Overall, the value of auto parts exports dropped by an average -6.2% for all exporting countries since 2016 when auto parts shipments were valued at $362.4 billion.
From 2019 to 2020, the value of globally exported automotive parts or accessories fell by -14%.
The top 5 exporters (Germany, United States, China, Japan, Mexico) accounted for 51.3% of the total value of all exported automobile parts and accessories in 2020.
Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar worth of automotive parts exports during 2020 with shipments valued at $164.9 billion or 48.5% of the global total. Second-place Asia supplied 29.9% followed by North American shipments at 20.3%.
Smaller percentages came from Latin America (0.6%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (0.5%) and Oceania (0.2%) led by Australia.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for motor vehicle parts and accessories is 8708.
Automotive Parts Exports by Country
Countries
Below are the 15 suppliers that exported the highest dollar value worth of automotive parts during 2020.
- Germany: US$54.3 billion (16% of exported auto parts or accessories)
- United States: $33.2 billion (9.8%)
- China: $32.9 billion (9.7%)
- Japan: $27 billion (8%)
- Mexico: $26.7 billion (7.9%)
- South Korea: $15.8 billion (4.6%)
- Czech Republic: $13.2 billion (3.9%)
- France: $12.6 billion (3.7%)
- Italy: $12.6 billion (3.7%)
- Poland: $12.3 billion (3.6%)
- Spain: $9.1 billion (2.7%)
- Canada: $9.1 billion (2.7%)
- Belgium: $6.8 billion (2%)
- Hungary: $6.62 billion (1.9%)
- Thailand: $6.61 billion (1.9%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 82.1% of global auto parts exported in 2020 by value.
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 82.1% of global auto parts exported in 2020.
Among the top exporters, the sole gainer from 2019 to 2020 was Belgium via its 2.5% improvement.
Those countries that posted declines in their sales of exported auto parts or accessories were led by: United States (down -22.9%), Thailand (down -17.7%), Japan (down -17.3%), South Korea (down -16.9%) and Canada (down -16.5%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for automotive parts during 2020. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s automotive parts exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Germany: US$21.4 billion (net export surplus down -4.5% since 2019)
- Japan: $20.8 billion (down -15.5%)
- South Korea: $11.7 billion (down -22.5%)
- China: $7.2 billion (down -14.6%)
- Italy: $5.6 billion (down -13.3%)
- Poland: $5.3 billion (down -11.3%)
- Mexico: $4.8 billion (up 29.7%)
- Czech Republic: $3.7 billion (down -6.7%)
- Romania: $2.3 billion (down -15.9%)
- Taiwan: $2 billion (down -14.1%)
- Thailand: $1.6 billion (up 25.8%)
- Hungary: $980.4 million (down -27.5%)
- India: $897.1 million (up 7.8%)
- Philippines: $531.7 million (up 29%)
- Portugal: $357 million (up 598.7%)
Germany and Japan generated the highest surpluses in the international trade of automotive parts. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms both countries’ strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Opportunities
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for automotive parts during 2020. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s automotive parts import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$26.9 billion (net export deficit up 1% since 2019)
- Russia: -$7.1 billion (down -12.9%)
- United Kingdom: -$6.44 billion (down -31.1%)
- Slovakia: -$6.36 billion (down -6.5%)
- Spain: -$5.4 billion (down -12%)
- Canada: -$5.3 billion (down -40.5%)
- Brazil: -$3.8 billion (up 35.5%)
- Belgium: -$2.2 billion (up 1.6%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$1.8 billion (up 393.1%)
- Netherlands: -$1.7 billion (down -30.4%)
- Finland: -$1.5 billion (down -16.6%)
- Malaysia: -$1.21 billion (down -23.6%)
- Australia: -$1.2 billion (down -11.6%)
- Argentina: -$1.1 billion (down -10.2%)
- Austria: -$978.5 million (down -36%)
The United States of America racked up the highest deficit in the international trade of automotive parts. In turn, this negative cashflow confirms America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for automotive parts-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand from American consumers.
