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Category market report
Body Panel Systems
Total suppliers
10K+
Total Chinese suppliers export
$44.2B+
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- Transactions
86,949
2018-012022-082026-09Transaction trend for Chery Automobile Co., Ltd.
- 2018-01: 313
- 2018-02: 99
- 2018-03: 67
- 2018-04: 2
- 2018-05: 5
- 2018-06: 4
- 2018-07: 4
- 2018-08: 137
- 2018-09: 2
- 2018-10: 23
- 2018-12: 10
- 2019-01: 8
- 2019-02: 4
- 2019-03: 12
- 2019-04: 5
- 2019-05: 2
- 2019-06: 4
- 2019-07: 18
- 2019-08: 9
- 2019-09: 2
- 2019-10: 3
- 2019-11: 3
- 2019-12: 7
- 2020-01: 26
- 2020-02: 6
- 2020-07: 1
- 2020-08: 15
- 2020-09: 44
- 2020-10: 5
- 2020-11: 3
- 2021-01: 49
- 2021-02: 10
- 2021-03: 140
- 2021-04: 46
- 2021-05: 95
- 2021-06: 22
- 2021-07: 74
- 2021-08: 106
- 2021-09: 237
- 2021-10: 104
- 2021-11: 69
- 2021-12: 66
- 2022-01: 214
- 2022-02: 115
- 2022-03: 144
- 2022-04: 219
- 2022-05: 109
- 2022-06: 283
- 2022-07: 136
- 2022-08: 185
- 2022-09: 71
- 2022-10: 32
- 2022-11: 220
- 2022-12: 149
- 2023-01: 152
- 2023-02: 121
- 2023-03: 576
- 2023-04: 919
- 2023-05: 934
- 2023-06: 1,244
- 2023-07: 682
- 2023-08: 1,334
- 2023-09: 1,248
- 2023-10: 1,649
- 2023-11: 2,061
- 2023-12: 3,051
- 2024-01: 2,154
- 2024-02: 1,529
- 2024-03: 1,545
- 2024-04: 3,036
- 2024-05: 2,699
- 2024-06: 1,741
- 2024-07: 1,113
- 2024-08: 1,046
- 2024-09: 997
- 2024-10: 5,605
- 2024-11: 1,452
- 2024-12: 1,273
- 2025-01: 1,738
- 2025-02: 3,057
- 2025-03: 1,478
- 2025-04: 1,792
- 2025-05: 3,786
- 2025-06: 1,409
- 2025-07: 2,048
- 2025-08: 2,724
- 2025-09: 2,904
- 2025-10: 3,517
- 2025-11: 2,879
- 2025-12: 2,535
- 2026-01: 2,361
- 2026-02: 3,316
- 2026-03: 660
- 2026-04: 1,473
- 2026-05: 2,428
- 2026-06: 1,574
- 2026-07: 2,462
- 2026-08: 3,027
- 2026-09: 81
- Amount
182,294.97
2018-012022-082026-09Amount trend for Chery Automobile Co., Ltd.
