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VW’s big China business, by the digits:

16%: VW’s market share in China, down from 20% in 2019.

37%: Percentage of VW’s new car sales coming from China, accounting for 15% of the company’s pretax profit from its passenger-car business.

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40: Number of VW manufacturing plants in China. VW was the biggest foreign investor in China in 2021.

€2.8 billion ($3.1 billion): Expected Chinese profit for VW in 2023, a 14% annual decline.

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