The overall cost for auto parts imported worldwide rose by an average 31.9% from 5 years earlier in 2020 when international purchases of auto components were valued at $343 billion.
Year over year, the dollar total for globally imported automotive parts or accessories slowed by -1% compared to $457 billion for 2023.
In 2024, the 5 biggest importers are the United States of America, Germany, Mexico, mainland China, and Canada. That powerful quintet of buyers generated 46.6% 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 2024 with purchases amounting to $199.7 billion or 44.1% of the world total. In second place were importers based in North America at 31.6% while another 18.2% of automotive components was delivered to Asia.
Smaller percentages arrived in Latin America (3.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1.8%) and Oceania (0.8%) 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 2024.
- United States: US$89.9 billion (19.9% of imported auto parts or accessories)
- Germany: $46.8 billion (10.4%)
- Mexico: $34.1 billion (7.5%)
- mainland China: $21.2 billion (4.7%)
- Canada: $18.7 billion (4.1%)
- France: $17.3 billion (3.8%)
- Slovakia: $14.8 billion (3.3%)
- Spain: $14.1 billion (3.1%)
- Czech Republic: $13.1 billion (2.9%)
- United Kingdom: $12.5 billion (2.8%)
- Poland: $12 billion (2.7%)
- Italy: $9.5 billion (2.1%)
- Belgium: $8.7 billion (1.9%)
- Japan: $8.3 billion (1.8%)
- Brazil: $8.1 billion (1.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 72.8% of all auto parts or accessories imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for auto parts or accessories since 2023 were: Brazil (up 13%), Mexico (up 5.5%), Poland (up 2.9%), Czech Republic (up 2.4%) and the United States of America (also up 2.4%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported auto parts or accessories purchases were led by: Belgium (down -14.1%), France (down -11.9%), Italy (down -11.8%) and Spain (down -9.5%).
Searchable List of Auto Parts Importer Countries in 2024
The 100 major importers in the database below bought 99.5% of all imports for automotive parts or accessories in 2024.
| Rank | Importer | Auto Parts Imports | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $89,905,776,000 | +2.4% |
| 2. | Germany | $46,832,962,000 | -0.9% |
| 3. | Mexico | $34,148,558,000 | +5.5% |
| 4. | mainland China | $21,161,648,000 | -1.5% |
| 5. | Canada | $18,746,999,000 | -7.3% |
| 6. | France | $17,315,877,000 | -11.9% |
| 7. | Slovakia | $14,788,206,000 | -3.1% |
| 8. | Spain | $14,134,348,000 | -9.5% |
| 9. | Czech Republic | $13,064,310,000 | +2.4% |
| 10. | United Kingdom | $12,546,698,000 | -5.1% |
| 11. | Poland | $12,049,014,000 | +2.9% |
| 12. | Italy | $9,471,388,000 | -11.8% |
| 13. | Belgium | $8,651,632,000 | -14.1% |
| 14. | Japan | $8,293,498,000 | -1.4% |
| 15. | Brazil | $8,141,336,000 | +13% |
| 16. | Hungary | $7,796,732,000 | -0.8% |
| 17. | Türkiye | $7,143,862,000 | -0.4% |
| 18. | Netherlands | $6,432,074,000 | -12.3% |
| 19. | Sweden | $6,290,599,000 | -3.4% |
| 20. | India | $6,170,906,000 | +4.4% |
| 21. | Thailand | $6,026,349,000 | -12.2% |
| 22. | Romania | $5,966,769,000 | +11.3% |
| 23. | Austria | $5,593,847,000 | -4.5% |
| 24. | South Korea | $5,216,694,000 | +3% |
| 25. | United Arab Emirates | $4,250,368,000 | +7.7% |
| 26. | Malaysia | $4,001,692,000 | -1.2% |
| 27. | Portugal | $3,737,054,000 | +1.8% |
| 28. | Argentina | $3,673,567,000 | -15.6% |
