BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) According to the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the national automobile production and sales in May were 2.065 million and 2.092 million, respectively, with a decrease of 5.1% and 1.7% from the previous month and an increase of 5.0% and 9.8% respectively. Among them, new energy vehicles produced 37,000 vehicles and sold 35,000 vehicles, up 131.3% and 128.0% respectively.
In May, China’s automobile production and marketing market decreased compared with last month, and the year-on-year growth rate continued to grow. From January to May, automobile production and sales maintained steady growth, and the growth rate of production and sales showed a slight increase over the same period of last year.
Car sales in January and May increased by 9.8% year-on-year.
According to the statistics of China Automobile Industry Association, the national automobile production and sales in May were 2.065 million and 2.092 million respectively, with the production and sales decreasing by 5.1% and 1.7% respectively. It increased by 5.0% and 9.8% respectively.
From January to May, the production and sales of automobiles were 10.844 million and 10.755 million respectively, up by 5.8% and 7.0% respectively.
(1) Passenger car sales in May increased by 11.3% year-on-year.
In May, the production of passenger cars was 1.772 million, up 5.5% year-on-year and down 3.7% month-on-month. Sales reached 1.793 million vehicles, up 11.3% year-on-year and 0.5% quarter-on-quarter. Among them, 921,000 cars were sold, up 1.5% year-on-year; MPV sold 180,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 28.2%; SUV sales were 627,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 36.3%; Cross-type passenger cars sold 64,000 vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 37.3%.
From January to May, the production and sales of passenger cars were 9.327 million and 9.258 million respectively, up 6.6% and 7.8% respectively. Among them, car sales were 4.643 million, down 6.1% year-on-year; MPV sold 1.03 million vehicles, up 15.6% year-on-year; SUV sales reached 3.218 million units, a year-on-year increase of 45%; Cross-type passenger cars sold 368,000 vehicles, down 31.6% year-on-year.
1.1.6 liters and below passenger car market share increased by 4.5%.
In May, 1.283 million passenger cars of 1.6 liters or less were sold, accounting for 71.6% of the passenger car sales market, up 4.5 percentage points over the same period of last year. Sales increased by 18.8% year-on-year.
From January to May, 6.674 million passenger cars of 1.6 liters or less were sold, accounting for 72.1% of the passenger car sales market, up 2.6 percentage points over the same period of last year. Sales increased by 11.7% year on year.
2. The sales volume of self-owned brand passenger cars increased by 12.9% year-on-year, among which SUV increased by 40.2% year-on-year.
In May, self-owned brand passenger cars sold 717,000 vehicles, up 12.9% year-on-year, accounting for 40% of the passenger car sales market, up 0.6 percentage points from the same period of last year. Among them, a total of 160,000 self-owned brand cars were sold, down 8.2% year-on-year, accounting for 17.4% of the total car sales, down 1.8 percentage points from the same period of last year; A total of 335,000 SUVs were sold, a year-on-year increase of 40.2%, accounting for 53.4% of the total SUV sales, an increase of 1.5 percentage points over the same period of last year.
From January to May, a total of 4.018 million self-owned brand passenger cars were sold, up 10.9% year-on-year, accounting for 43.4% of the passenger car sales market, and the share increased by 1.2 percentage points year-on-year. Among them, self-owned brand cars sold a total of 891,000 vehicles, down 17.7% year-on-year, accounting for 19.2% of the total car sales, and the share decreased by 2.7 percentage points year-on-year; A total of 1.824 million SUVs were sold, up 56.7% year-on-year, accounting for 56.7% of the total SUV sales, up 2.1 percentage points over the same period of last year.
(II) Commercial vehicle sales in May increased by 1.4% year-on-year.
In May, 293,000 commercial vehicles were produced, up 2.0% year-on-year and down 12.7% month-on-month. Sales of 299,000 vehicles increased by 1.4% year-on-year and 2.3% quarter-on-quarter.
From January to May, a total of 1.516 million commercial vehicles were produced, a cumulative increase of 0.9% year-on-year; Sales reached 1.497 million vehicles, up 2.3% year-on-year.
Second, the rapid growth of new energy vehicles
According to the statistics of China Automobile Industry Association, in May, 37,000 new energy vehicles were produced and 35,000 vehicles were sold, up by 131.3% and 128.0% respectively. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles were 29,000 and 26,000 respectively, up by 177.0% and 161.6% respectively. The number of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is 0.9 million, up by 49.3% and 68.7% respectively.
From January to May, new energy vehicles produced 132,000 vehicles and sold 126,000 vehicles, up 131.4% and 134.1% respectively over the same period of last year. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles were 99,000 and 92,000 respectively, up by 175.1% and 176.2% respectively. The production and sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles were 33,000 and 34,000 respectively, up 55.8% and 65% respectively.
Third, the economic benefits of key enterprises in the automobile industry have increased.
According to the statistics of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, from January to April 2016, the accumulated operating income of key enterprise groups reached 1,100.65 billion yuan, up 8.6% year-on-year. Accumulated profits and taxes totaled 172.68 billion yuan, up 2.1% year-on-year.
Four, the automobile import and export market continues to fall.
According to customs statistics, in April 2016, 64,000 vehicles were exported, down 5.5% year-on-year. 85,000 vehicles were imported, down 11.5% year-on-year.
From January to April, 212,000 vehicles were exported, a year-on-year decrease of 19.5%; The whole vehicle imported 294,000 vehicles, down 16.9% year-on-year.