US imports of automotive parts

In 2024 the US imported over US$197 billion in automotive parts from other countries. This is a 1.4% increase from 2023. 2024 was the biggest year for imports of automotive parts into the US on record. Scroll down for interactive import tables.

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Top countries for automotive parts imports 2024:

  1. auto parts imports exportsMexico US$81,174,684,076 (41% of all US imports of automotive parts)
  2. Canada US$19,471,943,968 (10% of all imports)
  3. China US$18,256,097,508 (9%)
  4. Japan US$15,796,292,742 (8%)
  5. Korea US$12,665,621,866 (6%)
  6. Germany US$10,105,682,683 (5%)
  7. Thailand US$5,429,559,847 (3%)
  8. Taiwan US$3,405,834,903 (2%)
  9. Vietnam US$3,164,928,360 (2%)
  10. India US$3,098,308,833 (2%)

In 2024, the value of US auto parts imports was 138% higher than the value of US auto parts exports. In 2024, the US imports of auto parts was US$197.3 billion and US exports of auto parts was US$82.8 billion. 2024 was an all-time record for US imports, beating the previous high of $194.2 billion in 2023.

Tariffs on US imports of auto parts

Tariffs on imported automotive parts are a topic of discussion and is frequently in the news. Opponents of tariffs often point to potential harm to the US consumer or automotive industry through higher costs of imported goods. Proponents of tariffs often point to the an “imbalance” of exports vs. imports, citing the $93.5 billion export value (2024) vs. the $197.3 billion in import value (2024). The arguments pro or against tariffs are more detailed and complex than we can cover in this analysis.

Tracking the changing tariffs is difficult, but as of April 2025, USMCA-compliant goods still have a 0% tariff, non-USMCA compliant goods have a 25% tariff, and non-USMCA compliant energy and potash have a 10% tariff.

US imports of auto parts from Mexico, Canada, Japan and other countries

The top countries sending auto parts into the US are Mexico, Canada and Japan. Chinese automotive parts imported into the US peaked at $20 billion in 2018, an increase of 15% over 2017.

Here is a table showing the top 20 countries that account for 87% of US imports of automotive parts. The top row shows the total amount of auto parts imports from the entire world, 2011-2024. The table includes both OEM and aftermarket auto parts and can be sorted and searched.