| 29. | Russia | $3,604,329,000 | +1.9% |
| 30. | Indonesia | $3,171,102,000 | -13.4% |
| 31. | Australia | $2,978,823,000 | +20.9% |
| 32. | Vietnam | $2,740,092,000 | +20.5% |
| 33. | Morocco | $2,330,255,000 | -2.9% |
| 34. | Uzbekistan | $1,938,615,000 | +24.6% |
| 35. | South Africa | $1,817,770,000 | -1.5% |
| 36. | Saudi Arabia | $1,801,735,000 | +20.4% |
| 37. | Singapore | $1,742,285,000 | -15.5% |
| 38. | Taiwan | $1,684,342,000 | -10.6% |
| 39. | Switzerland | $1,525,076,000 | +1.1% |
| 40. | Finland | $1,333,510,000 | +1.9% |
| 41. | Kazakhstan | $1,130,640,000 | -0.8% |
| 42. | Denmark | $1,014,387,000 | +5.8% |
| 43. | Slovenia | $995,484,000 | +3.3% |
| 44. | Norway | $978,560,000 | -1.2% |
| 45. | Kyrgyzstan | $801,796,000 | +665.4% |
| 46. | Iran | $752,722,000 | -40.8% |
| 47. | Egypt | $701,312,000 | +39% |
| 48. | Ukraine | $676,999,000 | +17.8% |
| 49. | Chile | $652,987,000 | +8.1% |
| 50. | Greece | $611,854,000 | +6% |
| 51. | Algeria | $596,584,000 | +2.2% |
| 52. | Nigeria | $588,947,000 | +126.3% |
| 53. | Lithuania | $572,982,000 | -4.3% |
| 54. | Iraq | $571,195,000 | -26.3% |
| 55. | Colombia | $559,978,000 | -8% |
| 56. | Hong Kong | $532,840,000 | +0.7% |
| 57. | Ireland | $510,291,000 | +9.7% |
| 58. | Serbia | $477,644,000 | +18.5% |
| 59. | Bulgaria | $465,758,000 | +0.7% |
| 60. | Peru | $427,825,000 | +10.3% |
| 61. | Israel | $400,586,000 | +15.2% |
| 62. | Uruguay | $389,886,000 | +33.7% |
| 63. | New Zealand | $372,057,000 | -3.2% |
| 64. | Philippines | $363,005,000 | -2.3% |
| 65. | Croatia | $360,555,000 | +4.8% |
| 66. | Belarus | $358,922,000 | +14.4% |
| 67. | Latvia | $340,301,000 | -7.4% |
| 68. | Luxembourg | $334,193,000 | +0.3% |
| 69. | Panama | $293,402,000 | -4% |
| 70. | Tunisia | $271,243,000 | +26.4% |
| 71. | Ecuador | $269,641,000 | -8.5% |
| 72. | Guatemala | $245,086,000 | +12% |
| 73. | Tajikistan | $225,789,000 | +593% |
| 74. | Libya | $222,563,000 | -17.6% |
| 75. | Ghana | $222,465,000 | +419.4% |
| 76. | Estonia | $219,082,000 | +6.1% |
| 77. | Venezuela | $192,469,000 | +5.5% |
| 78. | Tanzania | $186,210,000 | +197% |
| 79. | Kuwait | $183,845,000 | -45.7% |
| 80. | Bangladesh | $175,890,000 | -6.2% |
| 81. | Oman | $160,568,000 | -46% |
| 82. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $149,796,000 | +19.6% |
| 83. | Dominican Republic | $146,567,000 | +5.5% |
| 84. | Azerbaijan | $144,358,000 | +1% |
| 85. | Mongolia | $141,858,000 | +165.2% |
| 86. | Jordan | $138,152,000 | -10.8% |
| 87. | Paraguay | $136,234,000 | +22.5% |
| 88. | Pakistan | $135,864,000 | +21.8% |
| 89. | Qatar | $129,426,000 | -1.3% |
| 90. | Costa Rica | $128,217,000 | +15.9% |
| 91. | El Salvador | $118,657,000 | +11.2% |
| 92. | Honduras | $118,459,000 | +11% |
| 93. | Papua New Guinea | $116,705,000 | -12.1% |
| 94. | Lebanon | $108,965,000 | -38.7% |
| 95. | Kenya | $108,857,000 | +14.3% |
| 96. | Angola | $102,976,000 | +12.6% |
| 97. | Democratic Republic Congo | $98,097,000 | -34% |
| 98. | Bahrain | $93,544,000 | -41.4% |
| 99. | Yemen | $92,603,000 | -10.8% |
| 100. | Moldova | $92,236,000 | +13.1% |
Expanding the scope to the 100 buying countries, leading the gainers from 2023 to 2024 were Kyrgyzstan (up 665.4% from 2024), Tajikistan (up 593%), Ghana (up 419.4%), Tanzania (up 197%), Mongolia (up 165.2%) and Nigeria (up 126.3%).
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 2023 data was unavailable.
