In January 2025, China exported a total of 4,736 large, medium, and light buses, representing a year-on-year increase of 35.24%. Despite the Lunar New Year holiday in January, China bus exports still achieved significant year-on-year growth, thanks to the persistent efforts and continuous marketing push by bus companies overseas. Historically, China bus exports have been on the rise year by year, with a particularly notable increase in January, climbing from just over a thousand vehicles to over 4,700 vehicles from 2022 to 2025, demonstrating impressive growth rates.

In January 2025, overall bus exports increased by 35.24% year on year, with the three sub-markets of large, medium, and light buses performing differently. Large buses saw a surprising decline, with 2,215 units exported in January 2025, a year-on-year decrease of 8.96%, whereas in January 2024, large bus exports had increased by 60% year on year. Medium buses continued to grow, with 675 units exported in January 2025, up 14.8% year on year. Light buses surged, with 1,846 units exported in January 2025, a year-on-year increase of 283.78%, making them the most eye-catching in terms of growth rate among the three sub-markets. However, in terms of export volume, large buses still led the way.

By function, in January 2025, 3,392 seated buses were exported, an increase of 2,080 units compared to the same period last year, with a year-on-year surge of 158.54%; 1,071 city buses were exported, a decrease of 1,041 units compared to the same period last year, down 49.29% year on year; 22 school buses were exported, down 66.15% year on year; and 251 other buses were exported, up 1830.77% year on year. Thus, seated buses and city buses remained the main types of buses exported from China in January 2025. Seated buses not only had high export volumes but also experienced rapid growth.

The export volume of this type of bus in January was impressive even when compared to the full year of 2024, exceeding not only January 2024 but also every other month except December 2024.

Export Rankings: Golden Dragon Tops the List, Zhongtong Remains in Second, and Ankai Rises to Sixth

In January 2025, Xiamen Golden Dragon took the crown for bus exports, with 1,373 units exported, a year-on-year increase of 589.95%; Zhongtong Bus maintained its second-place ranking from the same period last year, with 570 units exported in January, a slight increase of 1.60% year on year; Xiamen King Long ranked third, with 542 units exported, a year-on-year surge of 154.46%; Yutong Bus came in fourth, and JMC Jingma ranked fifth. The top five positions in the top ten were Ankai Bus, Foton AUV, BYD, AsiaStar Bus, and Higer, with Ankai achieving a significant leap to sixth place in the industry.

In January 2025, China exported 3,392 seated buses, an increase of 2,080 units compared to the same period last year, with a year-on-year surge of 158.54%, accounting for 72% of the total bus exports for the month. Among them, large, medium, and light seated buses were exported 1,264, 543, and 1,585 units respectively, with year-on-year increases of 80.31%, 149.08%, and 303.31% respectively. Light seated buses had the highest export volume and the fastest growth rate.

In January 2025, the top ten companies for seated bus exports were Xiamen Golden Dragon, Xiamen King Long, Yutong Bus, Zhongtong Bus, Ankai Bus, Foton AUV, AsiaStar Bus, Higer, JMC Jingma, and Guilin Bus. Xiamen Golden Dragon topped the list, with 1,319 seated buses exported in January, a year-on-year increase of 12 times, accounting for an astonishing 38.89% of the total. Xiamen King Long ranked second, with its export volume also experiencing significant year-on-year growth.

Notably, the 1,319 seated buses exported by Xiamen Golden Dragon in January accounted for 96% of its total bus exports for the month, indicating that "whoever wins the seated bus market wins the export world" to some extent.

In the large seated bus export sector, nine companies achieved exports in January 2025, ranked from high to low as Xiamen Golden Dragon (404 units), Yutong Bus (273 units), Zhongtong Bus (203 units), Ankai Bus (146 units), Higer (96 units), Xiamen King Long (81 units), Guilin Bus (40 units), AsiaStar Bus (16 units), and Foton AUV (5 units). Xiamen Golden Dragon topped the list, Yutong Bus came in second, Zhongtong Bus was third, and Ankai rose to fourth. On a year-on-year basis, Xiamen Golden Dragon achieved explosive growth, with an increase of 1088.24%.

In the medium seated bus sector, ten companies achieved exports in January 2025, ranked from high to low as JMC Jingma(122 units), Zhongtong Bus (111 units), AsiaStar Bus (96 units), Ankai Bus (85 units), Yutong Bus (43 units), Shenlong Bus (30 units), Xiamen King Long (26 units), Higer (15 units), Foton AUV (10 units), and Xiamen Golden Dragon (5 units).

In the light seated bus sector, which saw the most impressive growth, nine companies achieved exports in January 2025, ranked from high to low as Xiamen Golden Dragon (910 units), Xiamen King Long (426 units), Foton AUV (150 units), Ankai Bus (30 units), AsiaStar Bus (27 units), Higer (23 units), JMC Jingma (11 units), Yutong Bus (5 units), and Zhongtong Bus (3 units).

In January 2025, China exported 1,071 city buses, a decrease of 1,041 units compared to the same period last year, down 49.29% year on year. Compared to the export volume of over 3,300 seated buses and a significant year-on-year increase of 158.54%, the performance of city buses in January was rather dismal. All three sub-categories of large, medium, and light city buses also experienced year-on-year declines. Among them, large city buses saw the largest decrease in export volume, with 929 units exported in January, a decrease of 803 units compared to the 1,732 units exported in January of the previous year, down 46.36% year on year.

Source : www.chinabuses.org

Editor : Isabella

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