Chinese Car Imports Expected to Rise by 20 Percent in 2010

The Chinese automotive imports are expected to increase by 20 percent in the current year, reaching 420,000 units, as Gasgoo reports.

Last year, China’s volume of imported automobiles saw a smaller 31 percent increase from a year earlier, reaching 353,000 units, while imports at customs grew by only 2.8 percent to 419,000 units in 2009. The reduction of the increase rate was caused by two factors: obviously, the global financial crisis and a government tax on imported cars equipped with engin… (read more)