A few days ago, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers released the state of the automobile market in May. May, automobile production and sales were 1.7805 million and 1.7615 million, a decline of 6.27% and 4.36% respectively, an increase of 13.52% and 9.81%, respectively; January-May, automobile production and sales were 9.0772 million and 9.0281 million Vehicles, an increase of 13.49% and 12.56% respectively.

        Automobile Association said, after three monthly sales reached the highest value since the beginning of April and May, although the chain was a certain degree of decline, but remained stable year on year growth is expected in the first half of car sales will continue to maintain more than 10% year on year growth in sales The volume will exceed 10 million, and overall better than expected at the beginning of the year.

        Commercial vehicles continue to grow faster

        In May, the production and sales of automobiles declined in a month-on-month ratio and continued to maintain steady growth year-on-year. Among them, the sales volume of commercial vehicles has increased more than 10% year-on-year for two consecutive months.

        Data show that in May commercial vehicle production and sales were 360,800 and 364,600, a decline of 10.03 percent and 8.94 percent, respectively, an increase of 20.39% and 12.88%, respectively, in which heavy goods vehicles (including semi-trailer tractor) than The year-on-year continued to show rapid growth. From January to May, the production and sales volume of commercial vehicles were 1,775,600 and 1,765,500, respectively, an increase of 7.12% and 4.45% year-on-year respectively, which was 2.9 and 2.1 percentage points higher than that of January-April, respectively. Among them, passenger car production and sales increased year-on-year. More than 13%, the production and sales of trucks and semi-trailer tractors increased slightly from the same period of last year.

        In May, the demand for passenger vehicle market was generally stable, and the cumulative increase slightly declined. According to the data, in May, the sales of passenger cars were 1,396,900, a month-on-month decrease of 3.09% and an increase of 9.04% year-on-year. From January to May, a total of 7,261,600 passenger vehicles were sold, an increase of 14.73% year-on-year, representing an increase of 1.42 percentage points from the previous April.

        From the perspective of sales of main types of passenger vehicles, sales growth of passenger cars in May was slightly lower, an increase of 5.28% year-on-year to 945,500; SUVs and MPVs continued to maintain rapid growth, with year-on-year sales growth of 40.90% and 1.1 times respectively; Passenger cars sold 143,900 units, a decrease of 22.52% year-on-year. From January to May, sales of cars, SUVs, and MPVs increased by 12.67%, 43.40%, and 130% year-on-year, respectively; sales of crossover passenger cars reached 790,100, a year-on-year decrease of 21.95%.

        However, automobile exports fell in double-on-month comparisons in May. According to statistics, in May, China's auto exports were 86,400, which was a 3.4% decrease from the previous month and 16.1% year-on-year; from January to May, the cumulative exports were 402,300, an increase of 5.3% year-on-year. China Automobile Association said that this is the first time since the global financial crisis in 2008 after the recovery of exports was lower than the level of the same period last year.

        Decline in own brand share

        The performance of Chinese brands is still not good, and the market share has dropped to a certain extent in both the chain and the same period of last year.

        Data show that in May, Chinese brands were sold 550,800, a decline of 3.56%, an increase of 6.83%, accounting for 39.43% of total passenger car sales, market share last month dropped 0.19 percentage points lower than the same period last year 0.82 percentage points.

        Among foreign brands, compared with the previous month, sales of the law system increased slightly, and other foreign brands decreased. Compared with the same period of last year, sales of Japanese brands declined, and other foreign brands maintained rapid growth. In May, sales of passenger cars from the German, Japanese, U.S., South Korea, and France accounted for 19.31%, 16.04%, 12.35%, 9.31%, and 3.31% of the total sales of passenger cars, respectively. Compared with the previous month, the share of the Korean system and the law system increased slightly compared with the previous period. The Japanese system, the German system, and the American Department decreased slightly. Compared with the same period of the previous year, the market share of the Japanese brand brands continued to decline year-on-year, and other foreign brands maintained growth. The growth is more pronounced.

        From January to May, a total of 3,054,400 Chinese branded passenger vehicles were sold, a year-on-year increase of 14.47%, a decrease of 1.78 percentage points from the previous April, accounting for 41.80% of the total passenger car sales, and a 0.09 drop in occupancy rate over the same period of last year. Percentage. Among foreign brands, compared with the same period of last year, sales of Japanese passenger cars continued to decline year-on-year, while other foreign brands maintained rapid growth. From January to May, sales of German, Japanese, American, Korean, and French passenger cars accounted for 19.10%, 14.46%, 12.10%, 9.08%, and 3.23% of the total sales of passenger cars. Compared with the same period of last year, except for the Japanese market, the market share of other foreign brands continued to grow year-on-year.

        However, the key economic efficiency indicators of some companies are positive. Data show that from January to April, the total industrial output value and operating income of the 17 key enterprises (groups) of the automobile industry increased by 13.5% and 10.1% respectively over the same period of last year, which was an increase of 1.1 and 2.5 percentage points from the first quarter respectively. From January to April, 9 out of 17 key enterprises (groups) had higher total profits than the same period of the previous year. The total profit of the seven companies was negative, and one company suffered losses.