Fact sheet: EU-China vehicle trade

This fact sheet examines vehicle trade flows between the EU and China, including the battery-electric car market.

• European brands account for around 6% of Chinese battery-electric car sales in 2022.
• Chinese brands account for almost 4% of EU battery-electric car sales in 2022, up from 0.4% just three years ago.
• The market share of European brands in Chinese sales has dropped from 28.5% in 2019 to 24% in 2022.
• The market share of Chinese brands in Chinese sales grew from around 36% in 2019 to almost 45% in 2022.
• The EU imported over half a million Chinese-made cars in 2022; around 63% were battery-electric.

Chinese brands account for almost 4% of EU battery-electric car sales in 2022, up from 0.4% just three years ago.