How the car commerce sector is structured
The business stats are one level down from the automotive statistics section and aims at crystallizing the understanding of today’s automotive industry growth. Get the latest car trade statistics from our automotive industry page.
Vehicles and auto parts
The auto trade includes both car and auto parts. The main indicators are import, export and balance, usually broken into:
- Country
- Year
- Share (%)
These numbers show important information about the distribution of vehicles inside the market, vehicle movement from one market to another.
Leading exporters and importers
The leading exporters and importers are countries you should look at when conducting a research on the car sector, for example when Honda ends up being the top car seller in the U.S., international trade numbers are involved.
These figures usually come in a table which presents for each top country:
- Value (in billion dollars, euros, …)
- Import share by year
- Export share by year
- Trade balance
- Annual change in percentage
The trading partners are significant factors which might also affect the final results. Speaking of these, the automotive trade statistics include numbers which show the rate of the contribution of Member States. The automotive trade statistics shows the rate of trade in both types of companies – OEM and OES.
Most reputable sources for your research
ReportLinker gathers only official statistics made by legal and non-profit organizations, governmental reports from different regions, and all similar agencies that are active in automotive industry. So here are the main and most reliable sources:
- International Trade Administration for USA automotive industry, who recently announced that 2014 was a great year for exports from US-based factories which normally exclusively produce vehicles for the domestic market.
- WTO with statistics for trade by sector and with detailed international trade statistics
- Eurostat with international business statistics in cars and trucks
- The ACEA organization that provides an overall overview of the European Automobile Manufacturer`s trades.
- Census with all the foreign commerce statistics – including auto
You might be interested in:
- Car sales statistics: in this section we will provide you with the newest data which have been released after attentive and careful automotive selling process analysis.
- Vehicle production figures: They show the progress in cars and trucks, including numbers of both the production of cars and car parts.
Written ByLewis Pearson