Overall, the value of auto parts exports increased by an average 2.9% for all exporting countries since 2017 when auto parts shipments were valued at $389.1 billion.
Year over year, the value of globally exported automotive parts or accessories accelerated by 16.9% from $342.4 billion during 2020.
The top 5 auto parts exporters are Germany, mainland China, United States of America, Japan and Mexico. Collectively, those major suppliers accounted for 51% of the total value of all exported automobile parts and accessories in 2021.
Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar worth of automotive parts exports during 2021 with shipments valued at $190.7 billion or 47.6% of the worldwide total. Second-place Asia supplied 31.7% followed by North American shipments finishing with another 19.3%.
Tinier percentages came from Latin America (0.7%) 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
Below are the 15 suppliers that exported the highest dollar value worth of automotive parts during 2021.
- Germany: US$63.9 billion (16% of exported auto parts)
- China: $41.3 billion (10.3%)
- United States: $35.6 billion (8.9%)
- Japan: $32.5 billion (8.1%)
- Mexico: $30.5 billion (7.6%)
- South Korea: $19.3 billion (4.8%)
- Italy: $14.9 billion (3.7%)
- Czech Republic: $14.7 billion (3.7%)
- Poland: $14.3 billion (3.6%)
- France: $13.8 billion (3.5%)
- Canada: $11 billion (2.7%)
- Spain: $10.1 billion (2.5%)
- Thailand: $8.7 billion (2.2%)
- Belgium: $8.3 billion (2.1%)
- Hungary: $7.8 billion (1.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 81.6% of global auto parts exported in 2021.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing auto parts exporters since 2020 were: Thailand (up 31.1%), China (up 25.5%), South Korea (up 22.2%) and Belgium (up 20.9%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported auto parts sales were led by: United States (down 7.1%), France (down 9.8%), Spain (down 11.1%), Czech Republic (down 11.3%) and Mexico (down 14.0%).
Countries Enjoying Biggest Automotive Parts Trade Surpluses
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for automotive parts during 2021. 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$26.1 billion (net export surplus up 27.9% since 2020)
- Japan: $25.1 billion (up 20.8%)
- South Korea: $14.8 billion (up 26.1%)
- China: $13 billion (up 81.6%)
- Italy: $6.1 billion (up 10.7%)
- Poland: $5.6 billion (up 5.4%)
- Mexico: $4.6 billion (down -6%)
- Czech Republic: $3.9 billion (up 11.7%)
- Taiwan: $2.7 billion (up 33.9%)
- Romania: $2.1 billion (down -7%)
- Thailand: $2.1 billion (up 32.1%)
- India: $1.3 billion (up 42%)
- Hungary: $1.2 billion (up 24.4%)
- Philippines: $611.8 million (up 15.1%)
- Slovenia: $301.5 million (up 605.4%)
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.
Countries with Worst Automotive Parts Trade Deficits
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for automotive parts during 2021. 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$38.4 billion (net export deficit up 44.3% since 2020)
- Russia: -$9.9 billion (up 39.7%)
- United Kingdom: -$7.1 billion (up 9.1%)
- Slovakia: -$6.5 billion (up 1.3%)
- Spain: -$6 billion (up 10.5%)
- Brazil: -$5.2 billion (up 37.8%)
- Canada: -$3.2 billion (down -39.2%)
- France: -$2.51 billion (up 727%)
- Argentina: -$2.5 billion (up 91.3%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$2.4 billion (up 2919.5%)
- Belgium: -$2 billion (down -9.7%)
- Finland: -$1.8 billion (up 24.8%)
- Australia: -$1.6 billion (up 33.8%)
- Malaysia: -$1.56 billion (up 29.5%)
- Netherlands: -$1.5 billion (down -7.6%)
The United States of America racked up the highest deficit in the international trade of automotive parts. In turn, this negative cashflow confirms America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for automotive parts-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand from American consumers.
