Heavy truck sales fell 34% in May

The heavy truck market in the second quarter was not the worst, only worse.

The first commercial vehicle network reporter recently learned that the heavy truck market is expected to sell 54,800 vehicles in May, a substantial drop of about 34% from the same period last year (83036 vehicles). Among them, the top three Dongfeng, Zhongqi, and FAW respectively sold 12330, 8100, and 7800 vehicles, down 25%, 26.4%, and 38.5% year-on-year; Shaanxi Automobile of the Second Group Corps saw the smallest decline (-18.7%) and 9400. The single-month sales of vehicles jumped up to the top two in the heavy-duty truck market in May, second only to Dongfeng, and Futian Auman of the second group sold 7,000 vehicles, a decrease of 37.7% year-on-year.

The third group army continued to be the hardest-hit area in the heavy truck market. In May, Beiben sold 2,206 heavy trucks, a year-on-year decrease of 48%. JAC sold 2,400 heavy trucks, a decrease of 44.1% year-on-year. Hongyan and Hualing sold 1,425 heavy trucks and 1,288 vehicles respectively, which fell 60.5% and 54.2% year-on-year.

As the second quarter is approaching, the heavy truck market is still sluggish. From January to May 2012, the heavy truck market accumulated a total of 306,600 sales, a decrease of 33.1% year-on-year. Dongfeng Motor Company sold a total of 69,500 heavy trucks (down 30.4% year-on-year) and continued to rank first. The second-placed FAW Group and the third-placed China National Heavy Duty Truck Co., Ltd. tightly gripped, accumulatively selling 55,400 heavy trucks and 55,200 units respectively. , year-on-year decrease of 27.4% and 34.9%. The second group of Shaanxi Automobile and Foton sold 43,072 vehicles and 40,648 vehicles, down 27.1% and 28.4% respectively. The overall decline of the third group army was relatively large, and the decline of each group exceeded 40%.

In May and June, although heavy news about the resumption of work and investment in major national projects continued, the heavy truck market still showed no sign of improvement. On May 23, when Premier Wen Jiabao presided over the executive meeting of the State Council, he pointed out that the current downward pressure on the economy has increased. It is necessary to intensify pre-adjustment and fine-tuning in accordance with the situation, stressing that steady growth should be given a more important position, and at the same time launching a batch of issues that affect the overall situation. , a major project with strong motivation. Since then, the National Development and Reform Commission and the provincial and municipal development and reform commissions have acted swiftly to expedite the approval of a large number of projects and covered many areas.

However, with the denial of large-scale investment plans by official institutions in late May and early June, macroeconomic expectations and investor confidence once again fell to a low point. Judging from the current situation of the first commercial vehicle network reporter, the heavy-duty truck industry will usher in the lowest point of the market in June and July, and the monthly sales volume will be slightly more than 50,000 units. Whether the entire industry can reverse the decline in the second half of the year remains to be re-expressed in national policies.

Schedule: List of sales of heavy truck brands from January to May (unit: vehicle)