- 2018-01: 298.8K
- 2018-02: 165K
- 2018-03: 145K
- 2018-04: 1,341
- 2018-05: 294.32
- 2018-06: 184.76
- 2018-07: 1,145
- 2018-08: 7,947.48
- 2018-09: 104
- 2018-10: 23.2K
- 2018-12: 10.4K
- 2019-01: 3,668.84
- 2019-02: 439.16
- 2019-03: 8,732.8
- 2019-04: 440.3
- 2019-05: 399.64
- 2019-06: 59
- 2019-07: 6,799.27
- 2019-08: 7,759.3
- 2019-09: 508
- 2019-10: 214.63
- 2019-11: 432.35
- 2019-12: 204.14
- 2020-01: 12.2K
- 2020-02: 1,952.68
- 2020-07: 8
- 2020-08: 31.8K
- 2020-09: 175.2K
- 2020-10: 625
- 2020-11: 253
- 2021-01: 229.4K
- 2021-02: 19K
- 2021-03: 202K
- 2021-04: 46.8K
- 2021-05: 180K
- 2021-06: 24.9K
- 2021-07: 131.9K
- 2021-08: 219.1K
- 2021-09: 603K
- 2021-10: 195K
- 2021-11: 137.2K
- 2021-12: 195.7K
- 2022-01: 459.1K
- 2022-02: 213.1K
- 2022-03: 307.7K
- 2022-04: 8.7M
- 2022-05: 317.9K
- 2022-06: 771K
- 2022-07: 400.2K
- 2022-08: 467.2K
- 2022-09: 124.2K
- 2022-10: 32.3K
- 2022-11: 427.2K
- 2022-12: 313K
- 2023-01: 345.3K
- 2023-02: 224.4K
- 2023-03: 1.9M
- 2023-04: 4.3M
- 2023-05: 5.6M
- 2023-06: 4M
- 2023-07: 3.5M
- 2023-08: 3.2M
- 2023-09: 2.6M
- 2023-10: 1.6M
- 2023-11: 5.2M
- 2023-12: 4.6M
- 2024-01: 3M
- 2024-02: 2M
- 2024-03: 1.5M
- 2024-04: 3.6M
- 2024-05: 9.9M
- 2024-06: 1.4M
- 2024-07: 6M
- 2024-08: 21.4M
- 2024-09: 6.5M
- 2024-10: 17.2M
- 2024-11: 1.9M
- 2024-12: 4.6M
- 2025-01: 16.5M
- 2025-02: 16.6M
- 2025-03: 11.8M
- 2025-04: 6.4M
- 2025-05: 3.1M
- 2025-06: 93.2M
- 2025-07: 379.3M
- 2025-08: 289.5M
- 2025-09: 285.5M
- 2025-10: 311.1M
- 2025-11: 232M
- 2025-12: 4M
- 2026-01: 6.5M
- 2026-02: 11.8M
- 2026-03: 2M
- 2026-04: 4.1M
- 2026-05: 5.8M
- 2026-06: 4.5M
- 2026-07: 6.4M
- 2026-08: 8.9M
- 2026-09: 4,399.92
- Main export countries
- Russia (4.6%)
- Kazakhstan (5.1%)
- Mexico (0.6%)
- Uzbekistan (1.8%)
- Transactions
30,931
2018-012022-072026-09Transaction trend for Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd.
- 2018-01: 400
- 2018-02: 341
- 2018-03: 348
- 2018-04: 221
- 2018-05: 398
- 2018-06: 399
- 2018-07: 350
- 2018-09: 267
- 2018-10: 349
- 2018-11: 369
- 2019-01: 387
- 2019-02: 336
- 2019-03: 390
- 2019-04: 509
- 2019-05: 501
- 2019-06: 501
- 2019-07: 355
- 2019-08: 318
- 2019-09: 321
- 2019-10: 231
- 2019-11: 291
- 2019-12: 160
- 2020-01: 106
- 2020-02: 104
- 2020-03: 146
- 2020-04: 278
- 2020-05: 198
- 2020-06: 77
- 2020-09: 67
- 2020-10: 63
- 2020-12: 151
- 2021-01: 96
- 2021-02: 105
- 2021-03: 182
- 2021-04: 118
- 2021-05: 260
- 2021-06: 348
- 2021-07: 213
- 2021-08: 224
- 2021-09: 160
- 2021-10: 296
- 2021-11: 262
- 2021-12: 228
- 2022-01: 283
- 2022-02: 348
- 2022-03: 361
- 2022-04: 349
- 2022-05: 305
- 2022-06: 304
- 2022-07: 429
- 2022-08: 370
- 2022-09: 299
- 2022-10: 260
- 2022-11: 288
- 2022-12: 230
- 2023-01: 290
- 2023-02: 204
- 2023-03: 238
- 2023-04: 295
- 2023-05: 355
- 2023-06: 346
- 2023-07: 338
- 2023-08: 297
- 2023-09: 294
- 2023-10: 439
- 2023-11: 360
- 2023-12: 416
- 2024-01: 389
- 2024-02: 456
- 2024-03: 330
- 2024-04: 254
- 2024-05: 298
- 2024-06: 275
- 2024-07: 431
- 2024-08: 383
- 2024-09: 317
- 2024-10: 366
- 2024-11: 365
- 2024-12: 355
- 2025-01: 180
- 2025-02: 276
- 2025-03: 447
- 2025-04: 323
- 2025-05: 425
- 2025-06: 659
- 2025-07: 657
- 2025-08: 613
- 2025-09: 538
- 2025-10: 523
- 2025-11: 213
- 2025-12: 325
- 2026-01: 181
- 2026-02: 148
- 2026-03: 154
- 2026-04: 197
- 2026-05: 174
- 2026-06: 202
- 2026-07: 198
- 2026-08: 196
- 2026-09: 200
- Amount
147,866.88
2018-012022-072026-09Amount trend for Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd.
