The overall cost for auto parts imported worldwide rose by an average 13.7% from 5 years earlier in 2019 when international purchases of auto components were valued at $399.7 billion.
Year over year, the dollar total for globally imported automotive parts or accessories increased by 7.1% compared to $424.5 billion for 2022.
In 2023, the 5 biggest importers are the United States of America, Germany, Mexico, mainland China and Canada. That powerful quintet of buyers generated 45.9% 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 2023 with purchases amounting to $206.4 billion or 45.4% of the world total. In second place were North American importers at 30.9% while another 18% of automotive components was delivered to Asia.
Smaller percentages arrived in Latin America (3.4%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1.7%) 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 2023.
- United States: US$87.8 billion (19.3% of imported auto parts or accessories)
- Germany: $46.9 billion (10.3%)
- Mexico: $32.4 billion (7.1%)
- mainland China: $21.5 billion (4.7%)
- Canada: $20.2 billion (4.4%)
- France: $19.3 billion (4.3%)
- Spain: $15.61 billion (3.4%)
- Slovakia: $15.57 billion (3.4%)
- United Kingdom: $13.2 billion (2.9%)
- Czech Republic: $12.8 billion (2.8%)
- Poland: $11.5 billion (2.5%)
- Italy: $10.7 billion (2.4%)
- Belgium: $10.1 billion (2.2%)
- Japan: $8.4 billion (1.8%)
- Hungary: $7.9 billion (1.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 73.4% of all auto parts or accessories imported in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for auto parts or accessories since 2022 were: Poland (up 27.5%), Slovakia (up 23.8%), Canada (up 19.4%) and Hungary (up 18.2%).
Two major buyers posted declines in their imported auto parts or accessories purchases, namely mainland China (down -14.9% from 2022) and Spain (down -2.9%).
Searchable List of Auto Parts Importer Countries in 2023
The 100 major importers in the database below bought 99.5% of all imports for automotive parts or accessories in 2023.
| Rank | Importer | Auto Parts Imports | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $87,831,229,000 | +1.9% |
| 2. | Germany | $46,900,230,000 | +17.7% |
| 3. | Mexico | $32,362,967,000 | +9.8% |
| 4. | mainland China | $21,478,360,000 | -14.9% |
| 5. | Canada | $20,221,195,000 | +19.4% |
| 6. | France | $19,328,891,000 | +13.4% |
| 7. | Spain | $15,611,161,000 | -2.9% |
| 8. | Slovakia | $15,565,796,000 | +23.8% |
| 9. | United Kingdom | $13,221,460,000 | +15.1% |
| 10. | Czech Republic | $12,753,678,000 | +14.9% |
| 11. | Poland | $11,453,766,000 | +27.5% |
| 12. | Italy | $10,734,651,000 | +15.7% |
| 13. | Belgium | $10,067,433,000 | +0.4% |
| 14. | Japan | $8,409,611,000 | +10.5% |
| 15. | Hungary | $7,858,839,000 | +18.2% |
| 16. | Netherlands | $7,333,573,000 | +11.4% |
| 17. | Brazil | $7,204,219,000 | -4.1% |
| 18. | Türkiye | $7,173,512,000 | +17.2% |
| 19. | Thailand | $6,866,469,000 | +1.2% |
| 20. | Sweden | $6,492,937,000 | +10.7% |
| 21. | India | $5,908,183,000 | +9.3% |
| 22. | Austria | $5,820,471,000 | +17.2% |
| 23. | Romania | $5,366,193,000 | +14.2% |
| 24. | South Korea | $5,066,338,000 | +1.9% |
| 25. | Argentina | $4,351,667,000 | +24.3% |
| 26. | Malaysia | $4,051,727,000 | +9.1% |
| 27. | United Arab Emirates | $3,912,101,000 | +16.6% |
