Beijing News reported that China Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) recently submitted to the Chinese government an emergency market study named “Urgent Report on the Current Financial Difficulties and Risks of Closure Faced by Car Dealers.”
The Report indicated that, in recent times, CADA has received reports from a large number of member companies that the drastic changes in the Chinese domestic automobile market brought by the continued price war and other factors have left automobile dealers in a quagmire and facing the outstanding problem of extremely tight capital liquidity. CADA estimated in the first eight months, the price war caused the overall retail sales of the new car market to lose a total of RMB 138 billion yuan (around US$19.7 billion). The Report also mentioned that, at present, car dealers are experiencing large-scale losses in new car sales. They are generally operating with cash flow deficits and rapidly increasing risk of capital chain disruption. Car dealers are struggling for their survival, and the overall discount rate for the new car market reached 17.4 percent in August.
CADA called on the government to pay extra-close attention to the current financial difficulties and shutdown risks faced by the automobile dealership sector, and decisively adopt phased financial relief policies and measures to effectively prevent the occurrence of systemic landslide failures. The association especially called for more supportive and flexible loans from financial institutions.
Source: Beijing News, September 23, 2024
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