The overall cost for auto parts imported worldwide flatlined via an average 0.8% gain since 2018 when international purchases of auto components were valued at $419.9 billion.
Year over year, the dollar total for globally imported automotive parts or accessories increased by 3.8% compared to $407.6 billion during 2021.
In 2022, the 5 biggest importers are the United States of America, Germany, Mexico, mainland China and France. That powerful quintet of buyers generated 46.7% of international spending on imported auto parts or accessories.
From a continental perspective, buyers in European countries spent the most on imported auto parts during 2022 with purchases amounting to $182.6 billion or 43.1% of the world total. In second place were North American importers at 31.3% while another 19.5% of automotive components was delivered to Asia.
Smaller percentages arrived in Latin America (3.6%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1.6%) and Oceania (0.7%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for automotive parts and accessories is 8708.
Automotive Parts or Accessories Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that paid the most for imported automotive components during 2022.
- United States: US$86.2 billion (20.4% of imported auto components)
- Germany: $39.7 billion (9.4%)
- Mexico: $29.5 billion (7%)
- China: $25.2 billion (6%)
- France: $17 billion (4%)
- Canada: $16.99 billion (4%)
- Spain: $16.1 billion (3.8%)
- Slovakia: $12.6 billion (3%)
- United Kingdom: $11.5 billion (2.7%)
- Czech Republic: $11.1 billion (2.6%)
- Belgium: $10 billion (2.4%)
- Italy: $9.3 billion (2.2%)
- Poland: $9 billion (2.1%)
- Japan: $7.6 billion (1.8%)
- Brazil: $7.5 billion (1.8%)
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for auto parts or accessories since 2021 were: Canada (up 19.5%), United States of America (up 16.7%), Mexico (up 13.5%) and Italy (up 5.5%).
Four major buyers posted declines in their import purchases, namely: mainland China (down -16.6% from 2021), United Kingdom (down -2.9%), Belgium (down -1.7%) and Spain (down -0.3%).
The listed 15 countries purchased 73.1% of all auto parts or accessories imported in 2022.
Automotive Imports into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$86.2 billion in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the U.S. imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Mexico: US$31.2 billion (up 19.4% from 2021)
- mainland China: $11.6 billion (up 14%)
- Canada: $11 billion (up 17.3%)
- Japan: $7.9 billion (up 11.7%)
- South Korea: $6.5 billion (up 23.9%)
- Germany: $5.4 billion (up 3.6%)
- Taiwan: $2.4 billion (up 15.1%)
- India: $2 billion (up 18.5%)
- Thailand: $1.3 billion (up 17.3%)
- Italy: $854.1 million (up 9.4%)
- Poland: $642.2 million (up 31.1%)
- Türkiye: $586.7 million (up 33%)
- Vietnam: $529.5 million (up 29.2%)
- United Kingdom: $517.6 million (up 28.3%)
- Austria: $334 million (up 19%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96% of automotive components imported by the United States of America in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to the United States since 2021 were: Türkiye (up 33%), Poland (up 31.1%), Vietnam (up 29.2%) and the United Kingdom (up 28.3%).
Germany recorded the most modest increase in the value of their automotive components supplied to American importers via its 3.6% gain compared to 2021.
Overall, the value of America’s imported auto parts or accessories increased by an average 16.7% from all supplying countries since 2021 when auto parts purchased cost $73.9 billion.
Automotive Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$39.7 billion in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Czech Republic: US$5.2 billion (up 3.1% from 2021)
- Poland: $4.8 billion (up 8.2%)
- Romania: $3.04 billion (up 20.8%)
- Italy: $3.01 billion (up 2%)
- France: $2.96 billion (down -3.7%)
- Hungary: $2.71 billion (down -2.6%)
- Austria: $2.66 billion (down -2.2%)
- mainland China: $2.2 billion (up 30.2%)
- Slovakia: $2.16 billion (down -6%)
- Spain: $1.8 billion (up 6%)
- Türkiye: $1.5 billion (up 21.7%)
- United States of America: $806.8 million (up 3.1%)
- Netherlands: $767.5 million (up 14.7%)
- United Kingdom: $740.4 million (down -11.5%)
- Belgium: $713.2 million (down -10.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 88.2% of auto parts or accessories imported by Germany in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers since 2021 were: mainland China (up 30.2%), Türkiye (up 21.7%), Romania (up 20.8%) and the Netherlands (up 14.7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their automotive components supplied to German importers included: United Kingdom (down -11.5% from 2021), Belgium (down -10.6%), Slovakia (down -6.0%) and France (down -3.7%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported auto parts or accessories were up by an average 4.2% from all supplying countries since 2021 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $38.1 billion.
