China Auto Imports & Exports jumped more than 70% in 1st 5 months

In May exports of completely built vehicles were 47,000 units, up 12.12% from April and 80.27% year on year. Foreign exchanges by export were $524 million, up 7.09% from April and 160% year on year. In the first five months completely built vehicles exports were 188,700 units, up 66.60% and earned foreign exchanges of 1.13 billion, up 99.30% year on year. Sedan exports soared 80.85% year on year to 51,700 units, van exports went up by 52.52% to 80,400 units and bus exports jumped by 240% to 23,300 units. Exports of these three kinds of automobiles in the first five months were 155,400 units, accounting for 82.35% of the total.

China imported 108,000 vehicles in the first five months, an increase of 25.3 percent, with imports of sedans up 34 percent to 50,400 units, cross-country vehicles up 21 percent and minibuses up three percent.

In the fifth month auto imports in China were 25,100 units, up 5.83% from April and 71.07% year on year, import volume reached a total of 805 million yuan, up 3.63% from April and 69.51% year on year. Sedan imports increased by 76.45% year on year to 12,110 units, and up 17.88% from April, cross-country vehicles up 78.13% to 11,051 units, 3.76% higher than April.