On November 14, the first China-Europe JSQ commercial car special train (left) in Yongchuan District, Chongqing City, waited for departure at Yongchuan Railantan Station. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Quanchao.
Xinhuanet, Beijing, December 12 A few days ago, a special train of China-Europe JSQ commercial vehicles departed from Railantan Station, Yongchuan District, Chongqing, and went straight to Europe. There is only one kind of goods on the car, that is, 232 Great Wall Motors manufactured in Yongchuan, with a total value of about 42 million yuan.
Since the beginning of this year, the number of special trains for automobile exports has increased significantly, and more and more car companies have chosen to transport cars through the "steel camel fleet". As of November 27, there were 211 special trains for China-Europe Express (Xi'an).
In the past, car exports usually took 45 to 60 days by sea, but now it only takes 15 days to transport them through the China-Europe Express (Xi'an). Chen Bin, manufacturing director of Geely Automobile Group Xi'an Geely Automobile, said that the opening of the special train for automobile export provides the company with overseas shipping options with low comprehensive cost and high transportation efficiency.
On September 12, at the automobile terminal of Yantai Port in Shandong Port, a large number of export commodity vehicles were waiting to be loaded and shipped (drone**) Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhang Chao).
Automobile production and sales increased significantly.
As the world's largest automobile market, China's automobile production and sales have ranked first in the world for 14 consecutive years, accounting for about 30% of the global market share. The number of cars in the country is currently 3300 million vehicles, ranking first in the world. According to Geng Hongzhou, a first-level inspector of the Department of Consumption Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce, China's new energy vehicles have developed rapidly, and the production and sales volume has ranked first in the world for 8 consecutive years, accounting for about half of the world's market share.
According to data from the China Association of China, from January to October 2023, China's automobile production and sales will reach 240160,000 and 239670,000 units, up 8% y/y and 9% y/y, respectively1%, the production and sales of automobiles maintained steady growth. From January to October, the production and sales of new energy vehicles in China reached 73520,000 and 7.28 million units, an increase of 339% and 378%, with a market share of 304%；New energy vehicle exports 9950,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 991%。
According to Chen Shihua, deputy secretary-general of the China Automobile Association, in October, China's automobile production and sales reached 28910,000 and 28530,000 units, up 1% m/m5%, sales decreased by 02%, an increase of 11 year-on-year2% and 138%, the production and sales of automobiles hit a new high in the same period in the month after September.
Wang Xia, Chairman of the Automotive Industry Committee of the China International Promotion Committee, said that internationalization is the only way for the high-quality development of China's auto industry, and that the "going out" of Chinese car companies will help prosper the global auto market and benefit global consumers. On the basis of achieving the growth of one million vehicles for two consecutive years, in the first three quarters of this year, China's automobile exports were 33880,000 units, more than 311 for the whole of last year10,000 units, an increase of 60% year-on-year.
On April 23, 2023, the China-Europe Express Chang'an Geely Automobile Export Special Train departed from Xi'an International Port Station (drone**), and a total of 165 Geely cars were "taken" in 55 containers to the China-Europe Express to Berelaste Station in Moscow, Russia. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Yibo.
Chinese cars "reach" the world.
According to data recently released by the General Administration of Customs, China's foreign trade exports in the first 11 months of this year were 216 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 03%。The main force driving the growth is still mechanical and electrical products, with exports increasing by 28%, the total export value accounted for nearly 60% of the total export value in the same period. Among them, 6529 cars200 million yuan, an increase of 796%。
According to the statistics of the Passenger Car Market Information Association (Passenger Car Association), passenger car exports from January to November 2023 were 3.45 million units, a year-on-year increase of 64%. New energy vehicles accounted for 23% of total exports in November5%。With the increase of export capacity, the export of independent brands reached 33 in November30,000 units, up 75% y/y and 5% m/mJoint venture with luxury brand export 450,000 units, down 37% y/y.
In April this year, BYD has begun to export new energy vehicles through the China-Europe new energy vehicle export special train. Kang Yan, director of overseas business of BYD Automobile, said that the China-Europe freight train has opened an efficient and fast logistics channel for BYD to Central Asia, and has become an important hub line for developing the Central Asian market.
According to Li Jinlong, general manager of China Railway Lianji Xi'an Central Station, since the first launch of the China-Europe train Chang'an in 2013, a total of 16,500 enterprises have been served. Hand in hand with platform companies, it has successively opened special trains such as BYD and Geely, providing customized high-quality train products for enterprises to "go global".
In addition, as an important hub for automobile exports in the north, from January to August this year, Tianjin port exported a total of 30 automobiles90,000 units, an increase of 238%。Among them, the export of new energy vehicles is 1930,000 units, a new high, an increase of 31 year-on-year1%。
According to statistics from Ningbo Customs, from January to July this year, Ningbo Meishan Port exported 2180,000 units, worth 33100 million yuan, a year-on-year increase. 9%, maintaining a high growth trend.