Automotive Imports into Mexico
Mexico’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$29.5 billion in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Mexico imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- United States: US$15.5 billion (up 13.7% from 2021)
- mainland China: $3.8 billion (up 21.7%)
- Germany: $2.3 billion (down -3.1%)
- Japan: $1.7 billion (up 1.8%)
- Canada: $1.6 billion (up 35.9%)
- South Korea: $1.3 billion (up 26.6%)
- Italy: $534 million (up 12.2%)
- India: $429.5 million (up 24.2%)
- Spain: $236.1 million (up 2.3%)
- Thailand: $226 million (down -12.7%)
- Taiwan: $195.7 million (up 14.2%)
- Brazil: $194 million (up 43.5%)
- Vietnam: $181.5 million (up 45.5%)
- Türkiye: $163.8 million (up 50%)
- Hungary: $154.3 million (up 6.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.8% of auto parts or accessories imported by Mexico in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to Mexico since 2021 were: Türkiye (up 50%), Vietnam (up 45.5%), Brazil (up 43.5%) and Canada (up 35.9%).
A pair of major buyers experienced declines in the value of their auto parts or accessories supplied to Mexican importers, namely Thailand (down -12.7% from 2021) and Germany (down -3.1%).
Overall, the value of Mexico’s imported auto parts or accessories rose by an average 13.5% from all supplying countries since 2021 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $26 billion.
Automotive Imports into China
China’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$25.2 billion in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which China imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Germany: US$8.3 billion (down -13.8% from 2021)
- Japan: $5.6 billion (down -18.1%)
- United States of America: $1.8 billion (down -28.6%)
- South Korea: $1.2 billion (down -17.9%)
- Mexico: $1.2 billion (down -9.9%)
- France: $908.5 million (down -1.9%)
- Portugal: $714.1 million (down -2%)
- Czech Republic: $655.3 million (down -17%)
- Poland: $520.3 million (down -16.3%)
- Hungary: $517.8 million (down -18.7%)
- Vietnam: $369 million (down -16.3%)
- Romania: $351.5 million (down -46.1%)
- Austria: $311.3 million (down -11.9%)
- Spain: $297.4 million (down -13.3%)
- Slovakia: $268.4 million (up 14%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 91.7% of auto parts or accessories imported by mainland China in 2022.
Among the above countries, the sole growth supplier to China since 2021 was Slovakia thanks to its 14% advance.
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their auto parts or accessories supplied to Chinese importers included: Romania (down -46.1% from 2021), United States of America (down -28.6%), Hungary (down -18.7%) and Japan (down -18.1%).
Overall, the value of China’s imported auto parts or accessories declined by an average -16.6% from all supplying countries since 2021 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $30.3 billion.
Searchable List of Auto Parts Importer Countries in 2022
The 100 major importers in the database below bought 99.5% of all imports for automotive parts or accessories in 2022.
| Rank | Importer | Auto Parts Imports | 2021-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $86,225,918,000 | +16.7% |
| 2. | Germany | $39,666,700,000 | +4.2% |
| 3. | Mexico | $29,471,508,000 | +13.5% |
| 4. | China | $25,239,064,000 | -16.6% |
| 5. | France | $17,002,429,000 | +3.9% |
| 6. | Canada | $16,986,004,000 | +19.5% |
| 7. | Spain | $16,072,637,000 | -0.3% |
| 8. | Slovakia | $12,613,747,000 | +1.6% |
| 9. | United Kingdom | $11,486,049,000 | -2.9% |
| 10. | Czech Republic | $11,082,746,000 | +2% |
| 11. | Belgium | $10,026,764,000 | -1.7% |
| 12. | Italy | $9,288,092,000 | +5.5% |
| 13. | Poland | $8,985,745,000 | +3.4% |
| 14. | Japan | $7,613,722,000 | +1.9% |
| 15. | Brazil | $7,509,087,000 | +5.1% |
| 16. | Thailand | $6,784,198,000 | +2.9% |
| 17. | Hungary | $6,651,899,000 | +1.9% |
| 18. | Netherlands | $6,625,003,000 | +7.6% |
| 19. | Türkiye | $6,120,651,000 | +5.3% |
| 20. | Sweden | $5,779,953,000 | -4.5% |
