In June this year, the output and sales volumes of passenger vehicles in China totaled 1.5874 million units and 1.5114 million units, decreasing by 5.3 percent and 6.1 percent month on month, while down 0.7 percent and 3.4 percent year on year, respectively, as announced by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). In the January-June period, the output and sales volumes of passenger vehicles in China amounted to 10.3278 million units and 10.0956 million units, up 6.4 percent and 4.8 percent year on year, respectively.
As for commercial vehicles, domestic output and sales in June amounted to 263,400 units and 291,700 units, down 8.3 percent and one percent month on month, while increasing by 2.9 percent and 3.5 percent year on year, respectively. In the January-June period, domestic output and sales of commercial vehicles totaled 1.7672 million units and 1.7547 million units, down 14.9 percent and 14.4 percent year on year, respectively.
In June, China’s auto export volume totaled 67,800 units, down 4.2 percent month on month, and down 16.3 percent year on year, including 37,800 passenger vehicles and 30,000 commercial vehicles, down 0.8 percent and 8.2 percent month on month, while down 20 percent and 11.1 percent year on year, respectively.
Meanwhile, in the January-June period, China's auto export volume amounted to 385,100 units, down 13.5 percent year on year, including 213,700 passenger vehicles and 171,300 commercial vehicles, down 18.7 percent and six percent on year-on-year basis, respectively.