| 28. | Portugal | $3,672,010,000 | +6.5% |
| 29. | Indonesia | $3,660,938,000 | -11.7% |
| 30. | Russia | $3,395,907,000 | -7.3% |
| 31. | Vietnam | $2,495,856,000 | -19.9% |
| 32. | Australia | $2,464,005,000 | -3.8% |
| 33. | Morocco | $2,399,519,000 | +21.9% |
| 34. | Singapore | $2,060,956,000 | +3.6% |
| 35. | Taiwan | $1,884,766,000 | +3.5% |
| 36. | South Africa | $1,845,726,000 | +4.1% |
| 37. | Switzerland | $1,508,423,000 | +6.9% |
| 38. | Uzbekistan | $1,388,490,000 | +13.4% |
| 39. | Finland | $1,303,953,000 | -25.5% |
| 40. | Iran | $1,271,429,000 | +42.2% |
| 41. | Kazakhstan | $1,139,587,000 | +48.9% |
| 42. | Saudi Arabia | $1,109,366,000 | -12.6% |
| 43. | Norway | $990,048,000 | +4.1% |
| 44. | Denmark | $959,050,000 | +0.9% |
| 45. | Slovenia | $851,470,000 | +15% |
| 46. | Colombia | $608,368,000 | -24.7% |
| 47. | Chile | $604,028,000 | -27.5% |
| 48. | Lithuania | $598,842,000 | +12.8% |
| 49. | Greece | $576,992,000 | +5.3% |
| 50. | Ukraine | $574,840,000 | +42% |
| 51. | Algeria | $547,351,000 | +37.4% |
| 52. | Hong Kong | $529,251,000 | +4.9% |
| 53. | Egypt | $504,472,000 | -21.7% |
| 54. | Iraq | $499,579,000 | -33.1% |
| 55. | Ireland | $465,145,000 | +8.5% |
| 56. | Bulgaria | $462,481,000 | +22.2% |
| 57. | Serbia | $403,116,000 | +4.1% |
| 58. | Peru | $387,590,000 | -6.7% |
| 59. | New Zealand | $384,301,000 | -10.8% |
| 60. | Philippines | $371,635,000 | -25.6% |
| 61. | Israel | $347,742,000 | -21.8% |
| 62. | Croatia | $342,595,000 | +24.1% |
| 63. | Latvia | $333,007,000 | -4.3% |
| 64. | Luxembourg | $332,612,000 | +16.7% |
| 65. | Belarus | $307,751,000 | +10% |
| 66. | Panama | $305,509,000 | -8.4% |
| 67. | Ecuador | $294,765,000 | -5.7% |
| 68. | Uruguay | $291,658,000 | +4.8% |
| 69. | Nigeria | $260,243,000 | +29.9% |
| 70. | Libya | $244,117,000 | +24.9% |
| 71. | Guatemala | $218,899,000 | -2.2% |
| 72. | Tunisia | $214,593,000 | -0.5% |
| 73. | Estonia | $206,427,000 | -14.2% |
| 74. | Kuwait | $186,406,000 | -40.6% |
| 75. | Venezuela | $181,097,000 | +1.3% |
| 76. | Angola | $175,518,000 | +116.6% |
| 77. | Bangladesh | $175,369,000 | +0.9% |
| 78. | Bahrain | $159,530,000 | +10.1% |
| 79. | Jordan | $154,801,000 | +10.6% |
| 80. | Oman | $148,616,000 | -64.5% |
| 81. | Democratic Rep. Congo | $148,531,000 | -22.1% |
| 82. | Azerbaijan | $142,972,000 | +19% |
| 83. | Dominican Republic | $138,944,000 | -15.8% |
| 84. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $125,208,000 | +18.4% |
| 85. | Lebanon | $123,781,000 | -46.9% |
| 86. | Papua New Guinea | $118,338,000 | +33% |
| 87. | Pakistan | $111,531,000 | -54.6% |
| 88. | Paraguay | $111,178,000 | -1.9% |
| 89. | Costa Rica | $110,643,000 | +16.4% |
| 90. | Qatar | $107,101,000 | -27.1% |
| 91. | Honduras | $106,714,000 | 0% |
| 92. | El Salvador | $106,713,000 | -21.3% |
| 93. | Kyrgyzstan | $104,754,000 | +23.2% |
| 94. | Bolivia | $103,998,000 | -3.4% |
| 95. | Kenya | $95,246,000 | -1.4% |
| 96. | North Macedonia | $94,077,000 | +23.5% |
| 97. | Yemen | $91,005,000 | -26% |
| 98. | Cyprus | $86,008,000 | +12.6% |
| 99. | Zambia | $81,974,000 | -8.7% |
| 100. | Moldova | $81,587,000 | +18.5% |
Expanding the scope to the 100 buying countries, leading the gainers from 2022 to 2023 were Angola (up 116.6%), Kyrgyzstan (up 48.9%), Iran (up 42.2%), Ukraine (up 42%) and Algeria (up 37.4%).
