sales were 24.948 million units, up 14.1% y/y.
Passenger vehicle production for November totaled 2.638 million units, a 15.3% increase m/m and a 17.6% rise y/y. Sales reached 2.59 million units, up 10.5% m/m and up 17.2% y/y, showing considerable growth. Sales of cars with displacement of 1.6 liter or less, which are eligible for small car tax break, climbed 20.5% y/y to 1.876 million units. The y/y growth rate was 3.3 percentage points higher than that of overall passenger car sales, and small cars accounted for 72.4% of overall passenger car sales.
Commercial vehicle production for November totaled approximately 373,000 units. It was 24.5% higher than that in October, and 18.7% higher than the same month last year. Commercial vehicle sales for the month reached 348,000 units, up 14.0% m/m and up 11.7% y/y.
New energy vehicle production reached 72,000 units, which was a 12.8% increase y/y, and sales totaled approximately 65,000 units, up 6.4% y/y. By vehicle type, electric vehicle (EV) production reached 64,000 vehicles for a y/y increase of 30.8%, and EV sales totaled approximately 58,000 units for y/y growth of 27.4%. Plug-in vehicle (PHEV) production totaled 8,000 units for a y/y decrease of 47.5%, and PHEV sales totaled approximately 7,000 units for a y/y fall of 56.6%.
Vehicle exports in November reached 74,000 units, a 19.6% increase m/m. It was a 36.4% rise y/y, maintaining a positive growth rate for the fourth consecutive month. By vehicle type, exports of passenger vehicles were 55,000 units, up 25.1% m/m and up 55.5% y/y. Commercial vehicle exports were 19,000 units, a 6.5% increase m/m and a 2.6% decline y/y. YTD exports totaled approximately 629,000 units. It was a 5.1% decline y/y, but the decrease rate continued to fall. By vehicle type, YTD passenger vehicle exports reached approximately 419,000 units, up 6.9% y/y, and YTD commercial vehicle exports stood at 210,000 units, a 22.4% decrease y/y.
China - Production of vehicles
| Nov. 2016 | Jan.-Nov. 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 128.14 | 42.56 | 6.62 | 1086.37 | 43.41 | 3.95 |
| MPV | 24.88 | 8.26 | 13.03 | 223.86 | 8.94 | 19.30 |
| SUV | 105.25 | 34.96 | 44.69 | 803.63 | 32.11 | 46.25 |
| Mini Van | 5.53 | 1.84 | -40.91 | 60.47 | 2.42 | -39.11 |
| PC Total | 263.80 | 87.62 | 17.62 | 2,174.33 | 86.88 | 15.56 |
| CV Total | 37.26 | 12.38 | 18.68 | 328.36 | 13.12 | 6.31 |
| Grand Total | 301.06 | - | 17.75 | 2,502.70 | - | 14.26 |
Flash report, October 2016
10 Nov. 2016
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
New vehicle sales in China increase 18.7% y/y to 2.65 million units
On November 10, 2016, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) announced vehicle production and sales results for October 2016. Production and sales slightly increased on a month-over-month (m/m) basis, while showing a significant gain on a year-over-year (y/y) basis. Year-to-date (YTD) production and sales maintained a y/y growth trend.
Overall vehicle production for October totaled 2.586 million units, which was a 2.2% increase m/m and a 17.6% rise y/y. Overall vehicle sales reached 2.65 million units, a 3.4% increase m/m and an 18.7% improvement y/y. YTD production reached 22.016 million units, up 13.8% y/y, and YTD sales were 22.017 million units, up 13.8% y/y.
Passenger vehicle production for October totaled 2.287 million units, a 2.5% increase m/m and a 19.8% rise y/y. Sales reached 2.344 million units, up 3.3% m/m and up 20.3% y/y.
Sales of cars with displacement of 1.6 liter or less, which are eligible for small car tax break, climbed 28.1% y/y to 1.713 million units. The y/y growth rate was 7.8 percentage points higher than that of overall passenger car sales, and small cars accounted for 73.1% of overall passenger car sales.
Commercial vehicle production for October totaled approximately 299,000 units. It was the same level as that in September, and a 3.5% increase on a y/y basis. Commercial vehicle sales reached 306,000 units, up 3.4% m/m and up 7.4% y/y.
Approximately 49,000 new energy vehicles were produced in October, which was a 14.3% increase y/y. Sales of new energy vehicles totaled approximately 44,000 units, an 8.1% increase y/y. Of the new energy vehicles, electric vehicle (EV) production reached 44,000 vehicles, a 28.0% increase y/y, and EV sales totaled approximately 39,000 units, a 19.7% rise y/y. Plug-in vehicle (PHV) production and sales were approximately 5,000 units, a 39.1% decrease y/y and a 38.6% fall y/y respectively.
