In August, the production and sales of commercial vehicles were 233,400 and 247,400 units respectively, down 5.8% and 4.9% than that of last month. Comparing with last August, the production and sales were down 19.4% and 16.4% respectively. The sales and production of commercial vehicles continued to decline.
        For the first eight months, the production and sales of commercial vehicles reached 2,557,100 and 2,557,800 units respectively, down 3.9% and 5% year on year.
        As for the first eight months by type, the production and sales of buses were up 6% and 6.6% respectively; while such figures for trucks were down 5.5% and 6.8%.