China's economic revival warms CV sales in 2009

By: Linda Luo   2010-02-04

Sales of commercial vehicles in the first 11 months of 2009, which include both light commercial vehicles (light buses, light trucks and mini trucks) and heavy-duty vehicles (medium and large buses, and medium and heavy-duty trucks), reached 2.29 million units, growing 32.08 percent year-on-year. Output was a bit higher, at 2.34 million units, up 35.97 percent from the same period a year prior. Sales of semi-tractor trailers posted 186,349 units, down 1.73 percent in the January-November period of 2009. Chinese commercial vehicle makers sold 523,733 chassis during the period, a slight increase of 3.72 percent.