The overall cost for auto parts imported worldwide rose by an average 10.4% from 5 years earlier in 2021 when international purchases of auto components were valued at $408.2 billion.
Year over year, the dollar total for globally imported automotive parts or accessories flatlined to a 0.5% increase compared to $448.5 billion for 2024.
In 2025, the 5 biggest importers are the United States of America, Germany, Mexico, Canada and France. That powerful quintet of buyers generated 45.1% 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 2025 with purchases amounting to $204.9 billion or 45.5% of the world total.
In second place were importers based in North America at 30.1% while another 17.7% of automotive components was delivered to buyers in Asia.
Smaller percentages arrived in Latin America (3.7%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (2.2%) and Oceania (0.8%) led by Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
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 2025.
- United States: US$84.7 billion (18.8% of imported auto parts or accessories)
- Germany: $49.1 billion (10.9%)
- Mexico: $32.5 billion (7.2%)
- Canada: $18.5 billion (4.1%)
- France: $18.5 billion (4.1%)
- mainland China: $16.5 billion (3.7%)
- Slovakia: $16.2 billion (3.6%)
- Czech Republic: $13.7 billion (3%)
- Spain: $13.7 billion (3%)
- Poland: $12.6 billion (2.8%)
- United Kingdom: $11.6 billion (2.6%)
- Italy: $9.7 billion (2.2%)
- Belgium: $9.2 billion (2%)
- Japan: $8.7 billion (1.9%)
- Brazil: $8.6 billion (1.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 71.9% of all auto parts or accessories imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for auto parts or accessories since 2024 were: Slovakia (up 10.9%), Germany (up 8%), France (up 6.7%) and Brazil (up 6.1%).
Those countries that posted year-over-year declines in their imported auto parts or accessories purchases were led by: mainland China (down -22.3%), United Kingdom (down -7.2%), United States of America (down -5.8%) and Mexico (down -5.4%).
Searchable List of Auto Parts Importer Countries in 2025
The 100 major importers in the database below bought 99.3% of all imports for automotive parts or accessories in 2025.
| Rank | Importer | Auto Parts Imports | 2024-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $84,677,919,000 | -5.8% |
| 2 | Germany | $49,059,475,000 | +8% |
| 3 | Mexico | $32,494,718,000 | -5.4% |
| 4 | Canada | $18,494,696,000 | -1.3% |
| 5 | France | $18,490,410,000 | +6.7% |
| 6 | mainland China | $16,450,263,000 | -22.3% |
| 7 | Slovakia | $16,227,110,000 | +10.9% |
| 8 | Czech Republic | $13,723,475,000 | +5% |
| 9 | Spain | $13,722,162,000 | -2.9% |
| 10 | Poland | $12,604,390,000 | +1.8% |
| 11 | United Kingdom | $11,640,556,000 | -7.2% |
| 12 | Italy | $9,686,064,000 | +5.6% |
| 13 | Belgium | $9,153,844,000 | +5.8% |
| 14 | Japan | $8,659,771,000 | +4.4% |
| 15 | Brazil | $8,640,870,000 | +6.1% |
| 16 | Türkiye | $8,087,299,000 | +13.2% |
| 17 | India | $6,797,900,000 | +10% |
| 18 | Sweden | $6,768,346,000 | +4.9% |
| 19 | Netherlands | $6,552,162,000 | +8% |
| 20 | Thailand | $6,422,254,000 | +6.6% |
| 21 | Hungary | $6,353,168,000 | -8.9% |
| 22 | Romania | $6,085,610,000 | +1.9% |
| 23 | Austria | $5,452,306,000 | -0.2% |
| 24 | South Korea | $5,116,682,000 | -1.9% |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | $4,552,957,000 | +18.9% |
| 26 | Portugal | $4,115,300,000 | +18.9% |
| 27 | Malaysia | $3,963,042,000 | -1% |
| 28 | Argentina | $3,789,753,000 | +3.2% |
| 29 | Vietnam | $3,206,956,000 | +20.1% |
| 30 | Indonesia | $3,132,168,000 | -1.2% |
| 31 | Australia | $2,927,118,000 | -1.7% |
| 32 | Morocco | $2,782,356,000 | +4.5% |
| 33 | Russia | $2,650,242,000 | -29% |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | $1,967,606,000 | +9.2% |
| 35 | South Africa | $1,870,599,000 | +2.9% |
| 36 | Switzerland | $1,622,818,000 | +6.4% |
| 37 | Taiwan | $1,585,924,000 | -5.8% |
| 38 | Singapore | $1,493,374,000 | -14.3% |