Automotive Parts Exporting Companies
Crain Communications Inc’s Automotive News supplement ranks the following manufacturers as among the world’s largest automotive parts manufacturers. These companies are known as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) which means they are subcontractors to the original vehicle creators. Shown within parenthesis is the country where the company is headquartered.
- Aisin Seiki Co (Japan)
- Continental AG (Germany)
- Denso Corp (Japan)
- Faurecia (France)
- Hyundai Mobis (South Korea)
- Johnson Controls Inc (United States)
- Lear Corp (United States)
- Magna International Inc (Canada)
- Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany)
- ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Germany)
The above list is sorted in alphabetical order.
Searchable List of Automotive Parts Exporting Countries in 2021
The 100 key exporters of automobile parts or accessories described in the database below represent 99.99% of the value for all related products shipped in 2021.
| Rank | Exporter | Auto Part Exports (US$) | 2020-1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Germany | $63,944,828,000 | +17.4% |
| 2. | China | $41,334,907,000 | +25.5% |
| 3. | United States | $35,640,080,000 | +7.1% |
| 4. | Japan | $32,549,416,000 | +20.4% |
| 5. | Mexico | $30,525,328,000 | +14% |
| 6. | South Korea | $19,266,175,000 | +22.2% |
| 7. | Italy | $14,876,501,000 | +18.4% |
| 8. | Czech Republic | $14,671,677,000 | +11.3% |
| 9. | Poland | $14,268,782,000 | +16.4% |
| 10. | France | $13,835,028,000 | +9.8% |
| 11. | Canada | $10,984,428,000 | +20.9% |
| 12. | Spain | $10,115,408,000 | +11.1% |
| 13. | Thailand | $8,670,003,000 | +31.1% |
| 14. | Belgium | $8,257,922,000 | +20.9% |
| 15. | Hungary | $7,802,133,000 | +17.1% |
| 16. | Romania | $6,577,963,000 | +7% |
| 17. | India | $6,179,168,000 | +49% |
| 18. | Turkey | $5,783,942,000 | +31.2% |
| 19. | Slovakia | $5,571,620,000 | +13.1% |
| 20. | Sweden | $5,028,201,000 | +22% |
| 21. | United Kingdom | $4,975,194,000 | -0.5% |
| 22. | Austria | $4,885,720,000 | +18.9% |
| 23. | Taiwan | $4,647,806,000 | +26.2% |
| 24. | Netherlands | $4,580,407,000 | +34.9% |
| 25. | Portugal | $3,351,110,000 | +3.4% |
| 26. | Vietnam | $1,976,941,000 | +50.8% |
| 27. | Brazil | $1,933,948,000 | +49.9% |
| 28. | Indonesia | $1,914,942,000 | +27.7% |
| 29. | Singapore | $1,635,584,000 | +2.9% |
| 30. | Slovenia | $1,189,012,000 | +22.2% |
| 31. | Malaysia | $1,163,678,000 | +21% |
| 32. | Switzerland | $1,101,060,000 | +8.1% |
| 33. | Philippines | $1,016,588,000 | +21% |
| 34. | Denmark | $960,484,000 | +17% |
| 35. | Australia | $839,047,000 | +31.9% |
| 36. | Morocco | $795,879,000 | +37.1% |
| 37. | Russia | $761,447,000 | +35.8% |
| 38. | South Africa | $723,357,000 | +37.3% |
| 39. | Norway | $549,016,000 | +15.7% |
| 40. | Argentina | $435,330,000 | +32.3% |
| 41. | Belarus | $432,117,000 | +31% |
| 42. | Lithuania | $365,996,000 | +20.2% |
| 43. | Tunisia | $354,365,000 | +10.1% |
| 44. | Croatia | $316,059,000 | +9.8% |
| 45. | Finland | $294,322,000 | +19.4% |
| 46. | Serbia | $291,623,000 | +47.9% |
| 47. | Hong Kong | $280,252,000 | +4.4% |
