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<ul><li>We revise down our 2024E/25E heavy-duty truck (HDT) industry sales forecast by 11%/9% to 0.96mn / 1mn units, representing 4%/5% YoY growth.</li><li>For exports, the growth outlook is less certain given the weakness of truck sales in Russia, a major market for Chinese trucks.</li><li>We are concerned that the growth in other countries will not be able to offset the decline in Russia. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We revise down our 2024E/25E heavy-duty truck (HDT) industry sales forecast by 11%/9% to 0.96mn / 1mn units, representing 4%/5% YoY growth.For exports, the growth outlook is less certain given the weakness of truck sales in Russia, a major market for Chinese trucks.We are concerned that the growth in other countries will not be able to offset the decline in Russia. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Capital Goods - Turning Cautious on Export Market; D/G Sinotruk to HOLD; Maintain BUY on Weichai

<ul><li>The 35% decline in China’s LNG price (due to abundant supply) along with the 4% increase in diesel price (due to strong crude price) YTD have reduced the gas/diesel price ratio to only 0.56x (0.9x in late Dec 2023).</li><li>The expanding price spread boosted the sales of natural gas HDTs substantially by 2x YoY in Mar, taking the gas HDT ratio to 25% (vs 7% in Jan).</li><li>We expect the current gas/diesel price spread could last longer than that in 2023, given the elevated crude price arising from the geopolitical tension in the Middle East. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

The 35% decline in China’s LNG price (due to abundant supply) along with the 4% increase in diesel price (due to strong crude price) YTD have reduced the gas/diesel price ratio to only 0.56x (0.9x in late Dec 2023).The expanding price spread boosted the sales of natural gas HDTs substantially by 2x YoY in Mar, taking the gas HDT ratio to 25% (vs 7% in Jan).We expect the current gas/diesel price spread could last longer than that in 2023, given the elevated crude price arising from the geopolitical tension in the Middle East. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Heavy Duty Truck - Expanding Gas/Diesel Price Spread to Further Boost Sales of Gas HDTs

<ul><li>In the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs (CCFEA) meeting held on 23 Feb, President Xi proposed an acceleration of a large-scale replacement of production equipment to support economic growth.</li><li>This is the first time that equipment replacement is mentioned as a tool to support the economy.</li><li>We believe this message is a positive signal to the heavy-duty truck (HDT) sector. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

In the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs (CCFEA) meeting held on 23 Feb, President Xi proposed an acceleration of a large-scale replacement of production equipment to support economic growth.This is the first time that equipment replacement is mentioned as a tool to support the economy.We believe this message is a positive signal to the heavy-duty truck (HDT) sector. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Capital Goods – Equipment Replacement Proposed in Central Government Meeting

<ul><li>We summarize the Jan 2024 leading indicators as below, including the number of leads, customer flows and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li Auto, Xpeng, BYD and Aion.</li><li>Note that such data are based on a sample size of 96 stores (15-18 stores for each brand) in 15 cities in China.</li><li>The following data reflect same-store metrics, and the metrics on a company level could be better than these figures, as most players are still expanding their sales network.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We summarize the Jan 2024 leading indicators as below, including the number of leads, customer flows and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li Auto, Xpeng, BYD and Aion.Note that such data are based on a sample size of 96 stores (15-18 stores for each brand) in 15 cities in China.The following data reflect same-store metrics, and the metrics on a company level could be better than these figures, as most players are still expanding their sales network.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Auto - Moderate Leading Indicators May Result in Mild Recovery After CNY

<ul><li>According to preliminary data from Cvworld, China HDT sales volume (domestic sales + exports) surged 64% YoY to ~80k units in Jan 2024.</li><li>The growth is stronger than our expectation as: (1) part of the sales in Dec 2023 were postponed to Jan 2024; (2) an early CNY in 2023 resulted in a low base effect.</li><li>Smoothing out the CNY effect by comparing the average sales in 2M23 (63k units), the sales of 80k units in Jan 2024 represented 27% growth. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

According to preliminary data from Cvworld, China HDT sales volume (domestic sales + exports) surged 64% YoY to ~80k units in Jan 2024.The growth is stronger than our expectation as: (1) part of the sales in Dec 2023 were postponed to Jan 2024; (2) an early CNY in 2023 resulted in a low base effect.Smoothing out the CNY effect by comparing the average sales in 2M23 (63k units), the sales of 80k units in Jan 2024 represented 27% growth. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Capital Goods - HDT Sales Volume Surged ~64% YoY in Jan on Low Base

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Weichai Power Co., Ltd. specializes in the research and development, manufacturing and sales of diesel engines. The company's products are applicable to markets such as, heavy-duty vehicles, coaches, construction machines, vessels and power generator.

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Capital Goods - Turning Cautious on Export Market; D/G Sinotruk to HOLD; Maintain BUY on Weichai

We revise down our 2024E/25E heavy-duty truck (HDT) industry sales forecast by 11%/9% to 0.96mn / 1mn units, representing 4%/5% YoY growth.

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China Heavy Duty Truck - Expanding Gas/Diesel Price Spread to Further Boost Sales of Gas HDTs

The expanding price spread boosted the sales of natural gas HDTs substantially by 2x YoY in Mar, taking the gas HDT ratio to 25% (vs 7% in Jan).

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Capital Goods – Equipment Replacement Proposed in Central Government Meeting

This is the first time that equipment replacement is mentioned as a tool to support the economy.We believe this message is a positive signal to the...

CMB International

Auto - Moderate Leading Indicators May Result in Mild Recovery After CNY

We summarize the Jan 2024 leading indicators as below, including the number of leads, customer flows and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li...

CMB International

Capital Goods - HDT Sales Volume Surged ~64% YoY in Jan on Low Base

According to preliminary data from Cvworld, China HDT sales volume (domestic sales + exports) surged 64% YoY to ~80k units in Jan 2024

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