A worker inspects a vehicle before it rolls off the production line at an automobile manufacturing factory in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 14, 2023. (Photo/Zhang Jingang, Xinhua)

Beijing- China's pickup truck exports surged 70 percent year on year in January, according to the China Passenger Car Association.

A total of 10,000 pickup trucks were exported last month, said the association.

China's pickup truck sales dropped 26 percent year on year to 43,000 in January due to COVID-19 disruptions, the association added.

In 2022, a total of 128,000 pickup trucks were exported, up 65 percent year on year and accounting for 25 percent of total pickup sales, according to the association.