Companies
Automotive Parts Exporting Companies
Crain Communications Inc’s Automotive News supplement ranks the following manufacturers as among the world’s largest automotive parts manufacturers. These companies are known as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) which means they are subcontractors to the original vehicle creators. Shown within parenthesis is the country where the company is headquartered.
- Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany)
- Magna International Inc (Canada)
- Continental AG (Germany)
- Denso Corp (Japan)
- Aisin Seiki Co (Japan)
- Hyundai Mobis (South Korea)
- Faurecia (France)
- Johnson Controls Inc (United States)
- ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Germany)
- Lear Corp (United States)
The above list is sorted in the same order as in an Automotive News ranking.
Searchable List of Automotive Parts Exporting Countries in 2020
The 100 key exporters of automobile parts or accessories described in the database below represent 99.99% of the value for all related products shipped in 2020.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Auto Parts (US$) | 2019-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Germany | $54,314,050,000 | -12.5% |
| 2. | United States | $33,166,077,000 | -22.9% |
| 3. | China | $32,942,044,000 | -2% |
| 4. | Japan | $27,042,077,000 | -17.3% |
| 5. | Mexico | $26,701,510,000 | -13.4% |
| 6. | South Korea | $15,765,203,000 | -16.9% |
| 7. | Czech Republic | $13,238,012,000 | -12.7% |
| 8. | France | $12,599,982,000 | -9.6% |
| 9. | Italy | $12,553,253,000 | -13.6% |
| 10. | Poland | $12,260,211,000 | -14.6% |
| 11. | Spain | $9,101,578,000 | -14.4% |
| 12. | Canada | $9,087,694,000 | -16.5% |
| 13. | Belgium | $6,830,385,000 | +2.5% |
| 14. | Hungary | $6,620,494,000 | -10.1% |
| 15. | Thailand | $6,613,170,000 | -17.7% |
| 16. | Romania | $6,178,720,000 | -10.8% |
| 17. | United Kingdom | $4,977,897,000 | -23.3% |
| 18. | Slovakia | $4,928,461,000 | -1.8% |
| 19. | Turkey | $4,408,623,000 | -9.4% |
| 20. | India | $4,146,013,000 | -17.4% |
| 21. | Sweden | $4,031,804,000 | -22.6% |
| 22. | Austria | $3,995,778,000 | -17.1% |
| 23. | Taiwan | $3,683,795,000 | -5.8% |
| 24. | Netherlands | $3,421,829,000 | -10% |
| 25. | Portugal | $3,234,029,000 | -8.6% |
| 26. | Singapore | $1,590,238,000 | -15.4% |
| 27. | Indonesia | $1,499,413,000 | -12.1% |
| 28. | Vietnam | $1,495,609,000 | +11.6% |
| 29. | Brazil | $1,290,351,000 | -29% |
| 30. | Switzerland | $1,018,552,000 | -16.2% |
| 31. | Slovenia | $973,355,000 | -14.4% |
| 32. | Malaysia | $961,919,000 | -10.1% |
| 33. | Philippines | $840,376,000 | -12.5% |
| 34. | Denmark | $778,209,000 | -15.2% |
| 35. | Australia | $636,207,000 | -3% |
| 36. | Morocco | $580,651,000 | +77.3% |
| 37. | Russia | $560,563,000 | -9.1% |
| 38. | South Africa | $526,886,000 | -18.4% |
| 39. | Argentina | $486,010,000 | -36.4% |
| 40. | Norway | $474,435,000 | -13.9% |
| 41. | Tunisia | $399,462,000 | +4% |
