Data released by China Customs in November 2025 shows that exports of green products such as “the new three high-growth export products” (electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and solar cells), railway electric locomotives, and wind turbines achieved double-digit growth in the first 10 months.
Commodity Code | Commodity Name | 2025 Jan-Sep Export Quantity (Units) | 2025 Jan-Sep Export Value (RMB) | 2024 Jan-Sep Export Quantity (Units) | 2024 Jan-Sep Export Value (RMB) |
86011011 | Railway electric locomotives driven by DC motors with microcomputer control | 64 | 38,586,226 | 27 | 126,684,017 |
86011019 | Other railway electric locomotives driven by DC motors | 7 | 19,573,531 | 11 | 2,163,866 |
86011020 | Railway electric locomotives driven by AC motors | 57 | 235,077,974 | 23 | 159,268,342 |
86011090 | Other railway electric locomotives driven by external power | 1 | 1,917,643 | 7 | 38,741 |
86012000 | Railway electric locomotives driven by storage batteries | 222 | 260,764,708 | 137 | 79,002,217 |
Significant Growth in the First Three Quarters of 2025 vs. the Same Period Last Year:
- Export quantity surged by 38.6%, rising from 233 units to 323 units.
- Export value increased by 51.4%, growing from 367 million RMB to 556 million RMB.
Key Characteristics of Exported Electric Locomotives:
- Optimized product structure: With export quantity up by 38.63% and export value by 51.41%, it indicates a shift toward high-value-added products.
- Outstanding performance of key products: Storage battery-driven locomotives became the main export product, accounting for 68.7% of the total and growing by 62% year-on-year.
- Significant contribution from high-value products: Although the export quantity of AC motor-driven locomotives decreased, their export value rose by 47.60%, from 159 million RMB to 235 million RMB.
These data reflect the continuous enhancement of the competitiveness of China’s railway electric locomotives in the international market, with a constantly optimized product structure and an increasing proportion of high-value-added products. Against the backdrop of the national strategy for rail transit equipment “going global,” it demonstrates the positive outcomes of international cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.