- 2018-01: 40.4M
- 2018-02: 32.4M
- 2018-03: 35.2M
- 2018-04: 10.6M
- 2018-05: 19.8M
- 2018-06: 20.7M
- 2018-07: 16.6M
- 2018-09: 12.2M
- 2018-10: 15.7M
- 2018-11: 13M
- 2019-01: 18.8M
- 2019-02: 14.7M
- 2019-03: 21.1M
- 2019-04: 12M
- 2019-05: 14.4M
- 2019-06: 23.2M
- 2019-07: 16.2M
- 2019-08: 13.1M
- 2019-09: 15.5M
- 2019-10: 20.5M
- 2019-11: 13.3M
- 2019-12: 8.3M
- 2020-01: 3.1M
- 2020-02: 2.5M
- 2020-03: 4.7M
- 2020-04: 6.5M
- 2020-05: 9.2M
- 2020-06: 2.6M
- 2020-09: 1.6M
- 2020-10: 1.2M
- 2020-12: 1.2M
- 2021-01: 1.6M
- 2021-02: 1.8M
- 2021-03: 2.9M
- 2021-04: 2.6M
- 2021-05: 9.8M
- 2021-06: 9.2M
- 2021-07: 8.1M
- 2021-08: 7.6M
- 2021-09: 7M
- 2021-10: 10.6M
- 2021-11: 10.2M
- 2021-12: 14.2M
- 2022-01: 14.9M
- 2022-02: 13.4M
- 2022-03: 14M
- 2022-04: 16.5M
- 2022-05: 22.7M
- 2022-06: 12.6M
- 2022-07: 23.7M
- 2022-08: 17.9M
- 2022-09: 13.8M
- 2022-10: 17.8M
- 2022-11: 18.7M
- 2022-12: 17.2M
- 2023-01: 19.4M
- 2023-02: 8.2M
- 2023-03: 10.3M
- 2023-04: 10.6M
- 2023-05: 11.9M
- 2023-06: 18.2M
- 2023-07: 14.2M
- 2023-08: 17.1M
- 2023-09: 17.3M
- 2023-10: 19.1M
- 2023-11: 16.9M
- 2023-12: 21.2M
- 2024-01: 22.5M
- 2024-02: 18.9M
- 2024-03: 18.9M
- 2024-04: 18.9M
- 2024-05: 13.9M
- 2024-06: 24.2M
- 2024-07: 28.9M
- 2024-08: 27.6M
- 2024-09: 21.4M
- 2024-10: 25.1M
- 2024-11: 25.4M
- 2024-12: 25.6M
- 2025-01: 2.6M
- 2025-02: 17.9M
- 2025-03: 34.2M
- 2025-04: 14.4M
- 2025-05: 19.6M
- 2025-06: 19.5M
- 2025-07: 18.3M
- 2025-08: 14.1M
- 2025-09: 14.1M
- 2025-10: 14.8M
- 2025-11: 10.2M
- 2025-12: 11.4M
- 2026-01: 6.9M
- 2026-02: 5.6M
- 2026-03: 7.4M
- 2026-04: 8.2M
- 2026-05: 8.1M
- 2026-06: 7.9M
- 2026-07: 8.3M
- 2026-08: 9.7M
- 2026-09: 7.4M
- Main export countries
- United States (88%)
- Mexico (2.8%)
- India (1.1%)
- Philippines (0.4%)
- Transactions
165,175
2018-012022-072026-08Transaction trend for Great Wall Motor Company Ltd.
