In April, the decrease rate enlarged on yearly basis. This month, the production and sales of automobiles in China reached 2,052,000 and 1,980,000 units respectively, down 19.8% and 21.4% than that of last month, and down 14.5% and 14.6% year on year. The decrease rate enlarged 11.7 percentage points and 9.4 percentage points comparing with the same period last year.
For the first four months, the production and sales of automobiles were 8,389,000 and 8,353,000 units respectively, down 11% and 12.1% year on year. The decrease rate enlarged 1.2 percentage points and 0.8 percentage points than that of in Q1.