Overall the cost of auto parts imports fell by -5.4% for all importing countries since 2016 when international purchases of auto parts were valued at $359.5 billion.
From 2019 to 2020, the dollar total for imported automotive parts or value retreated by -15%.
The 5 biggest importers (United States, Germany, China, Mexico, Spain) bought 45.6% worth of the overall total for imported automotive parts or accessories in 2020.
From a continental perspective, buyers in European countries spent the most on imported auto parts during 2020 with purchases amounting to $170.2 billion or 47.1% of the global total. In second place were North America importers at 28.3% while 19.7% of auto parts or accessories imported worldwide was delivered to Asia.
Smaller percentages arrived in Latin America (2.7%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1.5%) 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 Imports by Country
Top 15
Below are the 15 countries that paid the most for imported auto parts during 2020.
- United States: US$60 billion (17.7% of imported auto parts)
- Germany: $32.9 billion (9.7%)
- China: $25.8 billion (7.6%)
- Mexico: $21.9 billion (6.5%)
- Spain: $14.5 billion (4.3%)
- Canada: $14.4 billion (4.2%)
- France: $12.9 billion (3.8%)
- United Kingdom: $11.4 billion (3.4%)
- Slovakia: $11.3 billion (3.3%)
- Czech Republic: $9.5 billion (2.8%)
- Belgium: $9 billion (2.7%)
- Russia: $7.7 billion (2.3%)
- Italy: $7 billion (2.1%)
- Poland: $7 billion (2%)
- Japan: $6.3 billion (1.8%)
Among the above countries, there were 2 growth markets for auto parts since 2019 namely Belgium (up 2.3%) and China (up 2.2%).
Those countries that posted declines in their purchases of imported auto parts were led by: United Kingdom (down -27.9%), Canada (down -27.3%), Japan (down -22.8%) and France (down -22.6%).
The listed 15 countries purchased 74% of all auto parts imported in 2020.
USA
Auto Parts Imports into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$60 billion in 2020. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the U.S. imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2020. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2019 to 2020.
- Mexico: US$22.5 billion (down -12.4% from 2019)
- China: $8.1 billion (down -15.4%)
- Canada: $7.8 billion (down -15.9%)
- Japan: $5.9 billion (down -19.9%)
- South Korea: $4 billion (down -13.3%)
- Germany: $3.9 billion (down -9.6%)
- Taiwan: $1.7 billion (down -1.8%)
- India: $1 billion (down -24.9%)
- Thailand: $663.3 million (up 8.1%)
- Italy: $574.6 million (down -20.3%)
- Poland: $360.6 million (up 0.3%)
- Turkey: $312.6 million (down -16%)
- United Kingdom: $309.5 million (down -16.7%)
- Vietnam: $253.5 million (up 7.7%)
- Brazil: $234.6 million (down -28.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.1% of auto parts imported by United States in 2020.
Among the above countries, there were 3 growth suppliers of auto parts to United States namely Thailand (up 8.1%), Vietnam (up 7.7%) and Poland (up 0.3%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their auto parts supplied to American importers included: Brazil (down -28.6%), India (down -24.9%), Italy (down -20.3%) and Japan (down -19.9%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported auto parts fell by an average -13.8% from all supplying countries since 2019 when auto parts purchased cost $69.6 billion.
Germany
Auto Parts Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$32.9 billion in 2020. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2020. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2019 to 2020.
- Czech Republic: US$4.4 billion (down -19.8% from 2019)
- Poland: $4 billion (down -16.5%)
- France: $2.8 billion (down -23.6%)
- Romania: $2.43 billion (down -25.4%)
- Austria: $2.41 billion (down -16.5%)
- Hungary: $2.4 billion (down -14.2%)
- Italy: $2.3 billion (down -17.2%)
- Slovakia: $2 billion (down -7.5%)
- Spain: $1.4 billion (down -18.3%)
- China: $1.3 billion (down -6.2%)
- Turkey: $906.7 million (down -5.1%)
- United Kingdom: $819.8 million (down -18.4%)
- United States: $651.2 million (down -6.8%)
- Belgium: $599.5 million (up 5.6%)
- Netherlands: $579.7 million (down -8.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 87.7% of auto parts imported by Germany in 2020.
Among the above countries, there was only one growth supplier of auto parts to Germany since 2019, namely Belgium thanks to its 5.6% increase.
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their auto parts supplied to German importers included: Romania (down -25.4%), France (down -23.6%), Czech Republic (down -19.8%) and United Kingdom (down -18.4%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported auto parts declined by an average -17% from all supplying countries since 2019 when auto parts purchased cost $39.7 billion.
China
Auto Parts Imports into China
China’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$25.8 billion in 2020. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which China imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2020. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2019 to 2020.