| 21. | India | $5,406,153,000 | +10.2% |
| 22. | Austria | $5,166,475,000 | -12% |
| 23. | South Korea | $4,973,906,000 | +10.8% |
| 24. | Romania | $4,697,116,000 | +5.1% |
| 25. | Indonesia | $4,147,178,000 | +32.6% |
| 26. | Malaysia | $3,714,814,000 | +36.3% |
| 27. | Russia | $3,605,126,000 | -66.2% |
| 28. | Argentina | $3,500,280,000 | +19.4% |
| 29. | Portugal | $3,489,761,000 | +9.3% |
| 30. | United Arab Emirates | $3,253,995,000 | +8.8% |
| 31. | Vietnam | $3,238,068,000 | +22.7% |
| 32. | Australia | $2,560,012,000 | +5% |
| 33. | Singapore | $1,989,875,000 | +30.2% |
| 34. | Morocco | $1,967,675,000 | +6.3% |
| 35. | Taiwan | $1,821,572,000 | -4.8% |
| 36. | South Africa | $1,773,190,000 | +5% |
| 37. | Finland | $1,700,311,000 | -19.9% |
| 38. | Switzerland | $1,411,165,000 | +0.4% |
| 39. | Uzbekistan | $1,224,367,000 | +33.6% |
| 40. | Iran | $1,198,147,000 | +75.2% |
| 41. | Norway | $950,662,000 | -4.5% |
| 42. | Denmark | $935,311,000 | -8.8% |
| 43. | Saudi Arabia | $929,317,000 | -23.2% |
| 44. | Chile | $833,565,000 | +17% |
| 45. | Colombia | $808,077,000 | +41.3% |
| 46. | Kazakhstan | $765,563,000 | +37.4% |
| 47. | Slovenia | $742,064,000 | -16.9% |
| 48. | Greece | $547,873,000 | +6.7% |
| 49. | Lithuania | $530,933,000 | +6.2% |
| 50. | Egypt | $517,829,000 | +5.5% |
| 51. | Hong Kong | $504,747,000 | -15.7% |
| 52. | Philippines | $499,671,000 | +23.4% |
| 53. | Iraq | $484,678,000 | -8.6% |
| 54. | Israel | $443,142,000 | +14.7% |
| 55. | New Zealand | $430,809,000 | -3.3% |
| 56. | Peru | $414,837,000 | +9.4% |
| 57. | Ukraine | $404,739,000 | -35.9% |
| 58. | Ireland | $403,530,000 | -1.7% |
| 59. | Serbia | $387,265,000 | -23.4% |
| 60. | Bulgaria | $378,611,000 | +14.4% |
| 61. | Algeria | $375,085,000 | -24.6% |
| 62. | Latvia | $345,942,000 | +13.5% |
| 63. | Panama | $333,529,000 | +24.8% |
| 64. | Ecuador | $312,650,000 | +30.2% |
| 65. | Belarus | $291,965,000 | -42.3% |
| 66. | Luxembourg | $289,601,000 | +7% |
| 67. | Uruguay | $278,176,000 | +52.4% |
| 68. | Croatia | $276,059,000 | +7.6% |
| 69. | Tunisia | $268,737,000 | +30.5% |
| 70. | Pakistan | $245,866,000 | -20.1% |
| 71. | Estonia | $239,806,000 | -7.4% |
| 72. | Lebanon | $233,326,000 | +51% |
| 73. | Guatemala | $223,705,000 | +8.5% |
| 74. | Nigeria | $200,333,000 | +17.6% |
| 75. | Democr. Rep. Congo | $191,670,000 | -32.1% |
| 76. | Libya | $184,979,000 | -10.4% |
| 77. | Oman | $182,425,000 | -61.4% |
| 78. | Venezuela | $177,817,000 | +87.1% |
| 79. | Honduras | $172,458,000 | +84.8% |
| 80. | Bangladesh | $168,632,000 | +16.7% |
| 81. | Dominican Republic | $164,921,000 | +40% |
| 82. | Kuwait | $155,750,000 | -41% |
| 83. | Ghana | $149,773,000 | -24.8% |
| 84. | Qatar | $146,929,000 | +10.5% |
| 85. | Bahrain | $144,939,000 | +18% |
| 86. | El Salvador | $135,609,000 | +19.5% |
| 87. | Azerbaijan | $120,153,000 | +8.3% |
| 88. | Bolivia | $107,647,000 | +30.7% |
| 89. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $105,765,000 | +9% |
| 90. | Yemen | $103,503,000 | -22.4% |
| 91. | Jordan | $99,411,000 | -1.7% |
| 92. | Kenya | $96,550,000 | -23% |
| 93. | Costa Rica | $95,059,000 | +9.6% |
| 94. | Sudan | $90,734,000 | -30.1% |
| 95. | Zambia | $89,763,000 | +27.3% |
| 96. | Papua New Guinea | $88,933,000 | -1.3% |
| 97. | Kyrgyzstan | $84,650,000 | +101.2% |
| 98. | Angola | $81,020,000 | +57.9% |
| 99. | Namibia | $80,055,000 | +9.7% |
| 100. | Botswana | $78,847,000 | -8.8% |
Expanding the scope to the 100 buying countries, leading the gainers from 2021 to 2022 were Kyrgyzstan (up 101.2%), Venezuela (up 87.1%), Honduras (up 84.8%), Iran (up 75.2%) and Angola (up 57.9%).
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 2021 data was unavailable.
See also Automotive Exports by Country, America’s Top Trading Partners and Car Imports by Country and Electric Car Exports by Country
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on August 8, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 8, 2023
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 8, 2023