- 2018-01: 7
- 2018-02: 183
- 2018-03: 25
- 2018-04: 11
- 2018-05: 70
- 2018-06: 5
- 2018-07: 65
- 2018-08: 106
- 2018-09: 8
- 2018-11: 9
- 2018-12: 17
- 2019-01: 18
- 2019-02: 5
- 2019-03: 9
- 2019-04: 4
- 2019-05: 2
- 2019-06: 3
- 2019-07: 6
- 2019-10: 14
- 2019-11: 11
- 2019-12: 19
- 2020-01: 294
- 2020-02: 82
- 2020-03: 5
- 2020-04: 12
- 2020-06: 18
- 2020-08: 16
- 2020-09: 5
- 2020-10: 5
- 2020-12: 4
- 2021-01: 1,325
- 2021-02: 1,346
- 2021-03: 1,877
- 2021-04: 2,615
- 2021-05: 2,122
- 2021-06: 2,050
- 2021-07: 1,877
- 2021-08: 2,698
- 2021-09: 2,839
- 2021-10: 3,244
- 2021-11: 4,804
- 2021-12: 2,947
- 2022-01: 4,751
- 2022-02: 2,497
- 2022-03: 6,964
- 2022-04: 4,066
- 2022-05: 817
- 2022-06: 1,023
- 2022-07: 1,046
- 2022-08: 81
- 2022-09: 513
- 2022-10: 595
- 2022-11: 1,855
- 2022-12: 3,881
- 2023-01: 2,814
- 2023-02: 3,853
- 2023-03: 7,473
- 2023-04: 7,017
- 2023-05: 6,793
- 2023-06: 9,439
- 2023-07: 5,602
- 2023-08: 5,571
- 2023-09: 6,377
- 2023-10: 4,028
- 2023-11: 6,543
- 2023-12: 9,680
- 2024-01: 5,811
- 2024-02: 2,160
- 2024-03: 1,963
- 2024-04: 2,707
- 2024-05: 1,636
- 2024-06: 912
- 2024-07: 1,006
- 2024-08: 1,688
- 2024-09: 1,495
- 2024-10: 1,310
- 2024-11: 691
- 2024-12: 661
- 2025-01: 547
- 2025-02: 235
- 2025-03: 253
- 2025-04: 218
- 2025-05: 1,077
- 2025-06: 218
- 2025-07: 220
- 2025-08: 388
- 2025-09: 474
- 2025-10: 1,333
- 2025-11: 1,151
- 2025-12: 1,527
- 2026-01: 3,318
- 2026-02: 1,403
- 2026-03: 915
- 2026-04: 1,339
- 2026-05: 546
- 2026-06: 406
- 2026-07: 2,606
- 2026-08: 3,247
- Amount
134,760.93
2018-012022-072026-08Amount trend for Great Wall Motor Company Ltd.