- Germany: US$8.1 billion (up 0.04% from 2016)
- Japan: $6.8 billion (up 26.5%)
- South Korea: $1.7 billion (down -56.2%)
- United States: $1.5 billion (up 9.5%)
- Mexico: $1 billion (up 79.9%)
- France: $592.6 million (up 1.3%)
- Czech Republic: $538.6 million (up 69.7%)
- Portugal: $501.9 million (up 1,899%)
- Hungary: $463.2 million (up 156.9%)
- Thailand: $459.1 million (up 63.1%)
- Poland: $455.7 million (up 115.6%)
- Austria: $329.0 million (up 139.2%)
- Vietnam: $315.4 million (up 214.6%)
- Spain: $285.4 million (up 24.2%)
- Italy: $223.5 million (up 14.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 92.1% of auto parts imported by China in 2020.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of auto parts to China since 2019 were: Romania (up 68.8%), United States (up 46.2%), Czech Republic (up 23.3%) and Mexico (up 22.6%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their auto parts supplied to Chinese importers included: South Korea (down -24.3%), France (down -13%), Japan (down -9.2%) and Austria (down -5.1%).
Overall, the value of China’s imported auto parts expanded by an average 2.2% from all supplying countries since 2019 when auto parts purchased cost $25.2 billion.
Mexico
Auto Parts Imports into Mexico
Mexico’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$21.9 billion in 2020. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Mexico imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2020. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2019 to 2020.
- United States: US$12.1 billion (down -20.5% from 2019)
- China: $2.1 billion (down -11.8%)
- Germany: $1.7 billion (down -26.9%)
- Japan: $1.6 billion (down -9.5%)
- Canada: $1.1 billion (down -14.8%)
- South Korea: $1.1 billion (down -14.2%)
- Italy: $372.2 million (down -27.7%)
- India: $217.7 million (down -25%)
- Thailand: $179.3 million (down -34.5%)
- Spain: $158.2 million (down -21.6%)
- Romania: $136 million (up 36.5%)
- Poland: $129.7 million (down -5.6%)
- Taiwan: $118.5 million (down -15.9%)
- Hungary: $113.3 million (down -34%)
- Brazil: $104.7 million (down -31.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.7% of auto parts imported by Mexico in 2020.
Among the above countries, there was only one growth supplier of auto parts to Mexico since 2019, namely Romania via its 36.5% uptick.
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their auto parts supplied to Mexican importers included: Thailand (down -34.5%), Hungary (down -34.), Brazil (down -31.3%) and Italy (down -27.7%).
Overall, the value of Mexico’s imported auto parts decelerated by an average -19.3% from all supplying countries since 2019 when auto parts purchased cost $27.2 billion.
Searchable List of Auto Parts Importer Countries in 2020
The 100 major importers in the database below bought 99.5% of all imports for automotive parts or accessories in 2020.
| Rank | Importer | Auto Parts Imports (US$) | 2019-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $60,037,381,000 | -13.8% |
| 2. | Germany | $32,946,986,000 | -17% |
| 3. | China | $25,767,461,000 | +2.2% |
| 4. | Mexico | $21,933,200,000 | -19.3% |
| 5. | Spain | $14,541,506,000 | -13.5% |
| 6. | Canada | $14,409,473,000 | -27.3% |
| 7. | France | $12,864,926,000 | -22.6% |
| 8. | United Kingdom | $11,416,664,000 | -27.9% |
| 9. | Slovakia | $11,290,855,000 | -4.5% |
| 10. | Czech Republic | $9,516,813,000 | -14.8% |
| 11. | Belgium | $9,015,766,000 | +2.3% |
| 12. | Russia | $7,651,584,000 | -12.6% |
| 13. | Italy | $6,997,621,000 | -13.9% |
| 14. | Poland | $6,968,625,000 | -16.9% |
| 15. | Japan | $6,277,831,000 | -22.8% |
| 16. | Hungary | $5,640,102,000 | -6.3% |
| 17. | Turkey | $5,227,611,000 | +0.9% |
| 18. | Netherlands | $5,093,478,000 | -17.9% |
| 19. | Brazil | $5,069,131,000 | +10% |
| 20. | Thailand | $5,040,899,000 | -25.8% |
