China Vehicles (HS 87) Trade by Country

Monthly USD Source: GACC Data as of: Aug 2026 Coverage Jan 2018–Aug 2026

China car imports: HS 8703

Self-propelled road vehicles engineered primarily for passenger transport, encompassing standard automobiles, station wagons, and racing cars, excluding buses and public transport vehicles.

Direct HS8703 customs trade value in USD, not vehicle counts. The HS87 chapter totals below also include other vehicles and parts.

Imports · Aug 2026
$1.1B
Year on year · vs Aug 2025
-44.7%

Recent monthly import trend

MonthUSD value
Mar 2026$1.1B
Apr 2026$1.3B
May 2026$1.8B
Jun 2026$1.9B
Jul 2026$2.1B
Aug 2026$1.1B

Top import sources · Aug 2026

  1. Germany$391M
  2. United States$307M
  3. Slovakia$239M
  4. Japan$78.7M
  5. Austria$49.2M

Source: GACC. Published coverage: Jan 2018–Aug 2026. Comparisons are not seasonally adjusted.

Latest exports $19.6B Aug 2026
Latest imports $2.1B Aug 2026
Trade balance +$17.4B Aug 2026
Data as of Aug 2026

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Monthly exports and imports for this HS2 category across all available partner countries.

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Top Export Destinations

Top Import Sources

Latest Month Summary: Aug 2026

Top Export Destinations

  1. Russia: $1.9B
  2. United States: $1.6B
  3. Brazil: $1.3B
  4. United Kingdom: $1.2B
  5. Belgium: $1.2B

Top Import Sources

  1. Germany: $714M
  2. United States: $387M
  3. United Kingdom: $242M
  4. Japan: $223M
  5. Romania: $151M

Country opportunity pages

Fast-Growing Export Opportunities for Vehicles

High-growth HS6 country pages selected from official GACC export data. Use these pages to spot specific product-market demand before requesting a full country file.

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Gasoline passenger vehicles, including station wagons and racing cars, with engine displacements over 1.0 liters up to 1.5 liters, excluding specialized snow vehicles
HS 870322 to Russia +245% YoY
2026 Jan-Jun exports: $2.7B ·Rank #1 destination
Official product name

Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity >1000 ml but ≤1500ml (excluding vehicles for the transport of persons on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)

Purely electric passenger cars and vehicles designed to transport fewer than ten people, including station wagons and racing cars, excluding specialized snow vehicles
HS 870380 to Australia +164% YoY
2026 Jan-Jun exports: $2.7B ·Rank #2 destination
Official product name

Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only electric motor for propulsion (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)

Purely electric passenger cars and vehicles designed to transport fewer than ten people, including station wagons and racing cars, excluding specialized snow vehicles
HS 870380 to Brazil +269% YoY
2026 Jan-Jun exports: $1.7B ·Rank #5 destination
Official product name

Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only electric motor for propulsion (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)

Plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles designed for fewer than ten occupants, including station wagons and racing cars, which combine a spark-ignition engine with an externally chargeable electric motor
HS 870360 to Australia +362% YoY
2026 Jan-Jun exports: $1.0B ·Rank #5 destination
Official product name

Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)

Plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles designed for fewer than ten occupants, including station wagons and racing cars, which combine a spark-ignition engine with an externally chargeable electric motor
HS 870360 to United Kingdom +173% YoY
2026 Jan-Jun exports: $1.8B ·Rank #2 destination
Official product name

Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)

Plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles designed for fewer than ten occupants, including station wagons and racing cars, which combine a spark-ignition engine with an externally chargeable electric motor
HS 870360 to Italy +397% YoY
2026 Jan-Jun exports: $943.6M ·Rank #6 destination
Official product name

Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)

Purely electric passenger cars and vehicles designed to transport fewer than ten people, including station wagons and racing cars, excluding specialized snow vehicles
HS 870380 to South Korea +146% YoY
2026 Jan-Jun exports: $2.0B ·Rank #4 destination
Official product name

Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only electric motor for propulsion (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)

Plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles designed for fewer than ten occupants, including station wagons and racing cars, which combine a spark-ignition engine with an externally chargeable electric motor
HS 870360 to Germany +343% YoY
2026 Jan-Jun exports: $788.5M ·Rank #8 destination
Official product name

Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)

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Data notes

Data notes

Vehicles and transport equipment are among China's fastest-growing exports. Monthly GACC data covers railway rolling stock, motor vehicles (HS 87), aircraft, and ships by destination country.

Source

Source

Source: China General Administration of Customs (GACC)
Transformations: GACC values reported in USD thousands are converted to USD and formatted with K/M/B labels; the underlying monthly values are unchanged.

Citation

Citation

China Vehicles (HS 87) trade by country, monthly. General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC). https://chinadata.live/china-trade/category/vehicles/, accessed 2026-10-03.

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