- 2018-01: 9,484.52
- 2018-02: 21.3K
- 2018-03: 2,286.36
- 2018-04: 7,963.59
- 2018-05: 6,453.06
- 2018-06: 320.22
- 2018-07: 7,598.95
- 2018-08: 11.4K
- 2018-09: 3,848
- 2018-11: 3,137
- 2018-12: 19.9K
- 2019-01: 29.6K
- 2019-02: 982.02
- 2019-03: 4,981.79
- 2019-04: 385.6
- 2019-05: 66.91
- 2019-06: 161.01
- 2019-07: 3,417
- 2019-10: 3,659.97
- 2019-11: 4,818.74
- 2019-12: 3,039.8
- 2020-01: 2.1M
- 2020-02: 94.9K
- 2020-03: 6,952.74
- 2020-04: 3,663
- 2020-06: 4,812.59
- 2020-08: 35.2K
- 2020-09: 508.47
- 2020-10: 6,732.09
- 2020-12: 318
- 2021-01: 8.9M
- 2021-02: 9.2M
- 2021-03: 15.1M
- 2021-04: 23.6M
- 2021-05: 14.5M
- 2021-06: 15.5M
- 2021-07: 13.8M
- 2021-08: 20.4M
- 2021-09: 21.3M
- 2021-10: 24.1M
- 2021-11: 35.3M
- 2021-12: 21.3M
- 2022-01: 34.4M
- 2022-02: 17.1M
- 2022-03: 48.1M
- 2022-04: 26.7M
- 2022-05: 5.2M
- 2022-06: 7.2M
- 2022-07: 6.1M
- 2022-08: 521.8K
- 2022-09: 2.2M
- 2022-10: 3.3M
- 2022-11: 10.4M
- 2022-12: 24.1M
- 2023-01: 18M
- 2023-02: 25.2M
- 2023-03: 54.6M
- 2023-04: 50.5M
- 2023-05: 52.5M
- 2023-06: 76.6M
- 2023-07: 43.5M
- 2023-08: 45.2M
- 2023-09: 36.6M
- 2023-10: 27.2M
- 2023-11: 45M
- 2023-12: 56.2M
- 2024-01: 40.6M
- 2024-02: 24M
- 2024-03: 16.8M
- 2024-04: 28.6M
- 2024-05: 12M
- 2024-06: 3.3M
- 2024-07: 5.8M
- 2024-08: 6.2M
- 2024-09: 6.6M
- 2024-10: 8.5M
- 2024-11: 1.7M
- 2024-12: 5.6M
- 2025-01: 6.5M
- 2025-02: 1.9M
- 2025-03: 1.1M
- 2025-04: 289.2K
- 2025-05: 2.4M
- 2025-06: 1.9M
- 2025-07: 19.7M
- 2025-08: 23.8M
- 2025-09: 37.1M
- 2025-10: 52.8M
- 2025-11: 21.2M
- 2025-12: 8.8M
- 2026-01: 14.8M
- 2026-02: 19.1M
- 2026-03: 4.4M
- 2026-04: 5.4M
- 2026-05: 5.2M
- 2026-06: 8.1M
- 2026-07: 6.9M
- 2026-08: 21.3M
- Main export countries
- Russia (80.7%)
- Kazakhstan (9.9%)
- Peru (0%)
- Mexico (0.2%)
Intelligence
China export momentum, destination markets, and regional demand.
China export trend
China export trend
- Date 2018-07: Value 2.6B USD
- Date 2018-08: Value 2.7B USD
- Date 2018-09: Value 2.9B USD
- Date 2018-10: Value 2.6B USD
- Date 2018-11: Value 3B USD
- Date 2018-12: Value 2.6B USD
- Date 2019-01: Value 2.9B USD
- Date 2019-02: Value 2B USD
- Date 2019-03: Value 2.6B USD
- Date 2019-04: Value 2.5B USD
- Date 2019-05: Value 2.8B USD
- Date 2019-06: Value 2.6B USD
- Date 2019-07: Value 2.3B USD
- Date 2019-08: Value 3.1B USD
- Date 2019-09: Value 2.7B USD
- Date 2019-10: Value 2.7B USD
- Date 2019-11: Value 2.8B USD
- Date 2019-12: Value 3.3B USD
- Date 2020-01: Value 0 USD
- Date 2020-02: Value 5.2B USD
- Date 2020-03: Value 3B USD
- Date 2020-04: Value 2.6B USD
- Date 2020-05: Value 2.2B USD
- Date 2020-06: Value 0 USD
- Date 2020-07: Value 0 USD
- Date 2020-08: Value 0 USD
- Date 2020-09: Value 3.6B USD
- Date 2020-10: Value 3.6B USD
- Date 2020-11: Value 3.8B USD
