Economic operation of automobile industry in February 2020
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Last Update: 2020-03-18
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Novel coronavirus pneumonia was severely affected by the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia in February 2020, according to the statistical analysis of the China Automobile Industry Association At the production end, the enterprise's output level is low due to the slow resumption of work and the supply of spare parts; at the consumer end, the product consumption is stagnant, and the market demand is severely restrained, which will have a significant impact on the automobile market in the first half of the year As a pillar industry of national economy, the Party Central Committee attaches great importance to the development of automobile industry In the face of the impact of the epidemic, general secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "we should actively stabilize the traditional bulk consumption of cars and encourage the auto purchase area to appropriately increase the number of vehicle license plates, and drive the consumption of automobiles and related products" Then the local government issued a series of stable economic operation policies, which created conditions for the resumption of production and the activation of the market Automobile enterprises actively respond to the call of the Party Central Committee, focus on epidemic prevention and control, focus on production recovery, and actively contribute to the stability of the economy Since the outbreak, China Automobile Association has actively carried out industry research, understood and grasped the problems and difficulties in the resumption of production, reported the situation to the government departments in time, and put forward relevant policy suggestions Generally speaking, the general operating characteristics of the automobile industry in February 2020 are as follows: 1 The automobile production and sales fell sharply in February, and the automobile production and sales fell sharply The automobile production and sales completed 285000 and 310000 vehicles respectively, with a decline of 83.9% month on month, 79.8% and 79.1% year-on-year respectively From January to February, the production and sales of automobiles completed 2.048 million and 2.238 million respectively, with a year-on-year decrease of 45.8% and 42% respectively 2 The decline of production and sales of passenger vehicles was particularly significant in February The production and sales of passenger vehicles were 195000 and 224000 respectively, down 86.4% and 86.1% on a month on month basis, down 82.9% and 81.7% on a year-on-year basis, higher than the overall decline of production and sales of vehicles From January to February, the production and sales of passenger vehicles completed 1631 thousand and 1831 thousand respectively, with a year-on-year decrease of 48.1% and 43.6% respectively According to the production and sales of four types of passenger cars, the production and sales volume of passenger cars decreased by 50.4% and 47% respectively, that of SUVs by 42.3% and 37.3% respectively, that of MPVS by 65.7% and 58.6% respectively, and that of crossover passenger cars by 53% and 49.7% respectively 3 The production and sales of commercial vehicles decreased significantly year on year In February, the production and sales of commercial vehicles completed 89000 and 86000 respectively, with a drop of 73.0% month on month; the year-on-year drop was 66.9% and 67.1% respectively From January to February, the production and sales of commercial vehicles completed 417000 and 407000 respectively, down 34.8% and 33.2% year on year According to the production and sales of different models, the production and sales of passenger cars were 37000 and 36000 respectively, down 23.6% and 31.9% year on year; the production and sales of freight cars were 379000 and 371000 respectively, down 35.8% and 33.3% year on year 4 The production and sales of new energy vehicles decreased by 82.9% and 75.2% year-on-year, respectively, to 9951 and 12908 in February Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles were 8342 and 10680, down 80.5% and 72.6% year-on-year respectively; the production and sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles were 1609 and 2228, down 89.5% and 82.9% year-on-year respectively; the production and sales of fuel cell vehicles were 0 From January to February, the production and sales of new energy vehicles completed 53840 and 59705 respectively, down 63.8% and 59.5% year on year Among them, production and sales of pure electric vehicles were 38946 and 44557, down 64.4% and 60.7% year-on-year respectively; production and sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles were 14749 and 14977, down 62.2% and 55.7% year-on-year respectively; production and sales of fuel cell vehicles were 145 and 171, down 24.5% and 8.6% year-on-year respectively 5 The market share of China's brand passenger vehicles increased In February 2020, the sales of China's brand passenger vehicles totaled 118000, a year-on-year decrease of 77.6%, accounting for 52.6% of the total sales of passenger vehicles, an increase of 9.7 percentage points over the same period of the previous year Among them, the sales of China's brand passenger cars totaled 30000, a year-on-year decrease of 75.4%, accounting for 31.4% of the total sales of passenger cars, an increase of 10.9 percentage points over the same period of the previous year; China's brand SUV sales reached 73000, down 76.3% year-on-year, accounting for 65.4% of the total SUV sales, up 7 percentage points over the same period of last year; China's brand MPV sales reached 12000, down 84.3% year-on-year, accounting for 80.4% of the total MPV sales, down 3.3 percentage points over the same period of last year From January to February, the total sales of China's brand passenger vehicles was 721000, down 47% year on year, accounting for 39.4% of the total sales of passenger vehicles, down 2.5 percentage points over the same period of last year; among them, the sales of China's brand passenger cars were 170000, down 46.1% year on year, accounting for 20.4% of the total sales of cars, up 0.4 percentage points over the same period of last year; China's brand SUV sales reached 471000 units, down 42.5% year-on-year, accounting for 53.4% of the total SUV sales, down 4.8 percentage points from the same period of last year; China's brand MPV sales reached 55000 units, down 69.1% year-on-year, accounting for 61% of the total MPV sales, down 20.7 percentage points from the same period of last year 6 The market concentration of key enterprise groups is higher than that of January February of the same period The total sales volume of the top ten automobile sales enterprises is 2.04 million vehicles, down 40.6% from the same period of last year, 1.4 percentage points lower than that of the industry It accounted for 91.2% of the total automobile sales, 2.1 percentage points higher than the same period of last year 7 Automobile export fell in February compared with the same period last year Automobile enterprises exported 45000 vehicles, down 35.1% month on month, down 22.0% year on year By model, passenger cars exported 35000 vehicles this month, down 32.7% month on month, down 4.3% year on year; commercial cars exported 10000 vehicles, down 42.4% month on month, down 52.4% year on year From January to February, automobile enterprises exported 113000 vehicles, down 19.4% year on year By model, the export of passenger vehicles is 86000, down 5% year on year; the export of commercial vehicles is 27000, down 45.3% year on year Source: Industry Information Department of China Automobile Association
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