China Special purpose motor vehicles (HS 8705) Trade by Country

Monthly USD Source: GACC Data as of: August 2026 Coverage 2021–2026

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Latest exports$395MAugust 2026 · 2026 Jan–Aug · YTD: $3.4B · +16.3% YoY vs 2025-01 to 2025-08
Latest imports$1.2MAugust 2026 · 2026-01 to 2026-08 (6 published months; gaps) · Partial coverage: $12.5M · YoY unavailable
Trade balance+$394MAugust 2026
Data as ofAugust 2026Exports August 2026 · Imports August 2026
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Monthly Trade Trend

Exports · 2026-01 to 2026-08 · Imports · 2026-01 to 2026-08 (6 published months; gaps) · Monthly USD values; separate scales.

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Source
GACC statistics query
Unit
USD
Rows
1127
Data as of
August 2026

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Exports · 2026-01 to 2026-08 · Cumulative partner values.

PartnerValueShare
1Saudi Arabia$260M7.7%
2Vietnam$231M6.9%
3Russia$197M5.9%
4UAE$185M5.5%
5Kazakhstan$121M3.6%

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  • Vietnam Exports $231M Increase +$115M YoY +99%
  • Nigeria Exports $116M Increase +$63.5M YoY +121%
  • PeruSelected Exports $73.4M Increase +$32.4M YoY +79%
  • Tanzania Exports $47.6M Increase +$31.5M YoY +195%
  • Ghana Exports $47.2M Increase +$29.3M YoY +163%
  • Mexico Exports $66.9M Increase +$28.1M YoY +73%
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Ranked by USD increase, then current value. Current value ≥ $1M, increase ≥ $500K and YoY growth ≥ 50%. Only complete, observed matching months with a positive prior-year baseline qualify. Missing or excluded values are not zero. Rankings compare all markets, independently of the chart’s selected country or historical period.

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Imports · 2026-01 to 2026-08 (6 published months; gaps) · Cumulative partner values.

PartnerValueShare
1Germany$5.2M41.2%
2Finland$4.1M32.7%
3France$1.2M9.6%
4South Korea$828K6.6%
5Italy$7.6K0.1%

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How markets are selected

Ranked by USD increase, then current value. Current value ≥ $1M, increase ≥ $500K and YoY growth ≥ 50%. Only complete, observed matching months with a positive prior-year baseline qualify. Missing or excluded values are not zero. Rankings compare all markets, independently of the chart’s selected country or historical period.

HS 8705 Trade Analysis

Over the 6 months both directions report (January 2026 to August 2026), China's special purpose motor vehicles trade under HS 8705 ran $2.5B of exports against $12.5M of imports, a trade surplus of $2.5B.

Monthly exports of special purpose motor vehicles (HS 8705) ranged from $385M to $464M between January 2026 and August 2026, averaging $420M. The latest month, August 2026, came in at $395M.

Imports over the same months came to $12.5M. Across the published period its largest source markets are Germany, Finland and France.

The three largest destination markets — Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Russia — account for 20% of the published total, out of 145 trading partners on record.

Annual Totals

Sum of published monthly values per year. The latest year is labelled with its last published month until December is in.

YearExportsImportsBalance
2021$1.3B2021 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$137M2021 · Full year (Jan–Dec)+$1.2B
2022$2.0B2022 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$82.3M2022 · Full year (Jan–Dec)+$1.9B
2023$3.0B2023 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$45.3M2023 · Full year (Jan–Dec)+$3.0B
2024$3.9B2024 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$73.5M2024 · Full year (Jan–Dec)+$3.8B
2025$4.5B2025 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$42.8M2025-01 to 2025-12 (10 published months; gaps) · Partial coverageUnavailable
2026$3.4B2026 Jan–Aug · YTD$12.5M2026-01 to 2026-08 (6 published months; gaps) · Partial coverageUnavailable

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Data notes

Data notes

HS 8705 is an official customs product-group classification. Monthly values are shown in USD, and long product names may be shortened for display.

Source

Source

Source: China General Administration of Customs (GACC), cleaned and structured by China Data Portal.
Transformations: Values are presented as published by the source.

Citation

Citation

China Data Portal. "China Special purpose motor vehicles Trade Data (HS 8705)." Accessed [date]. https://chinadata.live/china-trade/hs/8705/

About this data

How much special purpose motor vehicles does China export?

China exported $3.4B of special purpose motor vehicles in the 8 months to August 2026, averaging $420M per month, based on official China customs statistics (HS 8705).

Which countries buy the most special purpose motor vehicles from China?

Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Russia together account for 20% of the published total, out of 145 trading partners on record.

Where does this China customs data come from, and can I get the full dataset?

Figures come from official China General Administration of Customs (GACC) statistics, published monthly. ChinaData cleans partner names, periods and values so the series is ready for analysis. Partner-level rows for every month, including HS8 detail, are available as a one-time CSV purchase. Choose your products and coverage, then preview the file and price before payment.

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