China is a major tire producer and exporter in the world.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the output of rubber tire casings will reach 1.207366 billion units (including motorcycle and other casings) in 2025, a slight increase of 0.9% year-on-year.
According to data released by the General Administration of Customs of China, my country’s rubber tire export volume increased by 3.6% year-on-year to 9.65 million tons last year, and the export value increased by 2% year-on-year to 167.703 billion yuan.
Among them, the export volume of new pneumatic rubber tires was 9.29 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%; the export value was 161.123 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.8%; calculated in terms of number, the export volume reached 701.62 million, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%.
The export volume of automobile rubber tires was 8.1905 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3%; the export value was 137.612 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%.
In recent years, Chinese tire companies have significantly accelerated their pace of setting up overseas factories. According to incomplete statistics, 17 companies have announced overseas production and construction plans in 2025, involving 23 factories in Southeast Asia, North America, South America, and Africa.
Let’s take a brief look at the industry structure based on the overseas performance (domestic exports and overseas factory sales) of leading listed companies.
Overall, the overseas revenue of Guizhou Tire, Fengshen Tire, Double Star Tire, Haian Rubber and Shuangqian Group is less than 5 billion yuan, and the overseas business layout is relatively small.
In 2025, Shuangqian Group has accumulated sales of 17.6549 million units, a year-on-year increase of 8.71%. Among them, its market share in the North American truck tire replacement market remains at 5.5%, ranking first among Chinese tire brands in the North American truck tire replacement market share and seventh in global brand share.
[Note: The overseas revenue of Huayi Group, the parent company of Shuangqian Group, in 2025 is 5.747 billion yuan]
The second echelon composed of Senqilin, Pulin Chengshan, General Motors, and Triangle Tire has overseas revenue in the range of 5 billion to 8 billion yuan.
Senkilin will achieve revenue of 8.612 billion yuan in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 1.19%; of which, overseas revenue is 7.864 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%, accounting for more than 90%.
Public information shows: Sentury was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong Province. It is committed to the research and development, production and sales of radial tires and aviation tires. It owns four major brands: SENTURY, LANDSAIL, DELINTE, and GROUNDSPEED. Currently, it has built three major production bases in Qingdao, Rayong, Thailand, and Tangier, MotoGP.
The company has proposed the “833Plus” strategic plan, which is to form a pattern of 8 digital tire intelligent manufacturing bases, 3 global R&D centers, and 3 global user experience centers in the next ten years or so, and will choose the opportunity to acquire a world-renowned tire manufacturer.
The first echelon of domestic tires overseas are dominated by Sailun Group, Zhongce Rubber, and Linglong Tire. The overseas revenue of the three companies has exceeded the 10 billion mark, significantly ahead of the rest of their peers.
Sailun Group ranks first. Last year, its overseas main business revenue increased by 18.54% year-on-year to 28.226 billion yuan, accounting for three-quarters of the company’s total revenue.
As the first Chinese tire company to build a factory overseas, the Vietnam factory was officially put into production in 2013 and has now become the largest tire manufacturing base in the country.
In 2021, the Cambodian factory will be put into production.
In addition, Sailun is also developing in Mexico, Indonesia, and Egypt. It has planned to produce 11.1 million all-steel radial tires, 62 million semi-steel radial tires, and 110,000 tons of off-highway tires annually. It is the Chinese tire company with the largest overseas production capacity.
In the past year, the company’s multiple overseas projects completed major construction milestones.
In January, it invested in the expansion of an all-steel tire project with an annual output of 1.65 million units in Cambodia; in May, the production bases in Indonesia and Mexico successively rolled off the first tire; in August, it invested in the construction of an annual output of 3 million semi-steel tires and 600,000 all-steel tire projects in Egypt.
In April 2026, it invested in the construction of an expansion project with an annual output of 7.05 million radial tires in Egypt. When fully put into operation, it will have an annual production capacity of 9 million semi-steel radial tires and 1.65 million all-steel radial tires.