| 42. | Belarus | $346,988,000 | -13.4% |
| 43. | Lithuania | $303,843,000 | +1.8% |
| 44. | Croatia | $288,786,000 | -10.4% |
| 45. | Hong Kong | $268,472,000 | -19% |
| 46. | Finland | $246,737,000 | -8% |
| 47. | Bulgaria | $216,852,000 | +11.5% |
| 48. | Serbia | $197,220,000 | -5.1% |
| 49. | Estonia | $187,017,000 | +28.6% |
| 50. | Latvia | $183,943,000 | -19.2% |
| 51. | Luxembourg | $178,094,000 | -21% |
| 52. | Ireland | $165,023,000 | -7% |
| 53. | United Arab Emirates | $164,966,000 | -93.4% |
| 54. | North Macedonia | $140,151,000 | -3.2% |
| 55. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $137,522,000 | -14.5% |
| 56. | Chile | $95,542,000 | -25.9% |
| 57. | Greece | $82,149,000 | -3.5% |
| 58. | Israel | $66,073,000 | -22.9% |
| 59. | Ukraine | $65,523,000 | -10.4% |
| 60. | Honduras | $64,078,000 | +13860% |
| 61. | Peru | $30,706,000 | -15.6% |
| 62. | Kyrgyzstan | $30,482,000 | -5.8% |
| 63. | Oman | $29,250,000 | -18.5% |
| 64. | Kazakhstan | $26,798,000 | -21.8% |
| 65. | New Zealand | $25,187,000 | -8% |
| 66. | Colombia | $24,655,000 | -30% |
| 67. | Uruguay | $21,657,000 | -39.8% |
| 68. | Dominican Republic | $19,710,000 | +93.7% |
| 69. | Cambodia | $16,332,000 | +3.3% |
| 70. | Pakistan | $14,356,000 | -15.9% |
| 71. | Jordan | $14,069,000 | -35.4% |
| 72. | Iran | $12,474,000 | -52.2% |
| 73. | Kuwait | $11,568,000 | -52.3% |
| 74. | Moldova | $11,097,000 | +32.6% |
| 75. | Panama | $10,533,000 | -26.4% |
| 76. | Bahrain | $9,282,000 | -83.1% |
| 77. | Albania | $8,455,000 | -22.7% |
| 78. | Sri Lanka | $8,183,000 | -16.8% |
| 79. | Namibia | $6,474,000 | -10% |
| 80. | Myanmar | $6,273,000 | -64% |
| 81. | Armenia | $6,167,000 | +271.7% |
| 82. | El Salvador | $5,781,000 | -2.3% |
| 83. | Botswana | $5,623,000 | +4.3% |
| 84. | Egypt | $5,115,000 | -33.5% |
| 85. | Uzbekistan | $4,734,000 | -6.3% |
| 86. | Algeria | $4,371,000 | +250.5% |
| 87. | Guatemala | $4,184,000 | +62.3% |
| 88. | Costa Rica | $3,825,000 | -45.1% |
| 89. | Zambia | $3,785,000 | -42.2% |
| 90. | Brunei Darussalam | $3,241,000 | +1033% |
| 91. | Laos | $3,100,000 | +4821% |
| 92. | Mozambique | $2,948,000 | +53.3% |
| 93. | Paraguay | $2,860,000 | -10.3% |
| 94. | Mauritius | $2,793,000 | +523.4% |
| 95. | Saudi Arabia | $2,298,000 | +57.1% |
| 96. | Cyprus | $2,138,000 | -56.4% |
| 97. | Suriname | $1,816,000 | +424.9% |
| 98. | Papua New Guinea | $1,810,000 | +95% |
| 99. | Senegal | $1,794,000 | +24.9% |
| 100. | Georgia | $1,711,000 | +21.3% |
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns above. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that no 2019 data was available.
See also Automotive Parts Imports by Country, Germany’s Top Trading Partners and Car Exports by Country
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Crain Communications Inc, Top Suppliers – Supplement to Automotive News (June 15, 2016). Accessed on June 29, 2021
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