Statistics and Facts about the Automobile Import and Export Market in China
Since 2009 the People’s Republic of China has been the world’s largest new car market and automobile producer. China accounted for
one-quarter of global production capacity as of 2011. The share of
passenger car and commercial vehicle exports as part of the production output in China accounted for 4.6 percent and a total of 850,000 vehicles were shipped from China to various places around the world. For the first time in 2011 the number of exported
passenger cars exceeded the number of commercial vehicle exports.
Chery, the largest Chinese vehicle exporter, sold over 160,000 vehicles abroad, which accounted for one fourth of the company’s total sales.
This vastly populous nation has also seen a
growing demand for luxury cars in recent years and is attracting business from many foreign carmakers. In 2011, Germany exported around 230,000 vehicles to China at a
value of over 15 billion U.S. dollars, making
Germany the leading car exporter to China. Car manufacturers in Japan and the United States are also exporting in mass to China. The sales of
BMW, the biggest exporter of brand cars to China, accounted for 11 percent of its total sales as of 2010.
The topics
automobile sales in China and
automobile manufacturing industry in China are presented in separate dossiers.
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