On 2 September, 55 fashionable King Long luxury buses were shipped in the port in Xiamen and will be delivered to the customer in Saudi Arabia. It is known that it is the seventh years when King Long Bus exports buses to this country since 2004. There have been more than 1200 King Long buses there in total.
55 King Long buses for Saudi Arabia
In 2009, King Long Bus exported 3554 buses with amount of 1.23 billion Yuan. On 13 February 2009, it obtained the order of 406 city buses including 4 completely vehicles and 402 CKD ones, referring to over 160 million Yuan in the China‘s government concessional loan project for Senegal. In November 2009, it launched XMQ6121GH hybrid power bus in Singapore, which means the first independent hybrid power bus brand made in China export to developed country. In December, 151 natural gas luxury city buses drove to Peru and it is also the first time for China to export hybrid power buses overseas in mass production.
During the period of time of 2010 FIFA World Cup, 3000 King Long light buses were operated among the 9 courses as small public transport vehicles in South Africa. It is reported that King Long Bus exported 2574 light buses in total, year-on-year growth of 890%, ranking No.2 in the domestic industry for exporting achievement.
King Long luxury buses
In this March, it attracted strong attention of the local citizens for the coming of 61 King Long natural gas buses in Port Antonio in Chile. They were specially made for southern Chile and the first application of natural gas buses there. King Long Bus signed the strategic cooperation agreement with the biggest dealer in Israel with step into the local market. In this June, it launched the newly developed triaxial buses with advanced technology in Italy, marking its formal entrance to European high-end tourist coach market and has got the order of 12 units.
Since 2010, King Long Bus has got great progress in overseas market with market deepening, service optimization and brand cultivation. As of the end of this August, the accumulated exporting volume is 4096 units, year-on-year growth of 155%, taking leading position in China.