U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Vehicle Technologies Office

Fact #442: November 6, 2006
Automotive Parts Trade between the U.S. and China

The number of automotive parts being imported into the U.S. from China has more than doubled since 2000; over five billion dollars worth of parts were imported in 2005. The U.S. exported just over half a billion dollars worth of automotive parts to China that same year.

U.S./China Trade of Automotive Parts, 2000-2005
Graph showing the number of automotive parts imported to the U.S. from China and exported from the U.S. to China from 2000 through 2005. For more detailed information, see the table below.

Supporting Information

U.S./China Automotive Parts Trade (Billion dollars)
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
U.S. Exports 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6
U.S. Imports 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.7 3.8 5.3

Source: U.S. International Trade Commission. Published in "China's Impact on the U.S. Automotive Industry," Congressional Research Service, April 4, 2006.

 

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