According to statistics from the China Construction Machinery Association on major loader manufacturers, a total of 10,673 loaders of various types were sold in October 2025, representing a year-on-year increase of 27.7%. This marks the tenth consecutive month this year that loader sales have achieved positive year-on-year growth, demonstrating a very strong upward trend!
Notably, the sales figure of 10,673 units sets a new record for October sales in the past 12 years, and also marks the sixth time this year that monthly sales have exceeded 10,000 units, the best performance in the past five years.
Domestic sales in October reached 5,372 units, with a year-on-year increase of 33.2%, the highest in the past 21 months. Since the beginning of this year, except for a slight year-on-year decrease of 1% in January, domestic loader sales have achieved positive year-on-year growth in all other months, and the growth rate has been continuously expanding in recent months.
On the export front, 5,301 loaders were exported in October, representing a year-on-year increase of 22.6%. Overall, since 2017, overseas loader sales have been on an upward trend, with occasional fluctuations but no change in the overall upward trajectory. Exports were lackluster in the first half of the year, but improved significantly in the second half.
Electric loaders continued their strong performance, selling 2,707 units in October, a 160% year-on-year increase, marking three consecutive months of rapid growth exceeding 150%. In the first ten months of the year, sales have more than doubled year-on-year in eight months.
From January to October, cumulative sales of electric loaders exceeded 24,000 units, a 157% year-on-year increase, further increasing the likelihood of reaching the 30,000-unit mark for the whole year.
In terms of tonnage, 5-ton electric loaders sold a total of 6,978 units this year, a significant drop in their share from 80.9% last year to 62.6%, while the share of 6-ton models surged from 16.1% last year to 28.9%. However, their combined share decreased by 5.4 percentage points, indicating that electrification technology is maturing and being applied to an increasing number of models.
In terms of operating hours, the average monthly working hours of major construction machinery 名媛直播 in October 2025 was 80.9 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 9.03%, while the average working hours of loaders reached 98 hours, a significant increase compared to 82.9 hours last year. The monthly operating rate of major construction machinery 名媛直播 was 55%, a year-on-year decrease of 10.1 percentage points, and the operating rate of loaders was 58.2%, a year-on-year decrease of 5.7 percentage points.
Overall, loaders are on an upward trend in both domestic and overseas markets, and are expected to continue to grow in the coming months. Electric loaders are showing strong growth momentum, and their penetration rate is expected to further increase.
