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At the start of 2026, this leading enterprise, which has held the top spot in China’s heavy-duty truck exports for 21 consecutive years, is fully prepared and embarking on a new journey with a “sprint from the beginning of the year” attitude—it has once again broken its own record of 15,000 units exported in a single month, reaching 16,000 units in the first month of 2026! This marks another historic starting point for China’s heavy-duty truck globalization journey!
This solid “opening success” is a natural reflection of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group’s (CNHTC) long-term overseas cultivation and the accumulation of comprehensive strength. Looking back at 2025, CNHTC delivered an export performance that shocked the industry: total heavy-duty truck exports exceeded 150,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 11%, maintaining its position as the top domestic heavy-duty truck exporter for 21 consecutive years, continuing to lead the industry with an absolute advantage. Even more significant is that in September 2025, CNHTC’s monthly heavy-duty truck exports exceeded 15,000 units for the first time, rewriting the history of China’s heavy-duty truck exports and deeply imprinting the “Chinese heavy-duty truck” mark on the global market map.
This confidence in setting new records stems from its comprehensive and end-to-end strength. Unlike a single-dimensional sales breakthrough, Sinotruk’s internationalization strategy has long been diversified. Today, its products are distributed across six continents and more than 150 countries and regions, with over one million Sinotruk heavy-duty trucks operating on transportation routes worldwide, becoming a vibrant symbol of Chinese equipment manufacturing going global.
However, breaking records is difficult, but surpassing oneself is even harder. Sinotruk’s strategic layout at the beginning of 2026 clearly conveys its firm determination to “strive for higher goals.” Looking towards 2026, Sinotruk is focusing on four key words: “product, value, ecosystem, and trust,” adding new momentum to its international development. On the product side, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group (CNHTC) is building a product matrix characterized by technological leadership, superior performance, and reliable quality. This involves enhancing comprehensive competitiveness across multiple dimensions, including R&D, production, and supply chain, to precisely meet the differentiated needs of various global markets. On the value side, CNHTC is driving continuous brand advancement and improving service efficiency and quality, implementing the concepts of “brand is value” and “service is value,” making brand recognition and service quality the core reasons for user choice. On the ecosystem side, CNHTC is focusing on new energy, used vehicles, finance, and remanufacturing to build a sustainable industrial ecosystem and enrich the full-value-chain marketing transformation of its partners. On the cooperation side, CNHTC is upgrading its win-win philosophy with its partners, deepening trust through team building, channel empowerment, and market expansion, and uniting the strength of global partners.
Therefore, this precise focus and clear market layout are the core support for CNHTC’s willingness to challenge new records. Behind this “self-confrontation” lies a significant step in CNHTC’s continued deepening of its full-category overseas expansion and globalization strategy, and another step in CNHTC’s march towards becoming a “world-class commercial vehicle enterprise.”
With 16,000 heavy-duty trucks exported in the first month, it’s a strong start, marking the first step in China’s heavy-duty truck internationalization strategy for 2026! Focusing on China National Heavy Duty Truck Group (CNHTC), we eagerly await good news in the new year and look forward to witnessing the next historic moment for Chinese heavy-duty trucks!