China News Service, June 17 According to the Ministry of Commerce website, from January to May, the national automobile market continued to grow rapidly, and the sales of new energy vehicles performed well.
According to statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the sales of new vehicles from January to May was 10.875 million, a year-on-year increase of 36.6% and an increase of 5.9% over the same period in 2019. Among them, the sales of new energy vehicles was 950,000, an increase of 2.2 times year-on-year and an increase of 94.2 over the same period in 2019. %.
New car sales in May amounted to 2.128 million units, a slight decrease of 3.1% year-on-year, and an increase of 11.1% over the same period in 2019; among them, the sales of new energy vehicles was 217,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 1.6 times and an increase of 91.7% over the same period in 2019.
Second-hand car transactions continued to be active.
According to statistics from the China Automobile Dealers Association, the transaction volume of second-hand cars from January to May was 6.907 million, a year-on-year increase of 60.9% and a year-on-year increase of 22.9%.
In May, 1.462 million vehicles were traded, an increase of 24.7% year-on-year and an increase of 25.9% year-on-year.
The recycling and dismantling of scrapped motor vehicles increased steadily.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce, 1.055 million scrapped motor vehicles were recycled from January to May, a year-on-year increase of 48.4% and a year-on-year increase of 20.2%.
238,000 vehicles were recycled in May, an increase of 21.4% year-on-year and an increase of 17.8% year-on-year.