Infrastructure and Real Estate Boost Sales of Heavy Trucks

In December 2012, heavy truck sales remained at the same level as last month.

Dealer feedback was more positive in the past few months: Some survey respondents reported that local road construction activities have been more active since November. This is mainly due to the previous part of the project arrears are already in place. However, the distributors also responded that the construction activities were mainly for the resumption of work under construction and there were not many new projects. In terms of coal demand, dealers responded better to the sales of transport vehicles, but mining vehicles still did not have much improvement. This also proved that the improvement of downstream demand is still only a certain amount of coal inventory.

In terms of business policy, the depot target will not be high next year: Some manufacturers have recently met with dealers to discuss business policies. From the feedback point of view, manufacturers' sales targets for dealers will generally not be high next year. Basically, this year's sales will remain unchanged.