In October, the production and sales of commercial vehicles were 286,400 and 278,300 units respectively, up 1.3% in production but down 3.2% in sales than that of last month. Comparing with last October, the production and sales were down 11.7% and 14.9% respectively. The decrease rates narrowed than September.
        For the first ten months, the production and sales of commercial vehicles reached 3,126,200 and 3,123,700 units respectively, down 6.3% and 7.1% year on year. The decrease rates further enlarged than that of the previous nine months.
        As for the first ten months by type, the production and sales of buses were up 6.5% and 7.2% respectively; while such figures for trucks were down 8.3% and 9.3%.