Sector Data: Automotive Chapter 87

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Automotive sector exports (Ch87), by AGOA beneficiary, disaggregated by program

Chapter 87 automotive sector goods, by country, by program, $ million values, 2000-2023 YTD

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		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022 YTD to MAY	2023 YTD to MAY	2022-2023

Total:		150.51	359.48	573.24	776.81	591.85	287.48	475.65	577.39	1,927.82	1,444.09	1,623.72	2,142.37	2,015.14	2,195.28	1,379.36	1,451.72	1,581.67	1,261.21	618.91	408.18	592.54	865.32	1,561.70	361.87	757.1	109.22%

AGOA (excluding GSP)	South Africa		241.17	483.19	634.23	422.03	138.07	354.54	467.43	1,821.19	1,369.04	1,553.06	2,023.25	1,925.22	2,120.78	1,307.03	1,357.91	1,504.15	1,188.40	544.74	344.25	551.63	799.66	1,504.66	341.21	721.39	111.42%
AGOA (excluding GSP)	Nigeria																									0.03	N/A
AGOA (excluding GSP)	Ghana									0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00				0.06	0.02			N/A
AGOA (excluding GSP)	Namibia									0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00					0.00			N/A

GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	South Africa	67.1	47.75	42.98	72.84	85.77	72.6	68.67	64.3	46.84	39.16	42.37	36.6	44.93	39.85	46.93	38.89	48.53	30.23	27.4	17.25	15.15	18.77	20.96	7.96	5.88	-26.20%
GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	Ghana									0.01																	N/A
GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	Kenya	0.02				0.01	0.09	0.01	0.09							0.02											N/A
GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	Mauritius				0.05		0.01								0.04												N/A
GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	Namibia																		0.01								N/A
GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	Nigeria				0.2				0.01																		N/A

No program claimed	South Africa	83.18	70.09	46.71	69.13	83.77	76.39	49.25	44.12	59.47	35.55	26.67	80.73	43.43	33.1	23.96	53.71	28.02	39.34	45.15	44.51	23.96	44.69	32.41	11.38	28.83	153.41%
No program claimed	Senegal				0.01				0.03		0.03	0.03				0.03			0.11	0.34	0.47	0.49	0.54	0.87	0.29	0.19	-33.87%
No program claimed	Namibia			0.01								1.1	0.11	0.01			0.07	0.09	1.43	0.14	0.23	0.13	0.16	0.53	0.43	0.18	-57.11%
No program claimed	Zambia										0.08												0.08	0.41	0.2	0.14	-28%
No program claimed	Sierra Leone	0.04	0.12	0.03		0.05	0.02		0.08	0.05	0.08	0.09	0.05	0.08	0.06	0.09	0.17	0.05	0.04	0.34	0.38	0.13	0.26	0.11	0.07	0.14	103.89%
No program claimed	Botswana							0.52										0.01			0.1			0.08	0.06	0.09	60.05%
No program claimed	Mauritius	0.01						0.26	0.01	0.1			0.08	0.44	1.23	0.9	0.26	0.4	0.35	0.12	0.13	0.07	0.39	0.03	0.01	0.05	229%
No program claimed	Ghana	0.09	0.25		0.04	0.03				0.02			0.01			0.03	0.15	0.01	0.54	0.25	0.17	0.16	0.11	0.19	0.08	0.04	-56%
No program claimed	Nigeria				0.01	0.01				0.04			1.17			0.01	0.05	0.15	0.17	0.01	0.09	0.01	0.02	0.07		0.04	904.14%
No program claimed	Rwanda								0.06																	0.03	N/A
No program claimed	Mozambique					0.06								0.09	0.03	0.07	0.01	0.01		0.01		0.28		0.07	0.03	0.02	-24.61%
No program claimed	Togo																									0.02	N/A
No program claimed	Niger	0.01	0.01		0.08			0.1	0.01	0.02		0.15		0.03			0.13		0.12			0.03		0.02		0.01	N/A
No program claimed	Gabon				0.01			0.01						0.79	0.02					0.14	0.01	0.04	0.11	0.05	0.04	0.01	-77.03%
No program claimed	Kenya	0.07	0.06	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.25	2.24	0.87	0.02	0.06	0.21	0.25			0.05	0.02		0.06		0.05	0.04		0.04	0.02	0.01	-66.04%
No program claimed	Djibouti									0.01								0.01			0.01						N/A
No program claimed	Tanzania						0.01	0.01	0.05	0.05						0.03			0.04	0.01	0.04	0.03	0.03				N/A
No program claimed	Sao Tome & Prin				0.05	0.01			0.14	0.01		0.01	0.02			0.05			0.05					0.01	0.01		-100%
No program claimed	Benin																0.02						0.01	0.01			N/A
No program claimed	Uganda																	0.03	0.01	0.01				0.04	0.03		-100%
No program claimed	Cen African Rep		0.01		0.04						0.07							0.06						0.01			N/A
No program claimed	Angola																	0.01									N/A
No program claimed	Chad																										N/A
No program claimed	Congo-Brazza			0.04											0.04				0.04	0.02				0.01	0.01		-100%
No program claimed	Congo-Kinshasa								0.01			0.01				0.01	0.25	0.01	0.01	0.12	0.04	0.12	0.38	0.02	0.01		-100.00%
No program claimed	Cote d`Ivoire		0.02		0.01					0.01			0.02	0.01							0.08	0.01		0.79			N/A
No program claimed	Eswatini			0.26			0.04	0.01	0.01		0.01					0.1	0.05	0.07	0.14	0.03		0.04		0.01			N/A
No program claimed	Gambia											0.02		0.08		0.02		0.02			0.01						N/A
No program claimed	Guinea-Bissau												0.03											0.01			N/A
No program claimed	Lesotho																										N/A
No program claimed	Liberia				0.04									0.02							0.14		0.02				N/A
No program claimed	Madagascar												0.01	0.01					0.13	0.05	0.21	0.2		0.22			N/A
No program claimed	Malawi																0.01					0.01	0.01				-100%
No program claimed	Cabo Verde				0.02			0.02	0.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.00	0.01				0.03	0.03		-100.00%