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 2022 data was unavailable.
Automotive Imports into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$87.8 billion in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the U.S. imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Mexico: US$35.1 billion (up 12.4% from 2022)
- Canada: $11.6 billion (up 5.8%)
- mainland China: $9.9 billion (down -14.8%)
- Japan: $6.8 billion (down -13.6%)
- South Korea: $6.2 billion (down -4.6%)
- Germany: $6.1 billion (up 12.6%)
- India: $1.98 billion (up 1.6%)
- Taiwan: $1.97 billion (down -17.1%)
- Thailand: $1.1 billion (down -15.7%)
- Italy: $867 million (up 1.5%)
- Poland: $632.5 million (down -1.5%)
- Türkiye: $591.7 million (up 0.8%)
- Vietnam: $553 million (up 4.4%)
- United Kingdom: $502.4 million (down -2.9%)
- France: $350.7 million (up 13.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96% of automotive components imported by the United States of America in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to the United States since 2022 were: France (up 13.8%), Germany (up 12.6%), Mexico (up 12.4%) and Canada (up 5.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their automotive components supplied to American importers included: Taiwan (down -17.1% from 2022), Thailand (down -15.7%), mainland China (down -14.8%) and Japan (down -13.6%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported auto parts or accessories rose by an average 1.9% from all supplying countries since 2022 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $86.2 billion.
Automotive Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$46.9 billion in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Czech Republic: US$6.2 billion (up 20.8% from 2022)
- Poland: $6.1 billion (up 26.5%)
- Romania: $3.8 billion (up 25.2%)
- France: $3.7 billion (up 24%)
- Italy: $3.4 billion (up 12%)
- Hungary: $3.3 billion (up 20.2%)
- Austria: $2.8 billion (up 5.9%)
- Slovakia: $2.7 billion (up 22.9%)
- Spain: $2.2 billion (up 25.8%)
- mainland China: $2.1 billion (down -4.4%)
- Türkiye: $1.7 billion (up 12.5%)
- Netherlands: $892.8 million (up 15.3%)
- United States: $848.4 million (up 5.3%)
- Belgium: $847 million (up 18%)
- United Kingdom: $804.8 million (up 8.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 88.4% of auto parts or accessories imported by Germany in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to Germany since 2022 were: Poland (up 26.5%), Spain (up 25.8%), Romania (up 25.2%) and France (up 24%).
Mainland China was the lone exporter to experience a decline in the value of automotive components supplied to German importers recording a -4.4% reduction.
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported auto parts or accessories increased by an average 17.7% from all supplying countries since 2022 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $39.9 billion.
Automotive Imports into Mexico
Mexico’s global purchases of imported auto parts totaled US$32.4 billion in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Mexico imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2023. 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$21.5 billion in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which China imported the highest dollar value worth of auto parts during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Germany: US$7.5 billion (down -9.2% from 2022)
- Japan: $3.9 billion (down -31.2%)
- United States of America: $1.5 billion (down -18.3%)
- Mexico: $1.2 billion (down -2.9%)
- South Korea: $1.1 billion (down -9.9%)
- France: $1 billion (up 13.9%)
- Czech Republic: $567 million (down -13.5%)
- Portugal: $555.5 million (down -22.2%)
- Hungary: $455.8 million (down -12%)
- Poland: $444.8 million (down -14.5%)
- Slovakia: $342.1 million (up 27.5%)
- Romania: $297.3 million (down -15.4%)
- Vietnam: $271.1 million (down -26.5%)
- Austria: $267.1 million (down -14.2%)
- Spain: $252.8 million (down -15%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 91.4% of auto parts or accessories imported by mainland China in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers to China since 2022 were Slovakia (up 27.5%) and France (up 13.9%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their auto parts or accessories supplied to Chinese importers included: Japan (down -31.2% from 2022), Vietnam (down -26.5%), Portugal (down -22.2%) and United States of America (down -18.3%).
Overall, the value of China’s imported auto parts or accessories fell by an average 14.9% from all supplying countries since 2022 when auto parts or accessories purchased cost $25.2 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 August 9, 2024
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 9, 2024
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 9, 2024