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According to the latest statistics released by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), China exported 41,100 units buses & coaches in 2020, down by 34.45% year on year.
Table 1 below shows the changes of China’s total sales volume and export volume of buses and coaches in 2019 and 2020.
Table 1
| Total Sales Volume of Buses & Coaches | Total Export Volume of Buses & Coaches | Total Exports as Percentage of Total Sales | |
| 2020 | 437,400 units | 41,100 units | 9.40% |
| 2019 | 455,860 units | 62,700 units | 13.77% |
| Growth Rate | -4.05% | -34.45% | -4.37% |
Table 2 below shows the detailed information of exports of large buses, mid buses and light buses in 2020.
Table 2
| Large buses | Mid buses | Light buses | |
| Total export volume | 12,200 units | 2,900 units | 25,900 units |
| Growth Rate | -32.1% | -49.3% | -33.32% |
| Export Composition | 29.68% | 7.06% | 63.0% |
Table 3
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
| Sales | 5,094 | 1,784 | 4,678 | 5,239 | 3,434 | 2,951 | 2,390 | 2,088 | 3,526 | 2,639 | 2,124 | 5,055 |
| Growth Rate | 66.58% | -45.63% | -2.87% | -3.48% | -35.88% | -55.45% | -46.62% | -71.45% | -33.02% | -25.11% | -60.86% | -24.59% |
Table 4
| buses with 10-20 seats | buses with 20-30 seats | buses with over 30 seats | |
| Export Composition | 56.0% | 10.0% | 34.0% |
Table 5 below shows the top ten destinations of China’s bus & coach exports in 2020. The combined sales volume of buses & coaches in the top ten destinations accounted for 69.15% of China’s total export volume in 2020. In 2019, the percentage figure stood at 52.92%.
Table 5
| Ranking | Destination | Sales as Percentage of Total Export Volume in 2020 | Sales as Percentage of Total Export Volume in 2019 |
| 1 | Egypt | 23.8% | 11.0% |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 15.8% | 8.8% |
| 3 | Peru | 6.3% | 7.7% |
| 4 | Bolivia | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| 5 | Philippines | 3.6% | 2.56% |
| 6 | Nigeria | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| 7 | Vietnam | 3.3% | 6.02% |
| 8 | UAE | 3.1% | 3.0% |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 3.05% | 1.6% |
| 10 | Chile | 2.80% | 2.44% |
Table 6
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Total Exports | 58,000 units | 53,000 units | 55,500 units | 62,700 units | 41,100 units |
| Exports to Belt & Road countries | 34,850 units | 32,900 units | 35,800 units | 40,800 units | 27,700 units |
| Export to Belt & Road countries as percentage of total exports | 60.1% | 62.0% | 64.5% | 65.0% | 67.4% |
Major bus makers in China delivered impressive performances in terms of their exports despite a host of challenges and difficulties in 2020.
King Long ranked the first place among all bus players with a total export volume of 8,554 units buses & coaches in 2020. It delivered 436 units intelligent anti-epidemic vehicles to 19 countries and regions across the globe. In April, 213 units King Long luxury coaches embarked on their journey to Saudi Arabia. In May, 200 units King Long city buses were delivered to Cyprus. In July, 449 units King Long school buses were exported to Saudi Arabia.
In April, Golden Dragon exported 1,000 units light buses to Egypt. In October, it secured another order of 2,000 units light buses from Egypt.
Higer obtained an order of nearly 200 units buses from Russia in January and 1,815 units buses from Qatar in December.
Zhongtong secured an order of nearly 1,800 units luxury coaches from its overseas customers in earlier 2020 and delivered 80 units buses to Mexico and 200 units buses to Philippines in latter half of the year.
BYD buses made their way to Germany, USA, Japan and other developed countries in 2020.