China In April 2013: The Return Of Double Digit Growth
China’s CAAM released April sales today, and as indicated by GM’s good April showing, results are good. Sales of all automobiles are up 13.38 percent to 1,841,700 in April. Treat other reports with caution, many are the usual confusion of passenger vehicles and all cars. In China, there is a huge difference.
According to the CAAM, 1,441,400 passenger vehicles were sold in April, an increase of 12.96 percent over April 2012. Sales of commercial vehicles rose 14.09 percent to production to 400,800. For the first 4 months, total sales stand at 7,266,200.
Passenger VehiclesChina April 2013China571,200According to the CAAM data, sales by Japanese makers are down 3.8 percent compared to April last year. As the situation is beginning to normalize, sales of Chinese brands are off their former peaks.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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Sounds like good news. The fact that commercial is also up would point to this being sustainable?