Source: USITC

South Africa's automotive (Ch 87) exports to USA, by HS4 heading and differentiated by propgram

$ million, full year data 2000 - 2023 YTD, by program

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Program	Heading	Description	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022 YTD to MAY	2023 YTD to MAY	2022-2023

Total:			150.28	359.01	572.88	776.19	591.57	287.06	472.46	575.85	1,927.50	1,443.75	1,622.10	2,140.58	2,013.58	2,193.73	1,377.92	1,450.51	1,580.70	1,257.97	617.28	406.01	590.74	863.12	1,558.03	360.54	756.09	109.71%

AGOA (excluding GSP)	8703	MOTOR CARS AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE (OTHER THAN PUBLIC-TRANSPORT TYPE), INCLUDING STATION WAGONS AND RACING CARS		232.32	471.74	623.22	409.49	122.95	329.05	438.68	1,804.37	1,362.66	1,543.94	2,014.87	1,914.46	2,113.13	1,299.29	1,350.38	1,495.88	1,180.65	537.21	339.45	546.24	781.83	1,482.22	334.86	710.1	112.06%
AGOA (excluding GSP)	8708	PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR TRACTORS, PUBLIC-TRANSPORT PASSENGER VEHICLES, MOTOR CARS, GOODS TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES		3.17	4.03	2.43	3.88	3.7	14.09	15.75	9.52	2.93	6.13	5.46	6.02	5.09	4.44	2.71	1.45	3.41	3.89	2.07	1.62	13.13	14.61	4.45	7.4	66.03%
AGOA (excluding GSP)	8707	BODIES (INCLUDING CABS), FOR TRACTORS, PUBLIC-TRANSPORT PASSENGER VEHICLES, MOTOR CARS, GOODS TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES		5.68	7.41	8.56	8.64	11.39	11.35	12.96	7.28	3.43	3	2.92	4.62	2.56	3.23	4.69	5.84	4.31	3.63	2.64	3.76	4.68	7.84	1.89	3.6	90.09%
AGOA (excluding GSP)	8704	MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE TRANSPORT OF GOODS																0.11	0.93								0.23	N/A
AGOA (excluding GSP)	8714	PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES AND OTHER CYCLES, INCLUDING PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR DELIVERY TRICYCLES AND INVALID CARRIAGES			0.02	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.02					0.03	0.02				0.08	0.01				0.07	N/A
AGOA (excluding GSP)	8716	TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS; OTHER VEHICLES, NOT MECHANICALLY PROPELLED; AND PARTS THEREOF																						0.01				N/A
AGOA (excluding GSP)	8712	BICYCLES AND OTHER CYCLES (INCLUDING DELIVERY TRICYCLES), NOT MOTORIZED																										N/A
AGOA (excluding GSP)	8702	MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE TRANSPORT OF TEN OR MORE PERSONS, INCLUDING THE DRIVER																	0.05									N/A
AGOA (excluding GSP)	8706	CHASSIS FITTED WITH ENGINES FOR TRACTORS, MOTOR VEHICLES FOR PASSENGERS, GOODS TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES													0.13		0.04			0.03								N/A

GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	8708	PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR TRACTORS, PUBLIC-TRANSPORT PASSENGER VEHICLES, MOTOR CARS, GOODS TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES	61.81	42.04	38.12	68.73	82.67	66	62.12	56.25	41.1	34.89	37.97	33.85	42.97	38.43	43.88	33.65	41.88	28.08	27.38	17.24	15.13	18.77	20.96	7.96	5.88	-26.20%
GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	8716	TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS; OTHER VEHICLES, NOT MECHANICALLY PROPELLED; AND PARTS THEREOF	5.29	5.71	4.84	4.08	3.09	6.47	6.47	7.96	5.67	4.21	4.35	2.72	1.96	1.41	3.05	5.24	6.62	2.16	0.01	0.01	0.02					N/A
GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	8703	MOTOR CARS AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE (OTHER THAN PUBLIC-TRANSPORT TYPE), INCLUDING STATION WAGONS AND RACING CARS				0.01		0.07				0.01																N/A
GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	8711	MOTORCYCLES (INCLUDING MOPEDS) AND CYCLES FITTED WITH AN AUXILIARY MOTOR, WITH OR WITHOUT SIDECARS; SIDECARS			0.01			0.01											0.01									N/A
GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	8712	BICYCLES AND OTHER CYCLES (INCLUDING DELIVERY TRICYCLES), NOT MOTORIZED																										N/A
GSP (excluding GSP for LDBC only)	8714	PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES AND OTHER CYCLES, INCLUDING PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR DELIVERY TRICYCLES AND INVALID CARRIAGES				0.02		0.05	0.08	0.09	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.03		0.01			0.01				0.01					N/A

