16,000 Units! China National Heavy Duty Truck Achieves Another Record in January Heavy-Truck Exports

Recently, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group has once again reported impressive news: in January, its heavy-truck exports exceeded 16,000 units. Following its historic breakthrough of 15,000 units in September last year, the company has now broken its own industry record just four months later, setting yet another all-time high and delivering a strong start to the new year.

True Gold Forges a “Strong Start”

In the just-concluded year of 2025, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group delivered an inspiring performance: total vehicle sales exceeded 440,000 units, up 22.5% year on year. Of these, heavy-truck sales reached 300,000 units, securing the company’s position as the No. 1 player in China’s heavy-truck sector for the fourth consecutive year and also clinching the global crown for heavy-truck sales. This historic milestone not only reflects the market’s high regard for CNHTC’s products and services but also serves as a source of pride for China’s entire automotive industry, fully demonstrating the unrivaled strength of “Made in China” and Chinese brands on the global stage.

On the export front, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group has consistently “surpassed itself”: total heavy-truck exports for the year exceeded 150,000 units, up more than 14% year on year, marking the 21st consecutive year the company has held the top spot in China’s heavy-truck export rankings. Monthly heavy-truck export sales have surpassed 15,000 units for three consecutive months, with January this year continuing the strong growth trend by exceeding 16,000 units—setting a new industry record in just four months.

The domestic market has also delivered outstanding performance, with the company securing the top position in all ten key sub-sectors and achieving a substantial increase in market share for new-energy vehicles and advanced intelligent driving systems. With robust growth both at home and abroad and strong production and sales, statistics show that Jinan Truck Manufacturing alone received orders for more than 28,600 units in January. This superior market performance has earned high recognition from investors: in January of this year, China National Heavy Duty Truck’s Hong Kong-listed shares hit an all-time high, pushing its market capitalization past RMB 100 billion. These impressive results have helped China National Heavy Duty Truck get off to a strong start in the new year, injecting powerful momentum into the company’s high-quality development for the entire year.

“Box office success” is even more “critical acclaim.”

Behind its global leadership in production and sales lies China National Heavy Duty Truck Group’s unwavering commitment to uncompromising product quality. CNHTC boasts domestically leading, world-class manufacturing facilities and has established a large-scale, highly efficient production system; by 2025, the capacity of the CNHTC Laiwu plant alone will exceed 110,000 units.

To deepen its integration into the global market and precisely align with local needs, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group is actively advancing a localized strategic layout, having established 37 KD assembly plants in 27 countries worldwide. The company has developed end-to-end localized solutions that combine sales, after-sales service, and financial support, leveraging front-loaded resource deployment and scaled production to significantly enhance market penetration and service response efficiency. At the end of last year, the Algeria KD plant officially commenced operations, quickly becoming a key foothold for expanding into the African market, with exports in January surging by 656% year on year. Meanwhile, the Tanzania KD plant has achieved full-capacity, high-efficiency operation, with exports in January increasing by 55% year on year.

While steadfastly upholding quality as its lifeline, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group places customer needs at the forefront and continues to invest heavily in building a robust service network. In overseas markets alone, it has established more than 700 service outlets and parts centers, creating an extensive, well-supported, and highly efficient service matrix. Thanks to this comprehensive service system, CNHTC has forged a distinct competitive edge and cultivated a deep-rooted customer base across multiple regional markets worldwide. Looking ahead, CNHTC will further expand its dealer network, conduct standardized training on sales, service, and parts management on a regular basis, and ensure that customers around the globe enjoy the best possible experience—characterized by product reliability, excellent value for money, and rapid response times.

A New Journey, a New Chapter

At the 2025 Global Partner Conference, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group firmly stated that it will continue to deepen its strategy of global expansion across all product categories and worldwide market deployment, driving breakthroughs and upgrades across its entire product lineup, fostering win-win value creation throughout the full product lifecycle, and comprehensively upgrading its marketing system. Through these comprehensive transformations, the company aims to enhance its global competitiveness and make a full-scale push toward achieving its 2030 strategic objectives.

With exports surpassing 16,000 units, this milestone not only builds on past achievements but also marks the starting point for a new journey. During the current strategic window of surging global demand for commercial vehicles, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group will seize opportunities and accelerate breakthroughs by continuously upgrading its products, technologies, cost-effectiveness, and service network, thereby forging new strategic growth engines. Armed with the wisdom to “recognize change” and the boldness to “seek change,” the company will remain at the forefront of the industry. Under the dual-brand strategy of SITRAK and HOWO, CNHTC will further expand into light-duty trucks and pickup trucks, establishing a comprehensive product portfolio that covers the entire range of commercial vehicles. At the same time, the company will comprehensively advance the localization of its production systems, management frameworks, and talent teams, positioning itself more closely to global market needs and laying a solid foundation for its global expansion.

Today, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group’s products are sold across six continents and more than 150 countries and regions, with over one million CNHTC heavy-duty trucks in operation worldwide. As the vanguard of China’s high-end equipment manufacturing, CNHTC is committed to fulfilling its mission of “empowering a better future through technology,” while steadfastly advancing its six strategic transformations—greening, digital intelligence, service-oriented operations, internationalization, diversification, and premiumization—to become a global leader in the commercial vehicle industry and write a new, grand chapter for China’s national automotive industry.