China's New Car Export Policy for 2026

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Source: Foreign Trade Department 2025-11-14 16:40

Notice from the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the General Administration of Customs on Further Strengthening the Management of Used Car Exports
[Issuing Authority] Department of Foreign Trade
[Document Number] Commerce and Trade Letter [2025] No. 648
[Date of Issuance] November 11, 2025

Commerce, industry and information technology departments of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities with independent planning status, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps; public security bureaus (departments); Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs; and all directly affiliated customs offices:

To thoroughly implement the decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, further regulate competition in the automotive industry, and promote the healthy and orderly development of my country's used car exports, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the General Administration of Customs have decided to further strengthen the management of used car exports. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

I. Further tighten the management of used car exports

(I) Strictly control the export of new vehicles under the guise of used vehicles.

From January 1 , 2026 , for vehicles applying for export that are less than 180 days (inclusive ) from the registration date , local commerce departments should guide local enterprises to submit a "Confirmation of After-Sales Service" issued by the vehicle manufacturer. This confirmation should include the country of export, vehicle information, and information on after-sales service outlets, and should be stamped with the manufacturer's official seal. Vehicles that cannot provide the above materials will not be issued export licenses. For vehicles that have already completed transfer registration and are awaiting export procedures before the implementation date of this notice, enterprises should be guided to fulfill their contracts and export in an orderly manner.

(II) Standardizing the Application and Issuance of Export Licenses.

Localcommerce authoritiesshouldguide enterprises to complete and accurately fill out export license application information. The vehicle brand, model, registration date, and transfer registration date pending export should be consistent with the information on the Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate. The registration date and transfer registration date pending export should be entered in the appendix to the export license. Export licenses will not be issued to enterprises that fail to complete the above information as required. The Ministry of Commerce will closely monitor the submission of export license information and will issue notices to enterprises and relevant issuing agencies that repeatedly violate the regulations.

(III) Establish a dynamic management and exit mechanism for enterprises.

Localcommerce departmentsshouldstrengthen the construction of local used car export credit evaluation systems, anddaily supervision and dynamic management of enterprises in accordance with the "Negative List of Dishonest Behaviors in Used Car Exports" (Annex 1, to regulate enterprise business practices and export competition order. Enterprises with dishonest behavior should be interviewed promptly. Enterprises with repeated dishonest behavior,failure to provide timely technical and spare parts support for exported vehicles, orfailure to fulfill quality assurance obligations,or whose legal representatives or related parties establish separate enterprises to conduct used car export business, should be ordered to formulate and implement rectification measures for their previous dishonest behavior. When reviewing their export license applications, the implementation of rectification mea