In 2021, China exported 2mn cars, or 7.7% of its total car production of 26mn that year.
The number of exported cars jumped every year, to
3.1mn in 2022 (11.5% of total production),
4.9mn in 2023 (16.3% of total production),
5.9mn in 2024 (18.7% of total production),
7.1mn in 2025 (20.6% of total production).
In 2026, from Jan to Sep, China has exported 35% of its total production, which has already surpassed 8mn.
At the current rate of 1mn per month, the 2026 exports could be 13mn, which is a more than 6-fold jump from 2mn in 2021!
In terms of percentage of production, export ratio is jumping more than 4-fold, from 7.7% to 35.5% currently.
Among the 8mn cars exported this year till Sep, about 50% are new energy vehicles (4mn).