| 39 | Finland | $1,488,883,000 | +15% |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | $1,430,194,000 | +26.5% |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | $1,403,570,000 | +11.2% |
| 42 | Denmark | $1,147,522,000 | +13.3% |
| 43 | Slovenia | $1,060,809,000 | +7.5% |
| 44 | Norway | $1,051,669,000 | +7.5% |
| 45 | Algeria | $860,889,000 | +79.5% |
| 46 | Nigeria | $850,939,000 | +159.1% |
| 47 | Ukraine | $798,724,000 | +18% |
| 48 | Serbia | $796,821,000 | +66.7% |
| 49 | Egypt | $796,550,000 | +21.9% |
| 50 | Chile | $737,621,000 | +13% |
| 51 | Greece | $670,585,000 | +3.1% |
| 52 | Iraq | $588,831,000 | -30.8% |
| 53 | Iran | $584,437,000 | -23.7% |
| 54 | Lithuania | $552,488,000 | -4.8% |
| 55 | Ireland | $547,235,000 | +7.1% |
| 56 | Hong Kong | $544,096,000 | +2.1% |
| 57 | Peru | $539,618,000 | +26.1% |
| 58 | Colombia | $537,368,000 | -4% |
| 59 | Bulgaria | $470,657,000 | +0.9% |
| 60 | Israel | $423,897,000 | +5.8% |
| 61 | Croatia | $405,627,000 | +12% |
| 62 | Latvia | $363,133,000 | +5.7% |
| 63 | New Zealand | $362,128,000 | -2.7% |
| 64 | Belarus | $351,870,000 | -6.9% |
| 65 | Philippines | $351,226,000 | -3.2% |
| 66 | Luxembourg | $348,555,000 | +2.7% |
| 67 | Panama | $336,510,000 | +14.7% |
| 68 | Uruguay | $320,064,000 | -17.9% |
| 69 | Ecuador | $300,445,000 | +11.4% |
| 70 | Libya | $276,592,000 | +1.3% |
| 71 | Guatemala | $276,519,000 | +12.8% |
| 72 | Tunisia | $275,784,000 | +8.5% |
| 73 | Ghana | $271,562,000 | +452.4% |
| 74 | Kenya | $236,411,000 | +117.2% |
| 75 | Tanzania | $216,651,000 | +192.2% |
| 76 | Estonia | $197,483,000 | -9.9% |
| 77 | Venezuela | $194,419,000 | +0.7% |
| 78 | Cambodia | $191,055,000 | +186.8% |
| 79 | Bangladesh | $187,573,000 | +1.9% |
| 80 | Honduras | $186,486,000 | +57.4% |
| 81 | Jordan | $179,646,000 | +21.9% |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | $172,019,000 | +135.1% |
| 83 | Kuwait | $168,773,000 | -49.1% |
| 84 | Pakistan | $166,341,000 | +22.4% |
| 85 | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $165,708,000 | +10.6% |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | $162,749,000 | +11% |
| 87 | Paraguay | $156,423,000 | +14.8% |
| 88 | Tajikistan | $154,102,000 | +396.2% |
| 89 | North Macedonia | $146,526,000 | +68.2% |
| 90 | Oman | $146,148,000 | -54% |
| 91 | Costa Rica | $146,000,000 | +13.9% |
| 92 | El Salvador | $144,840,000 | +22.1% |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | $140,074,000 | -3% |
| 94 | Lebanon | $138,967,000 | -8.1% |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | $129,755,000 | +15% |
| 96 | Myanmar | $128,575,000 | +388.7% |
| 97 | Qatar | $125,294,000 | -16.2% |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | $119,438,000 | -9.8% |
| 99 | Zambia | $104,787,000 | +36.5% |
| 100 | Cyprus | $103,126,000 | +11.9% |
Expanding the scope to the 100 buying countries, leading the gainers from 2024 to 2025 were Ghana (up 452.4% from 2025), Tajikistan (up 396.2%), Myanmar (up 388.7%), Tanzania (up 192.2%), Cambodia (up 186.8%) and Nigeria (up 159.1%).
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 2024 data was unavailable.
Automotive Imports into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$84.7 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the U.S. imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Mexico: US$35.2 billion (down -3.3% from 2024)
- Canada: $11 billion (down -4.1%)
- mainland China: $8.8 billion (down -12.9%)
- Japan: $6.8 billion (down -7.8%)
- South Korea: $6.1 billion (down -8.2%)
- Germany: $4.4 billion (down -19.7%)
- Taiwan: $2 billion (down -1.4%)
- India: $1.9 billion (down -8.3%)
- Thailand: $1.6 billion (up 21.7%)
- Italy: $755.7 million (down -6.1%)
- Vietnam: $739 million (up 14.5%)
- Türkiye: $689.8 million (up 5.4%)
- Poland: $626 million (down -5.7%)
- United Kingdom: $373.9 million (down -13.2%)
- Brazil: $306.6 million (down -3.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.2% of automotive components imported by the United States of America in 2025.