Automotive Imports into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$89.9 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the U.S. imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Mexico: US$36.4 billion (up 3.7% from 2023)
- Canada: $11.5 billion (down -1.2%)
- mainland China: $10.1 billion (up 2%)
- Japan: $7.4 billion (up 8.5%)
- South Korea: $6.7 billion (up 8.2%)
- Germany: $5.5 billion (down -9.6%)
- India: $2.1 billion (up 5.6%)
- Taiwan: $2 billion (up 2.6%)
- Thailand: $1.3 billion (up 17.3%)
- Italy: $804.4 million (down -7.2%)
- Poland: $663.8 million (up 5%)
- Türkiye: $654.6 million (up 10.6%)
- Vietnam: $645.4 million (up 16.7%)
- United Kingdom: $430.9 million (down -14.2%)
- Hungary: $328.6 million (down -1.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.3% of automotive components imported by the United States of America in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to the United States since 2023 were: Thailand (up 17.3%), Vietnam (up 16.7%), Türkiye (up 10.6%) and Japan (up 8.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their automotive components supplied to American importers included: United Kingdom (down -14.2%), Germany (down -9.6%), Italy (down -7.2%) and Hungary (down -1.6%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported auto parts or accessories went up by an average 2.4% from all supplying countries since 2023 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $87.8 billion.
Automotive Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$46.8 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Poland: US$6.5 billion (up 5.8% from 2023)
- Czech Republic: $6.3 billion (down -1.4%)
- Romania: $4.4 billion (up 16.1%)
- Hungary: $3.31 billion (down -0.2%)
- Italy: $3.29 billion (down -4.1%)
- France: $3 billion (down -20.1%)
- Slovakia: $2.9 billion (up 8%)
- mainland China: $2.5 billion (up 18.3%)
- Austria: $2.4 billion (down -15.7%)
- Spain: $2.3 billion (up 3.3%)
- Türkiye: $1.5 billion (down -7.6%)
- United States: $784.1 million (down -10.6%)
- Netherlands: $753.1 million (down -13.3%)
- United Kingdom: $732.1 million (down -9.3%)
- Belgium: $634 million (down -25.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 88.3% of auto parts or accessories imported by Germany in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to Germany since 2023 were: mainland China (up 18.3%), Romania (up 16.1%), Slovakia (up 8%) and Poland (up 5.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their automotive components supplied to German importers included: Belgium (down -25.5%), France (down -20.1%), Austria (down -15.7%) and the Netherlands (down -13.3%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported auto parts or accessories dropped by an average -0.9% from all supplying countries since 2023 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $47.3 billion.
Automotive Imports into Mexico
Mexico’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$32.4 billion in 2023 (2024 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 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- United States: US$17.3 billion (up 11.8% from 2022)
- mainland China: $4 billion (up 4.8%)
- Germany: $2.5 billion (up 10.4%)
- Japan: $1.81 billion (up 4%)
- Canada: $1.76 billion (up 8.4%)
- South Korea: $1.2 billion (down -1.4%)
- Italy: $609.2 million (up 14.1%)
- India: $521.1 million (up 21.3%)
- Spain: $290.4 million (up 23%)
- Thailand: $274.9 million (up 21.6%)
- Brazil: $226.7 million (up 16.9%)
- Vietnam: $209.1 million (up 15.2%)
- Poland: $195.8 million (up 38.2%)
- Taiwan: $186.6 million (down -4.6%)
- Hungary: $158.4 million (up 2.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.8% of auto parts or accessories imported by Mexico in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to Mexico since 2022 were: Poland (up 38.2%), Spain (up 23%), Thailand (up 21.6%) and India (up 21.3%).
Two major exporters that experienced declines in the value of their auto parts or accessories supplied to Mexican importers were Taiwan (down -4.6% from 2022) and South Korea (down -1.4%).
Overall, the value of Mexico’s imported auto parts or accessories went up by an average 9.8% from all supplying countries since 2022 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $29.5 billion.
Automotive Imports into China
Mainland China’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$21.2 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which China imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Germany: US$6.6 billion (down -12.4% from 2023)
- Japan: $3.3 billion (down -15.4%)
- Romania: $1.6 billion (up 421.3%)
- United States: $1.4 billion (down -8%)
- South Korea: $1.2 billion (up 9.5%)
- Mexico: $1.1 billion (down -2.4%)
- France: $669.2 million (down -35.3%)
- Czech Republic: $654.8 million (up 15.5%)
- Portugal: $603.9 million (up 8.7%)
- Poland: $523.9 million (up 17.8%)
- Hungary: $475.2 million (up 4.3%)
- Slovakia: $370.1 million (up 8.2%)
- Italy: $335.3 million (up 46.3%)
- Austria: $294.4 million (up 10.2%)
- Vietnam: $277.4 million (up 2.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 91.3% of auto parts or accessories imported by mainland China in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to China since 2023 were: Romania (up 421.3%), Italy (up 46.3%), Poland (up 17.8%) and the Czech Republic (up 15.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their auto parts or accessories supplied to Chinese importers included: France (down -35.3%), Japan (down -15.4%), Germany (down -12.4%) and the United States of America (down -8%).
Overall, the value of China’s imported auto parts or accessories declined by an average -1.5% from all supplying countries since 2023 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $21.5 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 3, 2025
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 3, 2025
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 3, 2025