Auto & Transportation

At the second "Guangdong Automobile Trade Global" and New Energy Vehicle Export Conference held in Nansha, Guangzhou on May 31st, the reporter learned that as new energy vehicle exports enter the "golden period", Guangzhou is making every effort to build an international automobile trade center. Guangzhou Port Nansha Automobile Port, shipping companies, and others are accelerating the opening of more routes and increasing the guarantee of Ro/Ro transportation capacity by car ships.

On the afternoon of May 31st, during the New Energy Vehicle Export Conference, a Ro/Ro barge named "Suigang Automobile 01" slowly departed from Nansha Haijia Automobile Terminal with a batch of self owned brand new energy commodity vehicles, making its maiden voyage to Hong Kong Kwai Chung Terminal. According to Luo Hongbo, General Manager of Guangzhou Ganghaijia Automobile Terminal Co., Ltd., at the conference, in order to further expand the international trade export market of Nansha automobiles, Nansha Automobile Port actively leverages the advantages of the geometric center of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. From now on, new energy vehicles produced in South China can enter the Hong Kong Macao market through advanced transportation methods such as roll on and roll off.

More and more "Cantonese cars" are boarding ships from the Nansha Port in Guangzhou and being sold worldwide. In March of this year, Nansha Automobile Port welcomed the largest batch of new energy vehicle exports since the beginning of this year, with 3600 domestically produced new energy vehicles boarding the Ro Ro shipment and exporting to Southeast Asia. According to data from Guangzhou Port Group, the export of automobiles in international trade increased significantly by 128.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, maintaining a rapid growth momentum. In the first quarter of this year, Guangzhou Port Group net added 3 foreign trade routes, with a total of 157 foreign trade routes, laying a "fast lane" for domestic vehicle exports.

The "busyness" of Guangzhou port is becoming a microcosm of China's high growth trend in automobile exports. Zhang Yan, Deputy Director of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Guangzhou Municipal Committee, said at the meeting that since this year, China's automobile international trade exports have achieved a breakthrough against the trend. In the first four months of this year, China exported 1.37 million cars, an increase of 89.2% year-on-year. The sales of exported cars have surpassed Japan and ranked first in the world. Among them, 348000 new energy vehicles were exported, a year-on-year increase of 1.7 times. Becoming an important driving force for export growth, accounting for 42.9% of the overall export value, and contributing 51.6% to the growth of international automobile trade exports.

The conference also released the "Blue Book on the Development of Guangzhou's Used Car Export". It is reported that under policy promotion, Guangzhou Nansha Port took the lead in achieving the first second-hand car export business in China in 2019. At this point, China's second-hand car exports have begun to enter the right track. According to data from Blue Book, in 2022, Guangzhou exported 4372 second-hand cars, accounting for 77.25% of the total export volume of the province. The second-hand car brands include Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Great Wall, Dongfeng, General Motors, Heavy Duty Truck, Zhongtong, Yutong, etc. The export destinations cover nearly 40 countries and regions in Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central America, and other regions.