20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011
WORLD$197,260,689,740$194,314,863,417$183,740,234,570$158,547,630,995$130,632,843,387$154,853,147,383$157,589,767,184$147,929,477,381$148,010,733,746$150,226,060,888$145,153,700,107$132,101,505,262$130,041,764,109$114,005,599,205
Mexico$81,174,684,076$78,428,415,520$69,168,574,013$59,610,423,614$51,167,030,575$60,348,061,297$58,754,883,804$54,875,399,564$55,060,069,069$53,092,684,136$49,392,488,940$44,294,482,700$41,020,973,160$35,610,286,290
Canada$19,471,943,968$19,978,830,504$18,372,153,389$16,340,810,874$13,974,490,137$16,793,901,417$17,198,978,697$16,088,967,821$17,063,179,854$17,732,540,454$18,249,568,941$16,925,380,707$17,434,686,725$16,355,753,891
China$18,256,097,508$17,949,957,301$18,472,060,296$15,029,348,913$11,312,325,340$15,435,614,082$20,090,586,473$17,595,619,105$17,380,229,562$18,766,792,194$18,551,959,719$16,307,354,437$14,976,119,807$12,476,901,727
Japan$15,796,292,742$15,432,910,506$16,345,065,543$14,877,594,850$12,017,934,653$14,874,584,199$16,091,542,006$16,263,593,388$15,066,724,847$14,856,976,990$15,917,353,696$15,944,917,135$18,307,896,233$15,034,567,591
Korea$12,665,621,866$13,488,669,813$13,630,449,464$10,227,123,126$8,150,002,576$9,402,583,183$8,849,858,101$8,277,533,229$9,243,791,142$9,100,812,768$8,717,061,853$8,151,020,724$7,956,312,637$6,650,891,122
Germany$10,105,682,683$11,019,179,553$10,298,200,293$10,129,752,795$8,421,935,729$9,228,203,576$9,600,802,614$9,864,882,597$10,045,185,014$11,296,248,615$10,721,233,560$9,822,019,503$9,683,282,781$8,183,137,522
Thailand$5,429,559,847$4,978,253,421$5,491,856,200$4,764,315,890$4,128,353,999$4,323,542,535$3,495,731,216$3,188,483,865$2,993,391,631$2,546,040,612$2,071,870,630$1,853,016,281$2,045,577,215$2,143,200,531
Taiwan$3,405,834,903$3,309,373,023$3,920,276,478$3,581,173,809$3,250,032,670$3,401,556,773$3,232,923,730$3,159,774,612$2,956,621,139$3,123,297,613$2,903,187,952$2,694,156,933$2,580,488,618$2,402,510,482
Vietnam$3,164,928,360$2,768,283,855$2,692,478,540$2,169,979,224$1,670,028,085$1,611,823,463$1,402,008,503$1,190,865,681$918,118,140$767,507,915$629,615,627$584,558,274$538,265,366$345,734,395
India$3,098,308,833$2,853,567,100$2,826,721,234$2,431,942,676$1,483,981,268$1,969,428,059$1,794,480,105$1,463,699,373$1,266,720,032$1,406,184,862$1,279,914,462$1,013,051,980$1,172,234,310$1,071,429,289
Poland$1,762,946,817$1,638,140,872$1,270,406,403$833,788,525$605,504,379$627,834,556$497,934,575$473,410,417$467,321,454$481,001,797$502,829,392$445,776,190$441,442,390$294,218,312
Hungary$1,575,554,017$829,424,286$734,922,145$677,028,632$515,323,102$510,227,456$502,694,367$560,133,822$601,663,081$614,670,424$607,726,232$484,411,165$447,450,665$309,610,568
Austria$1,485,215,861$1,633,852,432$1,460,828,349$1,364,582,862$1,040,886,739$1,038,977,455$1,046,150,530$1,149,814,444$1,123,961,668$1,374,454,694$1,377,201,538$953,064,035$986,238,426$1,620,814,729
United Kingdom$1,475,293,992$1,446,061,530$1,316,619,951$1,204,179,850$1,053,661,069$1,396,770,244$1,427,723,838$1,307,255,741$1,184,466,179$1,325,732,295$1,402,222,540$1,297,172,815$1,157,735,006$941,219,713
Malaysia$1,434,387,234$1,266,927,535$822,235,489$646,259,555$683,658,051$625,598,852$501,666,445$373,706,482$393,768,930$383,253,948$319,282,346$273,424,276$286,545,920$220,200,485
Italy$1,360,779,891$1,542,651,733$1,810,553,685$2,078,362,490$1,498,058,741$1,439,002,145$1,658,596,069$1,124,250,874$1,348,431,380$1,642,110,509$1,610,252,846$1,129,700,079$1,075,023,358$934,090,662
Indonesia$1,315,737,747$1,330,960,299$1,416,761,032$1,121,628,273$928,687,705$1,009,860,136$1,017,709,445$1,139,662,408$1,208,877,805$1,067,777,146$843,397,129$852,472,864$837,478,950$862,173,910
Philippines$1,271,025,242$1,236,164,315$1,143,084,083$982,601,086$743,349,730$1,028,152,091$859,590,194$854,167,135$852,561,649$916,947,819$769,631,373$632,400,636$563,510,760$487,396,820
Czech Republic$1,236,557,717$1,274,405,130$1,125,546,372$1,034,258,085$775,970,866$861,849,870$831,694,884$833,060,951$830,147,520$871,529,661$742,294,500$676,002,079$646,892,833$537,169,448
Brazil$1,132,618,075$1,118,517,728$1,286,575,216$1,199,031,665$928,595,569$1,254,646,176$1,243,225,464$1,129,677,472$984,479,298$1,079,970,566$1,095,760,644$1,147,707,925$1,511,704,443$1,573,124,167

US imports of automotive parts to the US, by part type

This table shows the types of parts imported to the United States by year 2017-2021. It includes both OEM and aftermarket auto parts and shows the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) code for each part type. This table can be sorted and searched.