Among the above countries, growth suppliers to United States since 2024 were: Thailand (up 21.7%), Vietnam (up 14.5%) and Türkiye (up 5.4%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their automotive components supplied to American importers included: Germany (down -19.7%), United Kingdom (down -13.2%), mainland China (down -12.9%) and India (down -8.3%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported auto parts or accessories went down by an average -5.8% from all supplying countries since 2024 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $89.9 billion.
Automotive Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$49.1 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Poland: US$7.03 billion (up 6.2% from 2024)
- Czech Republic: $6.96 billion (up 9.9%)
- Romania: $3.8 billion (up 39.4%)
- Italy: $3.45 billion (up 4.4%)
- Hungary: $3.39 billion (down -0.5%)
- Slovakia: $3.3 billion (up 12.5%)
- mainland China: $3.1 billion (up 24.2%)
- France: $2.7 billion (down -9.9%)
- Austria: $2.5 billion (up 4.8%)
- Spain: $2.2 billion (down -3.5%)
- Türkiye: $1.7 billion (up 12.3%)
- Netherlands: $814.4 million (up 3.8%)
- United Kingdom: $677.3 million (down -7.5%)
- United States: $645 million (down -17.5%)
- Belgium: $585 million (down -9.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 87.4% of auto parts or accessories imported by Germany in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to Germany since 2024 were: Romania (up 39.4%), mainland China (up 24.2%), Slovakia (up 12.5%) and Türkiye (up 12.3%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their automotive components supplied to German importers included: United States of America (down -17.5%), France (down -9.9%), Belgium (down -9.2%) and the United Kingdom (down -7.5%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported auto parts or accessories rose by an average 8% from all supplying countries since 2024 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $45.4 billion.
Automotive Imports into Mexico
Mexico’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$32.5 billion in 2024 (2025 data not available on date article published). Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Mexico imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2024.
- United States: US$16.6 billion (down -7.7% from 2024)
- mainland China: $5.3 billion (up 11.4%)
- Germany: $2.1 billion (down -17.8%)
- Japan: $1.6 billion (down -14.5%)
- Canada: $1.49 billion (down -8.7%)
- South Korea: $1.44 billion (down -2.7%)
- India: $552.3 million (down -4.3%)
- Italy: $524.3 million (down -20.3%)
- Thailand: $394.6 million (up 32.8%)
- Spain: $300.9 million (down -13.5%)
- Vietnam: $290.6 million (up 6.5%)
- Poland: $218.2 million (up 11.9%)
- Taiwan: $183.3 million (down -0.5%)
- Brazil: $168.4 million (down -21.3%)
- Czech Republic: $136.9 million (up 14.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.5% of auto parts or accessories imported by Mexico in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to Mexico since 2024 were: Thailand (up 32.8%), Czech Republic (up 14.6%), Poland (up 11.9%) and mainland China (up 11.4%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their auto parts or accessories supplied to Mexican importers included: Brazil (down -21.3%), Italy (down -20.3%), Germany (down -17.8%) and Japan (down -14.5%).
Overall, the value of Mexico’s imported auto parts or accessories fell by an average -5.4% from all supplying countries since 2024 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $34.4 billion.
Automotive Imports into Canada
Canada’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$18.5 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Canada imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- United States: US$12.3 billion (down -3.7% from 2024)
- mainland China: $1.9 billion (up 7.3%)
- Mexico: $1.5 billion (down -4.7%)
- Japan: $1 billion (up 3.2%)
- South Korea: $304.2 million (up 9.2%)
- Germany: $264.2 million (down -2.7%)
- India: $241.5 million (up 21%)
- Taiwan: $158.1 million (up 10%)
- Canada: $120.4 million (down -9.8%)
- Thailand: $89.5 million (up 27.5%)
- Türkiye: $83.4 million (up 22.3%)
- Indonesia: $80 million (up 28.8%)
- Italy: $70.2 million (up 3.5%)
- United Kingdom: $48.9 million (up 10.6%)
- Poland: $35.3 million (down -10.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.5% of auto parts or accessories imported by Canada in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to Canada since 2024 were: Indonesia (up 28.8%), Thailand (up 27.5%), Türkiye (up 22.3%) and India (up 21%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their auto parts or accessories supplied to Canadian importers included: Poland (down -10.1%), Canada (down -9.8%), Mexico (down -4.7%) and the United States of America (down -3.7%).
Overall, the value of Canada’s imported auto parts or accessories slowed by an average -1.3% from all supplying countries since 2024 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $18.7 billion.
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 June 14, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 14, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 14, 2026