The used commercial vehicle market has rebounded rapidly

On the morning of March 1st, the reporter came to Huatong used car trading market and saw many vehicles with foreign license plates parked in the market waiting for the transaction. From time to time, pedestrians with foreign accents walked quickly on the road, waiting for car inspection and transfer of ownership of vehicles in an orderly queue, a thriving scene.

I was worried that no customers came this time last year. Wu Jianjun told reporters that the market was quiet at the time, with only four cars sold in February. In order to expand sales, the company has increased sales incentives and adopted various means to promote sales. "Despite all the measures, sales are down quite a bit from normal times." Mr. Wu said.

However, with the adjustment of epidemic prevention and control policies, the long-lost smile has returned to Wu Jianjun's face as sales have climbed. "I sold 70 cars online and offline in February this year, a record for the company." Wu Jianjun happily told reporters that not only sales growth, as the market picks up, used commercial vehicle prices have also risen by 20%, the company's development momentum this year is very good, he is recruiting online sales staff, ready to let the traditional industry of car sales on the new track of live streaming, do a good job.

New channels have been developed for foreign distribution

"Our company is mainly engaged in the export of used commercial vehicles. The demand from abroad is very high, and we are working hard to set up overseas outlets." Wu Xiaoming told reporters that as used-car sales are booming, the company plans to invest millions of yuan in Kyrgyzstan and Cambodia to set up outlets and retooling plants. "Our commercial vehicles are very well received by foreign merchants, and we should seize this opportunity to achieve leapfrog development."

"I mainly deal in the export of used cars to Russia." Shanghai merchants Mr. Chen said, now the domestic used car market hot, he is afraid of missing business opportunities.

In the interview, almost every dealer mentioned the supportive policies given by the local government during the epidemic to help them survive. "Last year, the provincial government issued Several policies and Measures on Effective Response to the epidemic to help small and medium-sized enterprises rescue difficulties. Jining City immediately implemented the detailed policies based on local characteristics. In particular, the transportation and logistics industry, which is heavily affected by the policy, has been given a series of relief and subsidy measures. Lu Xiaosheng, director of the Management committee of Jining Freight Automobile Industry Base, introduced that the government has clearly reduced the cost of second-hand car transaction and greatly reduced the tax on second-hand car transaction. At the same time, it offers discounts on parking fees to merchants and actively connects with financial enterprises to provide unsecured low-interest loans to merchants. "In February last year, only 1,045 used commercial vehicles were sold. In February this year, 3,379 were sold, which shows that used commercial vehicle sales in Jining are recovering quickly and will reach a new high."