Nine China auto enterprises including FAW, Foton, Dongfeng, Jiangling, Changhe, and Hafei, etc. with more products attended this exhibition. They presented the level of Chinese autos. With the five-star red flag fluttering in the wind, the tour took ten days around over 1,000 km, and I felt the charming of Chinese autos overseas.
In the world market, Made-in-China products often occupy the low and middle market, so they do in Syria, where the middle and low autos are popular. In the capital of Syria – Damascus, the economic center – Aleppo or coastal port – Latakia, China economic sedans such as Chery QQ, Xiali, Geely, Hafei Lobo, are not uncommon. Of course, mini-trucks from FAW, Hafei, Changhe and Changan, the ‘dual-use vehicles’, which can be used both for life and production, enjoy a greater popularity.
In Syria, I observed a curious phenomenon. Although many construction projects were developing, and the government was also boosting infrastructure projects like roads, bridges and so on, new heavy trucks were rarely used. There were many aged second-hand trucks of Mercedes-Benz, Volvo or Renault. Referring to this, parties concerned attributed to the high price in international market and heavy tariff on heavy trucks by Syrian government. Nowadays, the second-hand heavy trucks occupied a share of 70 percent to 80 percent in the heavy truck market in Syria.
During this tour, Chinese truck enterprises such as FAW, FOTON, presented their products to explore middle heavy truck market of Syria. They believed that the potential of Chinese heavy truck was huge, and Chinese truck had the advantage of price competitiveness in Syria.
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Li Hui
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