In February, the sales and production of commercial vehicles witnessed a dramatic decrease both monthly and yearly, of which the drop of trucks was the key factor. This month, the production and sales were 219,000 and 196,600 units respectively, down 31.1% and 30.2% than that of last month. Comparing with last February, the production and sales were down 26.7% and 30.9% respectively.
For the first two months, the production and sales of commercial vehicles reached 536,200 and 478,200 units respectively, down 16.2% and 19.5% year on year. As seen by type, the production and sales of buses were up 15% and 6.8% respectively than the previous year; while such figures for trucks were down 20.1% and 23.4%.