{"id":64072,"date":"2018-04-25T10:38:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T10:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=64072"},"modified":"2018-04-25T10:38:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T10:38:55","slug":"bmw-sees-slower-growth-china-year-local-jv-talks-ongoing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/bmw-sees-slower-growth-china-year-local-jv-talks-ongoing.html","title":{"rendered":"BMW sees slower growth in China this year; local JV talks ongoing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt;color: #000000\">BMW sees slower growth in China this year; local JV talks ongoing<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">German luxury carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) expects the pace of growth of its China sales to almost halve this year, the firm\u2019s chief executive said on Wednesday, amid a broader slowdown in the world\u2019s largest auto market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The firm is targeting growth of 7-8 percent, versus 15 percent in 2017, BMW CEO Harald Krueger told reporters at China\u2019s main annual auto show being held in Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cWe don\u2019t expect huge double-digit growth like in the past, we expect single digit growth,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">China\u2019s overall auto market grew just 2.8 percent in the first quarter of the year. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers has predicted a 3 percent market growth this year, in line with 2017, but significantly below the steep 13.7 percent gain in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">BMW, which has a local venture with Brilliance China Automotive Holdings (1114.HK), is also planning a new alliance with Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor Co (601633.SS) to develop the carmaker\u2019s Mini brand in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Krueger said Chinese plans to remove caps on foreign ownership of local ventures, currently limited to 50 percent, should not impact its tie-ups in the country, but said that discussions with its partners in the market were ongoing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">China said earlier this month it would scrap a long-standing limit on foreign ownership of new-energy vehicle ventures this year and for the wider car market by 2022, in a major policy shift that will help open up the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Krueger also said the firm could, in the long-term, export vehicles from China to other markets in the region, though this would depend on factors including logistics costs and tariffs between China and other countries like Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cWe will think those scenarios through,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt;color: #000000\">Source:-https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-autoshow-beijing-bmw\/bmw-sees-slower-growth-in-china-this-year-local-jv-talks-ongoing-idUSKBN1HW0GE<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/bmw-sees-slower-growth-china-year-local-jv-talks-ongoing.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW sees slower growth in China this year; local JV talks ongoing German luxury carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) expects the pace of growth of its China sales to almost halve this year, the firm\u2019s chief executive said on Wednesday, amid a broader slowdown in the world\u2019s largest auto market. 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