What is SKD and CKD in cars?
In the field of automobile foreign trade, the two specialized terms SKD and CKD are often involved. SKD is fully known as “Semi-Knocked Down”, i.e. semi-bulked parts. To put it simply, cars exported or imported in the form of SKD are transported in an assembled form with some of the key assembly parts of the car, such as the engine, transmission, etc., while some other parts that are relatively easier to assemble are in the form of bulk. When the car arrives at the destination, it needs to undergo further assembly process in the local factory or workshop to assemble these bulk parts and the already assembled key assemblies together to finally form a complete car that can be used normally.
CKD stands for “Completely Knocked Down”. Under the CKD model, the entire vehicle is disassembled into its most basic components and shipped in a completely knocked down state. After arriving at the destination, all the parts need to be assembled from scratch on the local production line according to the standards and specifications of the automobile manufacturer, just as in the original automobile production plant, assembling each part step by step to finally create a complete automobile.
SKD is only a part of the assembly is pre-assembled, and part of the parts are in bulk, the overall disassembly degree is relatively not so high; while CKD is the car completely disassembled into the most basic parts, the degree of disassembly is much higher than SKD.
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