BUSMAKERS' NEWS * China - Xiamen to back up bus makers as sales dip sharply
In the first quarter, the sale of buses saw a downturn of 36.38 percent
Xiamen,Fujian,China -The China Daily, by Tong Hao & Hu Meidong -4 May 2009: -- An authority on the bus industry, bus sales in the country dropped to 23,495 in the first quarter of the year compared to 2008. This has severely hit the business of bus manufacturers in China, including those in Xiamen... Xiamen, a southeast city in Fujian province, is a major production center of buses in China, with two of the top 10 bus manufacturers. The city produces about 30,000 big and medium-sized buses every year... According to a three-year industrial plan (2007-2009) issued by the municipal government, Xiamen plans to raise the capacity of its annual bus production to 40,000 in 2010... However, with the sales of King Long down by 33.6 percent year-on-year, to 1,956, during the first quarter and the sales of Golden Dragon plunging by 44 percent to 2,621 units, the future of the plan remains uncertain and bus manufacturers are trying to devise methods to make up for slow sales and decreasing revenue...Labels: busmakers' news worldwide
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