| 48. | Bulgaria | $273,897,000 | +26.2% |
| 49. | Estonia | $240,490,000 | +28.3% |
| 50. | Latvia | $231,372,000 | +18.9% |
| 51. | Luxembourg | $226,360,000 | +26.9% |
| 52. | United Arab Emirates | $202,590,000 | -91.8% |
| 53. | Ireland | $189,021,000 | +14.1% |
| 54. | North Macedonia | $169,092,000 | +20.6% |
| 55. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $162,877,000 | +18.4% |
| 56. | Greece | $116,299,000 | +41.6% |
| 57. | Chile | $100,768,000 | +5.5% |
| 58. | Ukraine | $86,681,000 | +32.3% |
| 59. | Israel | $75,912,000 | +13.7% |
| 60. | Nigeria | $51,760,000 | +24201% |
| 61. | Colombia | $41,861,000 | +69.8% |
| 62. | Kyrgyzstan | $41,489,000 | +36.1% |
| 63. | New Zealand | $39,295,000 | +56% |
| 64. | Costa Rica | $37,381,000 | +877.3% |
| 65. | Oman | $34,211,000 | +11.1% |
| 66. | Uruguay | $30,191,000 | +39.4% |
| 67. | Peru | $28,711,000 | -6.5% |
| 68. | Pakistan | $22,954,000 | +59.8% |
| 69. | Jordan | $22,701,000 | +42.6% |
| 70. | Sri Lanka | $18,818,000 | +258.3% |
| 71. | Kazakhstan | $17,937,000 | -33.1% |
| 72. | Iran | $16,753,000 | -63.1% |
| 73. | Panama | $15,214,000 | -87.5% |
| 74. | Cambodia | $14,749,000 | -9.7% |
| 75. | Moldova | $13,858,000 | +24.9% |
| 76. | El Salvador | $13,509,000 | +133.7% |
| 77. | Kuwait | $13,430,000 | -54.2% |
| 78. | Albania | $13,202,000 | +31.1% |
| 79. | Uzbekistan | $13,108,000 | +176.9% |
| 80. | Dominican Republic | $10,426,000 | +25.4% |
| 81. | Guatemala | $10,424,000 | +149.2% |
| 82. | Bahrain | $9,685,000 | -81.2% |
| 83. | Algeria | $7,013,000 | +58.8% |
| 84. | Myanmar | $6,798,000 | +8.4% |
| 85. | Armenia | $6,138,000 | +28% |
| 86. | Kenya | $5,663,000 | +43.9% |
| 87. | Zambia | $5,311,000 | +36.5% |
| 88. | Paraguay | $4,297,000 | +50.2% |
| 89. | Egypt | $4,019,000 | -21.4% |
| 90. | Cyprus | $3,964,000 | +62.3% |
| 91. | Malta | $3,434,000 | +128% |
| 92. | Qatar | $3,432,000 | -35.9% |
| 93. | Senegal | $2,503,000 | +39.5% |
| 94. | Saudi Arabia | $2,359,000 | +2.7% |
| 95. | Ecuador | $2,061,000 | +20.2% |
| 96. | Nicaragua | $2,049,000 | +107.4% |
| 97. | Honduras | $1,719,000 | -96.2% |
| 98. | Georgia | $1,587,000 | -7.2% |
| 99. | Angola | $1,529,000 | -14.6% |
| 100. | Mozambique | $1,506,000 | -48.9% |
The fastest-growing exporters of automotive parts from 2020 to 2021 are Nigeria (up 24,201%), Costa Rica (up 877.3%), Sri Lanka (up 258.3%), Uzbekistan (up 176.9%), Guatemala (up 149.2%), El Salvador (up 133.7%), Malta (up 128%) and Nicaragua (up 107.4%).
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 2020 data was available.
See also Automotive Parts Imports by Country, Germany’s Top Trading Partners, Car Exports by Country and Electric Car Exports by Country
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on June 25, 2022
Crain Communications Inc, Top Suppliers – Supplement to Automotive News (June 15, 2017). Accessed on June 25, 2022
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on June 25, 2022
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 25, 2022
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 25, 2022
Wikipedia, Category:Auto parts suppliers. Accessed on June 25, 2022
