22.05.2018 / Foreign brands are expanding into the Russian bus market
In Jan-Apr 2018 new bus sales amounted to 4,2 thousand vehicles. Thus the market grew by 16.7% on the same period of 2017. In April 2018 new bus sales showed a 30% YoY growth and amounted to 1.3 thousand buses.
PAZ accounted for 50% of the market: PAZ sold 2.09 thousand buses which was a 1% rise on 2017.
LiAZ and NEFAZ came second and third with a 41.8% and a 47.1% growth in sales correspondingly.
Foreign brands are successfully expanding into the Russian bus market: Sales of Russian brands went 12.7% up whereas sales of foreign brands increased by 91.5%. The market share of foreign brands grew form 9% to 15% in the period under consideration
New bus sales, Jan-Apr, 2017-2018, thousand units
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
New bus sales, TOP-10 brands, Jan-Apr, 2017-2018, thousand units
|
Brand |
Jan-Apr 2017 |
Jan-Apr 2018 |
Change, % |
|
PAZ |
2,07 |
2,09 |
1,0% |
|
LIAZ |
0,67 |
0,95 |
41,8% |
|
NEFAZ |
0,17 |
0,25 |
47,1% |
|
YUTONG |
0,03 |
0,18 |
500,0% |
|
MAZ |
0,17 |
0,18 |
5,9% |
|
VOLGABUS |
0,15 |
0,11 |
-26,7% |
|
KAVZ |
0,09 |
0,1 |
11,1% |
|
GOLDEN DRAGON |
0,01 |
0,07 |
600,0% |
|
HIGER |
0,02 |
0,06 |
200,0% |
|
ZHONG TONG |
0,01 |
0,06 |
500,0% |
|
Other |
0,21 |
0,15 |
-28,6% |
|
Total |
3,6 |
4,2 |
16,7% |
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
New bus sales by brand origin, Jan-Apr, 2017-2018, thousand units
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
