Exports of over 230,000 vehicles in October-my country's cars speed up to enter overseas markets
The latest data released by the China Automobile Association shows that my country’s auto companies exported 231,000 vehicles in October, an increase of 33.8% month-on-month and 1.1 times year-on-year, setting a new historical record again.
With the upgrading of China's automobile industry, more and more Chinese automobiles are going to the international market.
Xu Haidong, deputy chief engineer of the China Automobile Association, said that since the beginning of this year, my country's automobile exports have grown rapidly, especially new energy automobile exports have shown explosive growth, and they are playing an increasingly important role in exports.
Data show that from January to October, my country's auto companies exported 1.594 million vehicles, an increase of 1.2 times year-on-year.
In terms of vehicle types, 1.258 million passenger vehicles were exported, a year-on-year increase of 1.3 times; commercial vehicle exports were 336,000, a year-on-year increase of 86.0%.
It has been several years since China's auto exports have "rised".
Since 2017, China's auto exports have begun to grow, and auto exports have increased by 6% in 2018 and 2019.
Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the National Passenger Vehicle Market Information Joint Council, said that due to the sharp decline in demand in the Southeast Asian market, the export volume of low-end electric vehicles in my country has fallen sharply, but the export of high-end electric vehicles has shown a rapid growth trend.
Industry insiders believe that the gradual recovery of overseas markets, shortage of auto supply, low base number, and explosive growth of new energy auto exports have contributed to the substantial growth of auto exports.
Xu Haidong believes that in recent years, with the substantial improvement in appearance, quality, and intelligent network configuration, the competitiveness of Chinese auto brands overseas has continued to increase.
Super industrial competitiveness has driven the export of Chinese auto companies to achieve a round of rapid growth.
According to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers a few days ago, from January to September this year, the top 10 companies in auto export volume are: SAIC, Chery, Changan, Dongfeng, Tesla, Great Wall, Geely, BAIC, Jiangxi Automobile and Sinotruk.
Compared with the same period last year, the export volume of the above 10 companies all grew rapidly. Except for Geely, BAIC and Sinotruk, the export growth rate of other companies exceeded 100%.
"New energy vehicles have become an important field that drives the growth of my country's automobile exports." said Wu Songquan, senior chief expert of the China Automotive Technology Research Center.
Statistics show that from January to October this year, my country's export of new energy vehicles reached 255,000 units, achieving a substantial increase.
According to data from the China Automobile Dealers Association, the main increase in the export of new energy vehicles is in the European market and the South Asian market. The average price of markets in Western Europe, Northern Europe, and Central Europe has also reached the level of 30,000 US dollars.
Wang Du, deputy secretary-general of the China Automobile Dealers Association, told reporters that many foreign dealers have come to them and hope to be able to import new energy vehicles from China. This is a new trend.
"The export price of my country's new energy vehicles is not lower than that of foreign brands, which fully reflects the increased competitiveness of Chinese auto brands and increased Chinese brands' overseas market share." Xu Haidong said.
At present, many factories directly invested by Chinese auto companies have begun mass production overseas, and gradually increased production and sales.
For example, SAIC Motor’s Thailand plant, Wuling’s Indonesian plant, Great Wall Motor’s Tula plant in Russia, Geely’s Belarus plant and Proton’s Malaysian plant have all been mass-produced, supporting overseas sales of Chinese brand cars and contributing to future growth. Laid a solid foundation.
Xu Haidong said that Chinese brand cars have begun to focus on building their own overseas brands.
Localized production and marketing are conducive to the establishment of the image of Chinese auto brands and the continuous improvement of the brand's overseas reputation and reputation.
This is the only way for Chinese cars to go overseas and build a powerful automobile nation.
Wangdu believes that building a reputation requires long-term efforts. For Chinese auto companies, the better choice is to find good local dealers and service providers, and establish a dealership and after-sales service system.
Automobile exports have great potential. The government and industry organizations should guide and plan on supporting policies, financial support and service systems to protect and support the development of Chinese brands.
It is understood that the government and industry associations have begun to actively promote automobile exports.
In late November, a series of Chinese brand upward activities led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will be held in Chery. Chery Automobile will also launch a new overseas development strategy. At the same time, the 2021 annual meeting of the International Alliance of Chinese Automobile Companies will also be held.
It marks that the overseas development of Chinese brand cars has sounded a new round of clarion calls and entered a new stage of development.
(Economic Daily reporter Liu Jin)