South China Group

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Who is the largest motorcycle manufacturer in China? Anyone?


If you did not guess Dayang , you guessed wrong, its the largest by far and consists of two entities within the China South Industrial Group, that group includes Jialing, Jianshe and Qingqi, however it’s Luoyang Northern and its two parts; Luoyang Northern Ek-Chor Motorcycle Co., Ltd and Luoyang Northern Enterprise Group Co.,Ltd., that are the largest.


Combined anyway they are the largest, as of May 2012 YTD they have produced 1,081,643 units and represent 12.85% of total motorcycle production in China. That is 3.27% larger then the Grand River Group (Suzuki/Haojue) which is ranked first.


The pair, that being both in the Luoyang Northern Group are not big exporters in rank, they are only ranking at 20th and 31st and both are posting losses both in production and exports 43.16% total loss in exports combined over last year and a they combined also lost 12.02% in production over 2011.


The groupings in china are complex, some are a JV with foreign partners and others not, but linked through groupings.


The South China Group is huge and in that awkward, far from progressive or innovative. Even its individual entities that are joint ventures with Japanese companies are or seem to be failing.