China's largest bus-maker Zhengzhou Yutong Bus CO has began shipping 48 buses to Uruguay. The buses will be used to serve public transportation and tourism industry, the company said.
Code-named ZK6100HB and ZK6129H, the buses is the largest export deal of Yutong to the South American country. This will followed by a series of orders from this country.

Now Yutong is the only Chinese automaker that sells buses to Uruguay, accounting for 42 percent of the local market. Currently around 50 Yutong buses are in service in the country.
 
Yutong sold 25,522 buses in China and abroad in 2007, up 41.5 percent from previous year. A total of 3,319 buses were exported, up 84 percent year-on-year.