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<ul><li>We revise down our 2024E/25E heavy-duty truck (HDT) sales forecast by 10%/5% to 856k/ 954k units, following our cut in forecast in Aug, due to further deterioration of HDT demand over the last two months.</li><li>We now expect 5% YoY decline in HDT sales (China sales + exports) in 2024E, followed by 10%/9% recovery in 2025E/26E.</li><li>We are cautious on export market as Russia, the major market for Chinese trucks, will likely see further decline due to high base and impact of high tax recycling tax (starting in Oct).</li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

We revise down our 2024E/25E heavy-duty truck (HDT) sales forecast by 10%/5% to 856k/ 954k units, following our cut in forecast in Aug, due to further deterioration of HDT demand over the last two months.We now expect 5% YoY decline in HDT sales (China sales + exports) in 2024E, followed by 10%/9% recovery in 2025E/26E.We are cautious on export market as Russia, the major market for Chinese trucks, will likely see further decline due to high base and impact of high tax recycling tax (starting in Oct).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.

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