In September this year, the output and sales volumes of passenger vehicles in China amounted to 2.205 million units and 2.06 million units, decreasing by 11.9 percent and 12.0 percent year on year, respectively, as announced by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). In the January-September period of the current year, the output and sales volumes of passenger vehicles in China totaled 17.351 million units and 17.26 million units, rising by 0.1 percent and 0.6 percent year on year, respectively.
As for commercial vehicles, the output and sales volumes in September amounted to 331,000 units and 334,000 units, decreasing by 10.8 percent and 8.4 percent year on year, respectively. In the January-September period of the current year, output and sales of commercial vehicles in China totaled 3.141 million units and 3.231 million units, rising by 5.2 percent and 6.3 percent year on year, respectively.