No program claimed	8704	MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE TRANSPORT OF GOODS	30.7	27.35	19.71	37.41	49.33	26.26	4.53	0.38	0.23	0.03		4.42	0.11	0.2	0.32	20.14	6.42	13.77	8.48	14.89	0.29	8.74	1.63	0.25	17.52	6953.89%
No program claimed	8708	PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR TRACTORS, PUBLIC-TRANSPORT PASSENGER VEHICLES, MOTOR CARS, GOODS TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES	19.18	17.45	25.14	21.98	25.16	43.1	42.31	35.93	36.24	19.25	21.1	48.27	33.69	20.81	20.84	30.74	18.13	14.71	20.93	20.85	17.76	30.15	25.9	9.74	9.14	-6.15%
No program claimed	8714	PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES AND OTHER CYCLES, INCLUDING PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR DELIVERY TRICYCLES AND INVALID CARRIAGES	1.06	0.07	0.69	1.11	1.17	0.87	0.79	0.82	0.79	0.84	0.74	0.71	1.32	0.73	0.75	1.36	1.51	1.37	1.59	1.55	1.54	2.68	2.01	0.51	0.76	50.25%
No program claimed	8710	TANKS AND OTHER ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES, MOTORIZED, WHETHER OR NOT FITTED WITH WEAPONS, AND PARTS OF SUCH VEHICLES	2.07	0.76	0.41	1.35	1.31	0.02	0.26	5.28	2.6	3.37	3.24	3.78	7.42	11.01	1.88	1.21	1.25	7.28	12.45	5.93	3.67	1.17	0.88	0.17	0.75	332.87%
No program claimed	8703	MOTOR CARS AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE (OTHER THAN PUBLIC-TRANSPORT TYPE), INCLUDING STATION WAGONS AND RACING CARS	23.35	23.41	0.15	1.55	0.16	3.2		0.47	18.9	11.76	0.34	23.09	0.47		0.02	0.05	0.17	0.26	0.44	0.55	0.25	1.53	1.62	0.43	0.44	2.63%
No program claimed	8716	TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS; OTHER VEHICLES, NOT MECHANICALLY PROPELLED; AND PARTS THEREOF	0.13	0.33	0.4	0.56	0.33	0.21	0.21	0.07		0.16	0.08	0.22	0.14	0.16	0.12	0.08	0.38	1.74	1.15	0.69	0.22	0.15	0.07	0.04	0.15	237.56%
No program claimed	8711	MOTORCYCLES (INCLUDING MOPEDS) AND CYCLES FITTED WITH AN AUXILIARY MOTOR, WITH OR WITHOUT SIDECARS; SIDECARS		0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01				0.02							0.01	0.02	0.05	0.01		0.09	0.2	0.27	0.22	0.04	-80.72%
No program claimed	8701	TRACTORS (OTHER THAN WORKS TRUCKS OF HEADING 8709)		0.01	0.02	4.67	6.13	1.36	0.33		0.5		0.81														0.01	N/A
No program claimed	8707	BODIES (INCLUDING CABS), FOR TRACTORS, PUBLIC-TRANSPORT PASSENGER VEHICLES, MOTOR CARS, GOODS TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES	6.67	0.7	0.17	0.4	0.14	1.37	0.57	0.08	0.11	0.05	0.34	0.13	0.15	0.13	0.02	0.11	0.11	0.15	0.1	0.03	0.13		0.02	0.01	0.01	-46.37%
No program claimed	8709	WORKS TRUCKS, SELF-PROPELLED, NOT FITTED WITH LIFTING OR HANDLING EQUIPMENT; TRACTORS USED ON RAILWAY STATION PLATFORMS; PARTS THEREOF				0.08	0.01			0.01	0.06	0.09	0.03	0.11	0.12	0.02	0.01		0.01									N/A
No program claimed	8712	BICYCLES AND OTHER CYCLES (INCLUDING DELIVERY TRICYCLES), NOT MOTORIZED							0.01		0.01					0.01		0.02	0.01	0.01			0.01		0.01			N/A
No program claimed	8713	CARRIAGES FOR DISABLED PERSONS, WHETHER OR NOT MOTORIZED OR OTHERWISE MECHANICALLY PROPELLED										0.01	0.01			0.01			0.01			0.01						N/A
No program claimed	8706	CHASSIS FITTED WITH ENGINES FOR TRACTORS, MOTOR VEHICLES FOR PASSENGERS, GOODS TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES	0.02	0.01			0.01									0.01			0.03					0.05				N/A
No program claimed	8705	SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES, NESOI, INCLUDING WRECKERS, MOBILE CRANES, FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLES, CONCRETE MIXERS, MOBILE WORKSHOPS, ETC.		0.01					0.24	1.07														0.01				N/A

