Complete data on used car exports from January to June 2026

1. The overall market volume

Cumulative total export volume: 325,000 units,+61% year-on-year in the first half of 2025

Cumulative total export value: US$7.6 billion, year-on-year +54%

quarterly split

Q1 (January to March): 128,000 vehicles,+103% year-on-year; orders were released at the beginning of the year, and the growth rate peaked throughout the year

Q2 (April-June): 197,000 vehicles, year-on-year +42%; the new policy of 180-day vehicle age suppressed the supply of quasi-new vehicles, and the growth rate dropped but shipments increased month-on-month

main body of the industry

There are more than 2800 second-hand car export companies registered nationwide, with an increase of 426 in the first half of the year; the top ten export companies accounted for 62% of the industry's trade volume, and industry concentration has been greatly increased

2. Energy/vehicle model structure data

1. Proportion of energy types

Fuel used cars: 69%, industry fundamentals

New energy used cars: 31%, a year-on-year increase of 196%; the average FOB price of bicycles is 30% higher than that of fuel vehicles, and the gross profit can reach 1.5 - 2 times that of fuel vehicles.

2. Fuel vehicle subdivision structure

Family cars: 42%(1.5L economy cars such as Emgrand, Yidong, and Corolla)

Compact SUV: 21%(Haval H6, Geely Boyue, core needs of Russia and the Middle East)

Pickup trucks: 6%(infrastructure needs in West Africa and the Middle East, the fastest-growing segment)

3. New energy subdivision structure

Micro pure electricity (Hongguang MINIEV, Dolphin): 52% of the total new energy, the main source of electricity in Central Asia and Southeast Asia

Hybrid (Qin PLUS, Song PLUS): 33%, first choice in Kazakhstan and the Middle East

High-end pure electricity (Ideal, Tesla): 15%, high-profit source from United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan

4. Age distribution of export vehicles (180-day new policy finalization)

Used cars in 3 - 5 years: 64%(market standard circulation vehicle source, friendly access to countries)

Used cars 5 - 8 years old: 27%(Africa)

New cars under 180 days of registration: less than 9%, only a small number of operations can be operated through channels authorized by the main engine factory

3. The top ten exporting countries in the first half of 2026 (sorted by number of exports, accounting for 78% of total exports)

Russia: 61,000 vehicles, accounting for 18.8%| The country's largest single market, mainly land transportation trains

Nigeria: 43,000 vehicles, accounting for 13.2%| Leader in West Africa, orders broke out after zero tariffs in Central Africa

Kyrgyzstan: 30,000 vehicles, accounting for 9.2%| Central Asia transit core, entry market for small and medium-sized businesses

Kazakhstan: 24,000 vehicles, accounting for 7.4%| New energy duty-free dividend market

Vietnam: 21,000 vehicles, accounting for 6.5%| The largest left-rudder country in Southeast Asia

United Arab Emirates: 17,000 vehicles, accounting for 5.2%| In the high-end premium market in the Middle East, the overseas warehouse model is mature

Ghana: 14,000 vehicles, accounting for 4.3%| West Africa's second largest incremental market, with year-on-year growth of 290%+

Cambodia: 11,000 vehicles, accounting for 3.4%| Southeast Asia's blue sea, loose vehicle age restrictions

Uzbekistan: 9,800 vehicles, accounting for 3.0%| Mid-to-high-end new energy high-margin market

Kenya: 8,500 vehicles, accounting for 2.6%| East Africa transit port radiating to Tanzania and Uganda

Proportion of three major market sectors

Russia + five Central Asian countries: 38% in total, stable fundamentals for the industry

West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya): 20.1% in total, the strongest incremental track in the first half of the year

Middle East + Southeast Asia: 28.5% in total, high value, high premium track

4. Proportion of logistics channels

R-ro shipping: 56%| Nansha, Qingdao and Xiamen are the main ones, with the lowest cost of large-scale vehicles, mainly focusing on the Middle East and West Africa

Central Europe/Central Asia freight trains: 29%| Fast timeliness, easy customs clearance, the first choice for new energy vehicles

Container freight: 15%| 1 - 2 40-foot cabinets, suitable for high-end used cars and overseas B2C bulk orders

5. Port core performance data

Guangdong Nansha Port exported 25,000 units in the first half of the year,+400% year-on-year, the country's first ro-ro port

Suifenhe exported 10,200 vehicles from January to May, a year-on-year increase of 379.8%. It is a benchmark port for land transportation in Russia.

Sichuan Shuangliu Base signed export orders of nearly 500 million yuan in half a year, making it the core export hub of southwest inland

6. Key policy impact data

After the implementation of the 180-day new policy for quasi-new cars, exports of quasi-new cars at 0 kilometers plunged 75% month-on-month, and speculative small and medium-sized businesses sold out in batches.

Special testing of second-hand new energy vehicles has been implemented, and new energy shipments from enterprises with improved after-sales systems account for 82% of the industry.

The 0.5% discount on value-added tax on used car dealers will be extended until the end of 2027, reducing domestic vehicle collection and circulation costs

Source: Xiong Yu, digital automobile export

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