In the second quarter of this year, the Decline in China's financial and commercial results International Marine Containers (Group) Co. (CIMC) started in previous quarter and determined by comparison with the same periods in 2024 when performance had peaked Strong demand for intermodal containers produced by the company. In the period July-September of this year, the CIMC container sales declined by -36.0% caused by reduced container sales for dry loads which amounted to 676 thousand TEUs (-38.8%), while reefer container sales continued to grow having been equal to over 61 thousand TEUs (+26.3%).

In the third quarter of 2025, CIMC's revenues amounted to to 41.0 billion yuan ($5.8 billion), with a decrease of -17.8% on the same period last year. Operating profit was €923.5 million (-56.1%) and profit net of 630.9 million yuan (-52.6%).

In the first nine months of this year, revenues stood at 117.1 billion yuan, down -9.2% over the same period of 2024. Operating profit was 3.74 billion (-11.4%) and net profit at €2.39 billion (-12.2%). In the period the sales of dry cargo containers amounted to 1.8 million TEUs (-27.5%) and those of containers at temperature controlled at 153 thousand TEUs (+64.3%).