In March, the sales and production of commercial vehicles enjoyed growth monthly, but still witnessed a dramatic decrease comparing with the same period of last year, of which the drop of trucks was the key factor. Besides, buses also declined slightly. This month, the production and sales were 355,000 and 370,200 units respectively, up 62.1% and 88.3% than that of last month. Comparing with last March, the production and sales were down 21.7% and 19.4% respectively.
For the first three months, the production and sales of commercial vehicles reached 891,500 and 847,900 units respectively, down 18.4% and 19.5% year on year. As seen by type, the production and sales of buses were up 7.4% and 3.4% respectively than the previous year; while such figures for trucks were down 21.8% and 22.7%.