Number of cars imported into China 2007-2017

Number of cars imported into China from 2007 to 2017

The data displays car imports into China from 2007 to 2017. In 2017, approx. 1.2 million passenger cars and commercial vehicles had been imported into China.

Vehicle imports to China – additional information Economic and social changes over the last few decades have propelled China to become the world’s biggest automobile market. Due to rising income levels, more Chinese consumers had been interested in buying imported cars, which are considered to be expensive in China because of high taxes as well as large profit margins.

2007 312979
2008 409769
2009 420696
2010 771431
2011 1003459
2012 1091309
2013 1171000
2014 1422992
2015 1078096
2016 1041275
2017 1215885