Auto & Transportation

The latest customs data released by the General Administration of Customs shows that in the first four months of this year, China's total export value of goods trade reached 7.67 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.6%. Among them, the performance of automobile exports is particularly impressive. According to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in April this year, the export volume of Chinese automobile enterprises reached 376000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 1.7 times, and continued to achieve rapid growth.

On May 12th, at a car ro/ro dock in Shanghai's Waigaoqiao Port Area, over 10000 cars of various brands were waiting to be loaded onto the ship and set sail. Since the beginning of this year, the scene of busy loading of vehicles has become the norm on the dock.

Chen Jia, Chief of the Inspection Department of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port Customs: In the first quarter of 2023, Waigaoqiao Haitong Terminal continued the strong trend of exporting over a million vehicles last year, completing a total of 231000 foreign trade vehicle exports, of which new energy vehicles accounted for 40% of the total export volume, and export routes were distributed throughout Europe, Southeast Asia, South America, and the Middle East.

On May 11th, at another port in Shanghai, 27 brand new domestic pure electric buses also successfully departed overseas. This is also the first time that the terminal has undertaken the export business of new energy buses. With the increasing demand for automobile exports, the reporter noticed that some captains who used to operate bulk cargo ships at ports have now specialized in operating car ro ro ships.

Car Ro Ship Captain Qu Xiao: The last voyage transported nearly 200 new energy vehicles. The requirements for the operation of Ro/Ro ships are slightly higher than those of bulk carriers. The transportation market for new energy vehicles is also rapidly growing, so the demand for talent in this area is growing.

According to customs data, from January to April this year, China's automobile enterprises exported a total of 1.37 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 89.2%; According to customs data, 348000 new energy vehicles were exported, a year-on-year increase of 1.7 times.

Xu Haidong, Deputy Chief Engineer of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers: The export speed from January to April this year was slightly higher than last year. The core benefit is the significant increase in competitiveness of Chinese automotive products. I should say that I have good capabilities in product quality control, supply chain management, and maintenance service system.

China's automobile exports exceeded Japan's in the first quarter of this year

In addition, according to customs data, in the first quarter of this year, China exported 1.07 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 58.1%; According to customs data, Japan, which ranked first in the world in terms of automobile exports last year, exported 954000 vehicles in the first quarter, which is already lower than China's automobile exports in a single quarter.

Xu Haidong, Deputy Chief Engineer of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers: Currently, China's automobile exports are still a form of trade, and the main development direction in the future is to directly invest in destination countries. The entire supply chain system may also need to be localized. I believe that as our trade model exports increase, our overseas direct investment model will also enter a stage of rapid development.