China heavy trucks sales rose 2% in 2019 to record high of 1.17 million units

SHANGHAI, Jan 2 (SMM) – More than 90,000 heavy trucks were sold in China in December, according to the preliminary estimate by cvworld.cn.

This would rise about 9% from December 2018, and bring full-year sales to a new record high of 1.17 million units, up 2% from 1.15 million units in 2018.

Heavy truck sales in China picked up in the second half of 2019, when saw a year-over-year increase of about 8%.