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China Automotive Systems supplies parts that help drivers steer passenger cars and commercial vehicles, including steering gears, columns and hoses. Its operating subsidiaries and joint ventures sell these products to automakers. Traditional steering products bring in most revenue, while electric power steering accounts for a substantial share.
Most sales come from customers in China, with the United States and other overseas markets providing the rest. Stellantis and BYD Auto are its largest customers, and its five largest customers together account for most sales. Orders depend on how many vehicles customers produce and sell. Automakers also seek annual price cuts, so the company needs to lower its costs to offset pressure on selling prices.
Chinese-made steering gears exported to the United States face import tariffs. Separate U.S. connected-vehicle rules could restrict sales involving covered software supplied by Chinese-controlled group companies: affected automakers would need authorization from the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security before completing prohibited transactions. This is a conditional restriction, not a blanket ban on its steering products.
The listed company is a holding company whose operating business runs through Genesis and HLUSA. It depends on subsidiary cash flows, and Chinese profit-reserve and foreign-exchange rules constrain transfers of cash from China-based subsidiaries to the parent.
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Watch BYD, absent from this list but responsible for 16.2% of China Automotive Systems’ 2025 sales: Chinese automakers’ production and pricing are key to its results.
Stellantis’ production and purchasing decisions carry particular weight for China Automotive Systems: the vehicle maker buys its steering systems and accounted for 21.6% of its 2025 sales. Watch Stellantis’ steering-system purchases, including for its vehicles built in Brazil.
Ford’s vehicle programs feed directly into China Automotive Systems’ overseas sales because Ford has bought its power steering gear since 2016. Ford sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles; changes in its purchases of steering gear are the direct signal to watch for this supplier.
Autoliv and China Automotive Systems both depend on new-vehicle production rather than repair demand: automakers buy Autoliv’s safety systems and steering wheels, and China Automotive Systems’ steering mechanisms. Autoliv’s airbag and steering-wheel sales offer a view of the passenger-vehicle production cycle that also drives steering demand.
Adient shares China Automotive Systems’ exposure to vehicle production, including in China: automakers buy Adient’s seats and the target’s steering systems. Adient’s Chinese affiliates make its seating business worth watching alongside demand for China Automotive Systems’ steering products.
Magna International and China Automotive Systems both face automakers’ production schedules and purchasing pressure, selling vehicle components and steering systems respectively. Magna’s production orders generally guarantee no minimum purchases, so actual component sales—not the length of a vehicle program—are the useful demand signal.
Lear’s seats and electrical systems follow the same new-vehicle production cycle as China Automotive Systems’ steering systems, with automakers paying both suppliers. Watch Lear’s Seating and E-Systems sales for a broader view of demand for parts going into new vehicles.
Dana and China Automotive Systems both depend on passenger- and commercial-vehicle build volumes: automakers buy Dana’s axles and driveshafts and the target’s steering products. Watch Dana’s Light Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle sales separately, since stronger passenger-vehicle sales and weaker commercial-vehicle demand pulled China Automotive Systems in opposite directions in 2025.
Cooper Standard shares China Automotive Systems’ dependence on vehicle makers’ production volumes, supplying seals and systems that carry fuel, brake fluid and other fluids rather than steering products. Its sales to passenger-vehicle and light-truck manufacturers are the relevant comparison, distinct from its replacement-market business.
Stellantis N.V. earningsSTLA
Stellantis’ report will show whether demand for steering systems from a customer that accounted for 21.6% of China Automotive Systems’ 2025 sales is holding up.
Watch whether Stellantis’ vehicle production and steering-system purchases move together. Steady or higher purchases would show that this major customer is sustaining demand for China Automotive Systems’ related business; lower purchases would mean orders from an important customer are shrinking, putting pressure on the supplier’s sales.
Dana Incorporated earningsDAN
Dana’s Light Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle sales will show whether demand across vehicle types is still diverging in the market China Automotive Systems serves.
Separate Dana’s Light Vehicle sales from its Commercial Vehicle sales. Stronger light-vehicle sales with weaker commercial-vehicle sales would show that production demand is still split, potentially supporting China Automotive Systems’ passenger-vehicle steering business while weighing on its commercial-vehicle business. Strength in both would point to a broader demand recovery.
China Automotive Systems, Inc. earningsThis company
China Automotive Systems’ report will show whether growth in electric power steering sales is still improving its product mix enough to offset automakers’ price cuts.
Read electric power steering sales alongside gross margin. Continued EPS growth with a stable or rising margin would show that a richer product mix is still cushioning automakers’ annual price cuts. Slower EPS growth with a falling margin would show that this support is weakening and price pressure is reaching profitability.
