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CATL Profit Slowdown and China EV Battery Headwinds
CATL, the world's largest EV battery maker, posted a sharply decelerating profit growth in Q3, with analysts warning of slowing Chinese EV demand — a signal of broader headwinds facing China's EV supply chain amid EU trade tensions.
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Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), the world's largest electric vehicle battery maker, recorded a surprise slowdown in third-quarter net profits, with analysts warning it could be hit by slowing demand from China's electric car industry next year (SCMP, October 20). CATL posted a net profit of 21.25 billion yuan (US$3.18 billion) for the July-September period, up 14.54 per cent from a year earlier, according to an exchange filing — but the increase marked a sharp deceleration from prior growth rates (SCMP, October 20).
This signals potential broader headwinds for China's EV supply chain, linking to related developments such as Chinese automakers' moves to build European factories to sidestep EU import quotas and tariffs (SCMP, October 20) and the surge in Chinese hybrid car exports to the EU ahead of an import cap taking effect (SCMP, October 20). As the dominant global EV battery supplier, CATL's financial performance is a bellwether for the health of the broader EV industry and its intersecting trade tensions with the EU, making this worth tracking closely.