Source: USITC

Automotive (Ch 87) exports from SOUTH AFRICA to USA by preference programme

$ million, full year data 2000 - 2023 YTD

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Program	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022 YTD to MAY	2023 YTD to MAY	2022-2023
AGOA (excluding GSP)		241.17	483.19	634.23	422.03	138.07	354.54	467.43	1,821.19	1,369.04	1,553.06	2,023.25	1,925.22	2,120.78	1,307.03	1,357.91	1,504.15	1,188.40	544.74	344.25	551.63	799.66	1,504.66	341.21	721.39	111.42%
GSP	67.1	47.75	42.98	72.84	85.77	72.6	68.67	64.3	46.84	39.16	42.37	36.6	44.93	39.85	46.93	38.89	48.53	30.23	27.4	17.25	15.15	18.77	20.96	7.96	5.88	-26.20%
No program claimed	83.18	70.09	46.71	69.13	83.77	76.39	49.25	44.12	59.47	35.55	26.67	80.73	43.43	33.1	23.96	53.71	28.02	39.34	45.15	44.51	23.96	44.69	32.41	11.38	28.83	153.41%
Total:	150.28	359.01	572.88	776.19	591.57	287.06	472.46	575.85	1,927.50	1,443.75	1,622.10	2,140.58	2,013.58	2,193.73	1,377.92	1,450.51	1,580.70	1,257.97	617.28	406.01	590.74	863.12	1,558.03	360.54	756.09	109.71%

Source: USITC

Note: South Africa has accounted for well over 99% of all automotive sector exports to the US since AGOA's inception.

Blank fields denote 'no trade'

AGOA forms one of the cornerstones of African automotive sector exports to the United States. Approximately 90 tariff lines (at the HS8 level) falling within Chapter 87 (automotives and parts) are covered by the AGOA legislation.

Automotive sector production and exports form part of a capital-intensive industry, and currently virtually all exports from this sector are exported from South Africa.

Over the years, very small amounts of automotive products have also been exported to the US under AGOA from other AGOA beneficiaries, for example from Kenya and Nigeria (see first data table alongside). Other beneficiary countries however provide some of the necessary inputs to the South African automotive sector, for example Botswana, which supplies premium quality leather that is used in OEM car seats during vehicle manufacture.

Within the auto sector export category, passenger vehicle form the bulk of Sub-Saharan African exports to the US, reaching $1.5 billion (out of $1.6 billion in total sector exports) during 2016 - see the data tables alongside for more detailed statistics. These exports have directly benefited from AGOA by being granted duty-free access to the US.

Less than 2% of automotive sector exports ($29m out of $1,587m) from AGOA beneficiaries - South Africa) - did not claim any specific duty preferences. In comparison, during the year 2000 when AGOA was originally enacted, total auto sector exports to the US from AGOA beneficiaries werevalued at only $151m, with $83m of that not claiming any preference and $67m claiming GSP status.

Auto exports have thus seen a ten-fold increase in value over the 2000-2016 period, predominantly due to AGOA.

Parts and accessories of motor vehicles accounted for $62 million worth of exports during 2016, of which $42 million was shipped under the GSP, $1 million under AGOA (non-GSP) and $18 million without preference.

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It is too early to speculate on the effects the incoming Trump administration may have on automotive trade between South Africa and the US, says National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) director Nico Vermeulen. “It is best to wait for the installation of the new administration so that we can gain clarity on US trade policy.” In an interview with German newspaper Bild, published on Monday, US...

17 January 2017

Ford's R2.5bn investment proof of AGOA benefits: South Africa's Minister Davies

Ford’s commitment to spend an additional R2.5-billion at its Pretoria assembly plant has been held up as an important sign of confidence in South Africa and proof of the two-way benefits of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, known as Agoa. Noting the importance of the automotive industry to the country, South African Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies said: “To date we have invested more than R25-billion in the motoring...

07 April 2016

South Africa: AGOA row threatens to stall automotive sector

The festering inter-governmental trade squabble between the US and South Africa is threatening to seriously dent the automotive industry’s lucrative trade with the US. This follows a report last week that the US had vowed to press ahead with a review that could cut South Africa’s access to the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) trade benefits after South Africa missed a key deadline for resuming US poultry imports. The South...

26 October 2015

Mercedes-Benz optimistic about South Africa

The C-Class is an icon in the South African luxury vehicle market. It has been two decades since the first C-Class was manufactured locally and next year Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) will start production on the latest C-Class model, the W205. Last year MBSA manufactured more than 60 000 units of the W204 C-Class – of which three out of every four units was exported to the United States – under the existing African Growth and...

12 February 2013

Sector Data: Automotive Chapter 87

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Automotive sector exports (Ch87), by AGOA beneficiary, disaggregated by program

South Africa's automotive (Ch 87) exports to USA, by HS4 heading and differentiated by propgram

Automotive (Ch 87) exports from SOUTH AFRICA to USA by preference programme

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