warren buffett’s berkshire hathaway inc brka brkb has reportedly trimmed its stake in china’s byd manufacturing company limited byddy byddf further what happened berkshire sold about 323 million hong konglisted shares of byd for hk 63033 million 807 million reuters reported citing a filing with the hong kong stock exchange on tuesday buffett’s investment firm has been on a byd shareselling spree in recent months see also best chinese stocks right now with the latest disposal berkshire’s holding of byd’s issue hshares fell from 1628 to 1599 as of november 17 reuters said berkshire first sold byd shares in late august when it disposed of 13 million shares of the electric vehicle maker for 47 million the firm opened a position in byd in 2008 byd has emerged as among the frontrunners in the hotandhappening chinese electric vehicle market and it has a thriving battery manufacturing business as well the company however is susceptible to china risks including the frequent covid19 lockdowns and the country’s standoff with the us price action byd’s adr listed over the counter settled monday’s session at 4687 down 085 according to benzinga pro data