HTS NumberDescription20212020201920182017
6813.81Brake lining and pads$129,692,291$105,780,998$137,414,189$140,190,444$174,682,117
7007.11Tempered safety glass (vehicles, aircraft, boats)$187,159,374$130,891,118$162,267,036$169,071,306$157,871,688
7009.10Rear-view mirrors$380,978,320$299,704,211$307,182,361$290,461,292$266,575,272
8301.20Vehicle locks$659,898,058$586,921,158$680,501,018$716,554,486$748,425,788
8302.30Other mountings and fittings$2,105,105,087$1,665,760,278$2,067,764,383$2,043,443,133$1,878,201,444
8511.10Spark plugs$555,041,041$475,262,144$480,919,049$481,371,535$474,808,107
8511.20Magnetos and flywheels$29,617,507$18,243,157$23,861,061$25,962,647$21,838,224
8511.30Distributors and ignition coils$508,269,401$402,711,184$455,920,914$569,678,877$527,614,462
8511.40Starters$1,376,364,366$1,165,253,043$1,370,007,676$1,345,745,226$1,198,808,152
8511.50Generators and other generator parts$1,177,491,914$960,273,847$1,114,823,313$1,168,473,671$1,143,549,231
8511.80Other ignition parts$177,284,298$153,793,301$174,377,970$180,061,924$157,240,703
8511.90Other misc parts for lighting, wipers or defrosters$325,302,480$324,941,042$411,243,314$392,020,571$366,622,973
8512.20Lighting (automotive and motorycles)$4,337,500,001$3,655,121,455$3,960,816,523$3,971,676,514$3,518,549,959
8512.30Horns (automotive and motorcycles)$181,365,446$145,146,319$165,781,309$222,678,391$244,303,057
8512.40Wipers and defrosters$103,110,535$82,035,074$104,084,774$173,522,383$162,935,689
8512.90Parts for lighting, wipers or defrosters$1,677,370,379$1,406,437,259$1,754,940,332$1,852,441,545$1,560,263,700
8527.21Radios$2,187,740,168$2,021,283,386$2,448,705,759$2,573,613,010$2,999,198,048
8527.29Other misc. radios$327,962,776$227,002,460$221,058,802$228,240,373$101,889,177
8708.10Bumpers and parts$1,187,561,334$963,238,740$1,175,439,841$1,231,774,027$1,186,568,473
8708.21Seat belts$291,756,678$263,791,836$103,397,693$85,649,913$50,522,954
8708.29Body parts excluding cabs$15,341,696,778$12,057,939,169$13,971,887,635$14,216,533,580$12,669,612,584
8708.30Brakes and parts$5,680,553,573$4,628,060,660$5,371,795,213$5,371,731,502$4,720,451,933
8708.40Gear boxes$8,369,323,227$6,840,062,681$7,905,105,235$8,475,257,221$7,820,277,349
8708.50Drive axles with differential$4,858,699,249$3,626,562,372$4,394,075,637$4,295,366,026$3,809,725,580
8708.70Wheels and parts$4,285,539,664$3,335,817,075$3,698,612,551$4,434,128,680$3,906,521,552
8708.80Shock absorbers$4,172,114,333$3,253,204,135$3,657,846,200$3,971,086,895$3,569,458,609
8708.91Radiators$913,367,827$773,001,203$876,265,297$973,833,763$908,374,172
8708.92Mufflers and exhaust$1,148,661,956$849,670,857$1,036,293,229$998,028,616$850,628,221
8708.93Clutches and parts$1,410,003,472$1,128,388,883$1,399,840,625$1,376,309,925$1,296,259,018
8708.94Steering parts$3,843,160,879$3,413,524,338$4,105,854,471$4,323,989,945$4,060,479,614
8708.95Airbags$1,703,417,435$1,785,164,725$2,369,710,727$2,506,056,822$2,745,797,600
8708.99All other automotive parts$14,051,835,869$11,426,117,974$13,413,903,229$13,842,771,722$12,870,154,430
9401.20Seats$234,179,760$241,153,505$253,571,436$211,629,137$177,441,451

More information on the automotive aftermarket

If you’d like more information on the automotive aftermarket, including size of the aftermarket in the US, Canada, Mexico and other countries, read this post on the size of the automotive aftermarket.

Information sources for this article

United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division; Bureau of the Census USA Trade and Investopedia. Import and export statistics pulled from TPIS Database: USHS IMPORTS, Revised Statistics for 2011-2024.