| 21. | Sweden | $4,997,897,000 | -20.5% |
| 22. | Austria | $4,974,311,000 | -21.7% |
| 23. | South Korea | $4,048,435,000 | +4.7% |
| 24. | Romania | $3,887,319,000 | -7.5% |
| 25. | India | $3,248,944,000 | -22.5% |
| 26. | Portugal | $2,876,990,000 | -17.5% |
| 27. | Vietnam | $2,175,539,000 | -4.4% |
| 28. | Malaysia | $2,168,057,000 | -18.1% |
| 29. | United Arab Emirates | $1,995,407,000 | -30.6% |
| 30. | Indonesia | $1,841,514,000 | -45.5% |
| 31. | Australia | $1,831,860,000 | -8.8% |
| 32. | Finland | $1,700,451,000 | -15.5% |
| 33. | Taiwan | $1,641,931,000 | +7.2% |
| 34. | Argentina | $1,634,530,000 | -20% |
| 35. | Singapore | $1,448,479,000 | -20.6% |
| 36. | Switzerland | $1,216,664,000 | -0.6% |
| 37. | South Africa | $1,195,346,000 | -27.4% |
| 38. | Morocco | $1,059,193,000 | -10.6% |
| 39. | Saudi Arabia | $938,607,000 | -30% |
| 40. | Slovenia | $930,609,000 | -18.3% |
| 41. | Uzbekistan | $911,960,000 | +8.4% |
| 42. | Norway | $851,475,000 | -4.1% |
| 43. | Denmark | $842,603,000 | -4.7% |
| 44. | Egypt | $616,815,000 | -21.7% |
| 45. | Iran | $610,519,000 | +26.9% |
| 46. | Hong Kong | $509,991,000 | -16.6% |
| 47. | Ukraine | $502,467,000 | +3.2% |
| 48. | Colombia | $431,231,000 | -33.4% |
| 49. | Kazakhstan | $424,137,000 | +8.3% |
| 50. | Algeria | $423,502,000 | -51.1% |
| 51. | Serbia | $422,472,000 | -16.8% |
| 52. | Greece | $408,639,000 | -11.3% |
| 53. | Chile | $408,364,000 | -31.8% |
| 54. | Belarus | $405,314,000 | -26.3% |
| 55. | Lithuania | $383,449,000 | -3.8% |
| 56. | Ireland | $364,753,000 | -3.6% |
| 57. | Iraq | $356,678,000 | -27.9% |
| 58. | Philippines | $308,696,000 | -43.7% |
| 59. | New Zealand | $307,509,000 | -15.5% |
| 60. | Israel | $301,774,000 | -2.5% |
| 61. | Luxembourg | $268,682,000 | -2.1% |
| 62. | Bulgaria | $260,545,000 | -0.2% |
| 63. | Peru | $243,211,000 | -24.2% |
| 64. | Croatia | $220,476,000 | -4.4% |
| 65. | Latvia | $219,793,000 | -10.5% |
| 66. | Tunisia | $217,602,000 | -6.3% |
| 67. | Nigeria | $198,322,000 | -4.9% |
| 68. | Estonia | $193,704,000 | +15.9% |
| 69. | Oman | $184,790,000 | -47.9% |
| 70. | Ecuador | $183,108,000 | +6.9% |
| 71. | Ghana | $133,742,000 | +244.6% |
| 72. | Pakistan | $132,924,000 | -27.7% |
| 73. | Guatemala | $132,454,000 | -9.7% |
| 74. | Kenya | $127,045,000 | +26.8% |
| 75. | Dominican Republic | $120,871,000 | +24.4% |
| 76. | Kuwait | $120,702,000 | -60.6% |
| 77. | Libya | $117,231,000 | -46.6% |
| 78. | Jordan | $114,891,000 | +17.7% |
| 79. | Panama | $113,577,000 | -41.2% |
| 80. | Sudan | $113,560,000 | -10.5% |
| 81. | Myanmar | $113,362,000 | -15.4% |
| 82. | Bangladesh | $101,820,000 | -22.9% |
| 83. | Qatar | $101,786,000 | -62.4% |
| 84. | Sri Lanka | $99,006,000 | -13.5% |
| 85. | Uruguay | $94,506,000 | -32.6% |
| 86. | Tanzania | $90,960,000 | -18.7% |
| 87. | Yemen | $79,935,000 | +12.0% |
| 88. | Azerbaijan | $77,606,000 | -13.4% |
| 89. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $74,891,000 | -11.6% |
| 90. | Papua New Guinea | $73,220,000 | -1.5% |
| 91. | Paraguay | $69,222,000 | -23.2% |
| 92. | North Macedonia | $68,369,000 | -29.2% |
| 93. | Costa Rica | $67,611,000 | -17.8% |
| 94. | Ethiopia | $67,188,000 | -5.4% |
| 95. | Honduras | $64,288,000 | -11.3% |
| 96. | El Salvador | $63,394,000 | -20.2% |
| 97. | Botswana | $63,290,000 | -8.2% |
| 98. | Namibia | $59,086,000 | -19.9% |
| 99. | Venezuela | $58,678,000 | +26.9% |
| 100. | Bolivia | $57,692,000 | -32.9% |
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 2019 data was unavailable.
See also Automotive Exports by Country, America’s Top Trading Partners and Car Imports by Country
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on June 29, 2021
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 29, 2021
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 29, 2021
