Asahi Kasei Announces: Will Stop Hexamethylenediamine Production

Statistics, for the first 11 months,China's export of electromechanical products14.89 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.8%, accounting for 60.9% of our total exports. Among them, automatic data processing equipment and parts amounted to 1.31 trillion yuan, a decrease of 1.3%; integrated circuits amounted to 1.29 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.6%; automobiles amounted to 896.91 billion yuan, an increase of 17.6%. During the same period, the export of labor-intensive products amounted to 3.7 trillion yuan, a decrease of 3.5%, accounting for 15.1% of our total exports. Among them, clothing and accessories amounted to 987.26 billion yuan, a decrease of 3.7%; textiles amounted to 931.33 billion yuan, an increase of 1.7%; plastic products amounted to 677.6 billion yuan, a decrease of 0.5%. The export of agricultural products amounted to 670.21 billion yuan, an increase of 2%.

General Administration of CustomsAccording to the released data, in November 2025, the total value of China's goods trade imports and exports was 3.9 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year, accelerating by 4 percentage points compared to the previous month. As of November, China's goods trade imports and exports have maintained year-on-year growth for 10 consecutive months. From a cumulative perspective, in the first 11 months of this year, the total value of imports and exports was 41.21 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.6% year-on-year, with the growth rate remaining consistent with the first 10 months.

On December 7, Cui Dongshu, the secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association, stated that from January to November 2025, the scale of passenger car price reductions involved 173 models, which is 45 fewer models compared to the same period. Among them, conventional fuel vehicles saw price reductions for 51 models, 27 fewer than the same period; hybrid fuel vehicles saw price reductions for 8 models, 10 fewer than the same period; plug-in hybrid fuel vehicles saw price reductions for 30 models, 1 fewer than the same period; extended-range vehicles saw price reductions for 13 models, 1 fewer than the same period; pure electric vehicles saw price reductions for 71 models, 6 fewer than the same period. In November 2025, the scale of price reductions involved 19 models, 7 fewer than the same period. Among them, fuel vehicles saw reductions for 8 models, 1 fewer than the same period; hybrid fuel vehicles saw reductions for 2 models, 1 fewer than the same period; plug-in hybrid vehicles saw reductions for 5 models, 4 more than the same period; extended-range vehicles saw reductions for 2 models, 1 more than the same period; pure electric vehicles saw reductions for 2 models, 10 fewer than the same period.

Recently, Li Auto officially announced that its cumulative delivery volume has surpassed 1.5 million units. This milestone marks a new stage in the brand's market delivery scale since its establishment.

On December 5, 2025, Asahi Kasei announced that it will cease production of hexamethylenediamine (HMD) as part of its ongoing efforts to optimize its product portfolio, aimed at improving capital efficiency and enhancing company profitability.