Vehicle exports in October reached 62,000 units, a 3.4% increase m/m and a 15% increase y/y, maintaining a positive y/y growth rate for the third consecutive month. By vehicle type, exports of passenger vehicles were 44,000 units, up 4.3% m/m and up 31.0% y/y. Commercial vehicle exports were 18,000 units, a 1.3% increase m/m and an 11.2% decline y/y. YTD exports totaled approximately 555,000 units. It was an 8.7% decline y/y, but the decrease rate continued to fall. By vehicle type, YTD passenger vehicle reached approximately 364,000 units, up 2.1% y/y, and YTD commercial vehicle exports stood at 191,000 units, a 23.9% decrease y/y.
China - Production of vehicles
| Oct. 2016 | Jan.-Oct. 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 111.91 | 43.27 | 7.65 | 958.19 | 43.52 | 3.59 |
| MPV | 24.73 | 9.56 | 28.96 | 198.30 | 9.01 | 19.72 |
| SUV | 87.01 | 33.64 | 43.80 | 694.77 | 31.56 | 45.73 |
| Mini Van | 5.07 | 1.96 | -30.80 | 59.24 | 2.69 | -34.20 |
| PC Total | 228.71 | 88.43 | 19.77 | 1,910.50 | 86.78 | 15.27 |
| CV Total | 29.92 | 11.57 | 3.53 | 291.10 | 13.22 | 4.93 |
| Grand Total | 258.63 | - | 17.63 | 2,201.60 | - | 13.79 |
Flash report, September 2016
13 Oct. 2016
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
China - Production of vehicles
| Sep. 2016 | Jan.-Sep. 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 110.66 | 43.73 | 27.52 | 846.28 | 43.57 | 3.08 |
| MPV | 21.18 | 8.37 | 29.85 | 173.54 | 8.94 | 18.49 |
| SUV | 86.69 | 34.26 | 62.71 | 607.77 | 31.29 | 46.01 |
| Mini Van | 4.64 | 1.83 | -31.97 | 54.18 | 2.79 | -34.49 |
| PC Total | 223.16 | 88.18 | 36.76 | 1,681.77 | 86.59 | 14.69 |
| CV Total | 29.91 | 11.82 | 9.33 | 260.43 | 13.41 | 4.79 |
| Grand Total | 253.07 | - | 32.82 | 1,942.20 | - | 13.25 |
Flash report, August 2016
12 Sep. 2016
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
China - Production of vehicles
| Aug. 2016 | Jan.-Aug. 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 87.88 | 44.15 | 23.26 | 733.47 | 43.54 | 0.16 |
| MPV | 16.22 | 8.15 | 35.24 | 152.99 | 9.08 | 17.55 |
| SUV | 64.60 | 32.45 | 43.07 | 518.06 | 30.75 | 43.65 |
| Mini Van | 3.57 | 1.79 | -40.30 | 49.55 | 2.94 | -34.72 |
| PC Total | 172.28 | 86.55 | 28.16 | 1,454.07 | 86.32 | 11.94 |
| CV Total | 26.77 | 13.45 | 17.40 | 230.53 | 13.68 | 4.23 |
| Grand Total | 199.05 | - | 26.60 | 1,684.59 | - | 10.82 |
Flash report, July 2016
12 Aug. 2016
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
China - Production of vehicles
| Jul. 2016 | Jan.-Jul. 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 87.38 | 44.59 | 25.67 | 645.59 | 43.46 | -2.33 |
| MPV | 18.19 | 9.28 | 45.77 | 136.90 | 9.22 | 15.87 |
| SUV | 62.28 | 31.78 | 48.63 | 453.32 | 30.52 | 43.70 |
| Mini Van | 4.00 | 2.04 | -37.92 | 45.97 | 3.09 | -34.25 |
| PC Total | 171.85 | 87.70 | 31.83 | 1,281.79 | 86.29 | 10.07 |
| CV Total | 24.11 | 12.30 | 11.28 | 203.64 | 13.71 | 2.66 |
| Grand Total | 195.96 | - | 28.90 | 1,485.43 | - | 8.99 |
Flash report, June 2016
11 Jul. 2016
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
China - Production of vehicles
| Jun. 2016 | Jan.-Jun. 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 90.70 | 44.3 | 0.1 | 558.87 | 43.3 | -5.5 |
| MPV | 18.05 | 8.8 | 32.4 | 118.71 | 9.2 | 12.3 |
| SUV | 63.07 | 30.8 | 34.8 | 390.39 | 30.3 | 42.7 |
| Mini Van | 5.40 | 2.6 | -33.4 | 41.97 | 3.3 | -33.9 |
