Ford said it would begin exporting additional automotive products and transmission parts to China, thanks to agreements signed in Washington, DC, on Monday.

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The total value of the pact is estimated to be more than $800m.


In one of the company’s largest export agreements, Ford will sell more than 30,000 North American-built vehicles in China, starting in 2009.


It also will begin supplying transmission components and parts this year to its passenger car joint venture in China – Changan Ford Mazda Automobile.


“This export programme is just one part of a larger effort to continue momentum for Ford in China,” said Robert Graziano, the unit’s president and CEO.

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Ford boosted first quarter sales in China 47% to 90,791 passenger cars and commercial vehicles in the first quarter of 2008.


The company has not revealed the US and Canadian-built models it will ship but has sold the Escape and Lincoln Navigator there previously.