| PC Total | 177.22 | 86.5 | 11.4 | 1,109.94 | 86.1 | 7.3 |
| CV Total | 27.65 | 13.5 | 5.0 | 179.27 | 13.9 | 1.5 |
| Grand Total | 204.86 | - | 10.5 | 1,289.22 | - | 6.5 |
Flash report, May 2016
13 Jun. 2016
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
China - Production of vehicles
| May 2016 | Jan.-May 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 89.46 | 43.3 | -3.3 | 468.17 | 43.2 | -6.5 |
| MPV | 17.99 | 8.7 | 13.5 | 100.67 | 9.3 | 9.4 |
| SUV | 63.05 | 30.5 | 31.3 | 327.31 | 30.2 | 44.3 |
| Mini Van | 6.70 | 3.2 | -42.1 | 36.57 | 3.4 | -34.0 |
| PC Total | 177.21 | 85.8 | 5.5 | 932.72 | 86.0 | 6.6 |
| CV Total | 29.28 | 14.2 | 2.0 | 151.63 | 14.0 | 0.9 |
| Grand Total | 206.49 | - | 5.0 | 1,084.35 | - | 5.8 |
Flash report, April 2016
11 May 2016
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
China - Production of vehicles
| Apr. 2016 | Jan.-Apr. 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-oY(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 93.26 | 43.0 | -3.7 | 378.71 | 43.2 | -7.3 |
| MPV | 16.77 | 7.7 | -10.9 | 82.67 | 9.4 | 8.5 |
| SUV | 65.85 | 30.3 | 35.8 | 262.40 | 30.0 | 46.8 |
| Mini Van | 7.56 | 3.5 | -34.1 | 29.88 | 3.4 | -31.8 |
| PC Total | 183.44 | 84.5 | 4.5 | 753.67 | 86.0 | 6.6 |
| CV Total | 33.55 | 15.5 | 3.1 | 122.34 | 14.0 | 0.6 |
| Grand Total | 217.00 | - | 4.3 | 876.02 | - | 5.7 |
Flash report, March 2016
12 Apr. 2016
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
China - Production of vehicles
| Mar. 2016 | Jan.-Mar. 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-o-Y(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-o-Y(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 109.94 | 43.6 | -2.2 | 285.52 | 43.3 | -8.4 |
| MPV | 24.14 | 9.6 | 24.2 | 65.91 | 10.0 | 14.9 |
| SUV | 72.43 | 28.7 | 47.0 | 196.48 | 29.8 | 50.8 |
| Mini Van | 7.83 | 3.1 | -35.3 | 22.32 | 3.4 | -31.0 |
| PC Total | 214.34 | 85.0 | 11.0 | 570.23 | 86.5 | 7.3 |
| CV Total | 37.71 | 15.0 | 6.4 | 88.82 | 13.5 | -0.3 |
| Grand Total | 252.06 | - | 10.3 | 659.05 | - | 6.2 |
Flash report, February 2016
10 Mar. 2016
*Data in the flash report may from time to time differ from data in the detail report to be announced at a later date due to a difference in the data source.
China - Production of vehicles
| Feb. 2016 | Jan.-Feb. 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-o-Y(%) | Units (10,000) |
Share(%) | Y-o-Y(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 69.78 | 43.3 | -14.6 | 175.57 | 43.1 | -11.9 |
| MPV | 17.44 | 10.8 | 6.1 | 41.77 | 10.3 | 9.7 |
| SUV | 47.02 | 29.2 | 40.6 | 124.05 | 30.5 | 53.1 |
| Mini Van | 6.01 | 3.7 | -39.0 | 14.50 | 3.6 | -28.4 |
| PC Total | 140.25 | 87.0 | -0.8 | 355.89 | 87.5 | 5.1 |
| CV Total | 20.94 | 13.0 | -4.4 | 51.03 | 12.5 | -4.8 |
| Grand Total | 161.18 | - | -1.3 | 406.91 | - | 3.7 |
Flash report, January 2016
22 Feb. 2016
*Data in the flash report may from time to time differ from data in the detail report to be announced at a later date due to a difference in the data source.
China - Production of vehicles
| Jan. 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Units(10,000) | Share(%) | Y-o-Y(%) | |
| Sedan/Hatchback | 105.79 | 43.1 | -9.9 |
| MPV | 24.33 | 9.9 | 12.4 |
| SUV | 76.23 | 31.1 | 60.2 |
| Mini Van | 8.49 | 3.5 | -18.3 |
| PC Total | 214.84 | 87.6 | 9.0 |
| CV Total | 30.36 | 12.4 | -4.4 |
| Grand Total | 245.20 | - | 7.1 |