- Date 2020-12: Value 3.9B USD
- Date 2021-01: Value 948M USD
- Date 2021-02: Value 786M USD
- Date 2021-03: Value 802M USD
- Date 2021-04: Value 856M USD
- Date 2021-05: Value 855M USD
- Date 2021-06: Value 870M USD
- Date 2021-07: Value 882M USD
- Date 2021-08: Value 893M USD
- Date 2021-09: Value 963M USD
- Date 2021-10: Value 930M USD
- Date 2021-11: Value 984M USD
- Date 2021-12: Value 1.1B USD
- Date 2022-01: Value 1B USD
- Date 2022-02: Value 652M USD
- Date 2022-03: Value 789M USD
- Date 2022-04: Value 757M USD
- Date 2022-05: Value 870M USD
- Date 2022-06: Value 945M USD
- Date 2022-07: Value 989M USD
- Date 2022-08: Value 996M USD
- Date 2022-09: Value 923M USD
- Date 2022-10: Value 900M USD
- Date 2022-11: Value 933M USD
- Date 2022-12: Value 958M USD
- Date 2023-01: Value 955M USD
- Date 2023-02: Value 658M USD
- Date 2023-03: Value 1B USD
- Date 2023-04: Value 1B USD
- Date 2023-05: Value 952M USD
- Date 2023-06: Value 884M USD
- Date 2023-07: Value 872M USD
- Date 2023-08: Value 969M USD
- Date 2023-09: Value 953M USD
- Date 2023-10: Value 915M USD
- Date 2023-11: Value 995M USD
- Date 2023-12: Value 973M USD
- Date 2024-01: Value 1.6B USD
- Date 2024-02: Value 1.2B USD
- Date 2024-03: Value 1.3B USD
- Date 2024-04: Value 1.4B USD
- Date 2024-05: Value 1.1B USD
- Date 2024-06: Value 1.3B USD
- Date 2024-07: Value 1.3B USD
- Date 2024-08: Value 1.3B USD
- Date 2024-09: Value 1.2B USD
- Date 2024-10: Value 1.3B USD
- Date 2024-11: Value 1.3B USD
- Date 2024-12: Value 1.6B USD
- Date 2025-01: Value 1.6B USD
- Date 2025-02: Value 1.1B USD
- Date 2025-03: Value 1.5B USD
- Date 2025-04: Value 1.5B USD
- Date 2025-05: Value 1.5B USD
- Date 2025-06: Value 1.5B USD
- Date 2025-07: Value 1.4B USD
- Date 2025-08: Value 1.5B USD
- Date 2025-09: Value 1.4B USD
- Date 2025-10: Value 980M USD
- Date 2025-11: Value 1.4B USD
- Date 2025-12: Value 1.6B USD
- Date 2026-01: Value 1.7B USD
- Date 2026-02: Value 1.4B USD
- Date 2026-03: Value 1.3B USD
- Date 2026-04: Value 1.6B USD
- Date 2026-05: Value 1.7B USD
- Date 2026-06: Value 1.9B USD
- Date 2026-07: Value 1.8B USD
Top destinations
- United States29.1B
- Germany19.4B
- Japan12.7B
- Mexico6.1B
- South Korea4.8B
- United Kingdom4.1B
- Iran4B
- Malaysia3.9B
- Vietnam3.7B
- India3.7B
Top destinations
- United States: 29,056,000,000 USD
- Germany: 19,398,000,000 USD
- Japan: 12,712,000,000 USD
- Mexico: 6,130,000,000 USD
- South Korea: 4,815,000,000 USD
- United Kingdom: 4,124,000,000 USD
- Iran: 3,980,000,000 USD
- Malaysia: 3,923,000,000 USD
- Vietnam: 3,704,000,000 USD
- India: 3,688,000,000 USD
Key findings
Largest import market
29.06B USD
United States · last 8 years
Fastest demand growth
31,544.43
Cayman Islands · last 8 years
Highest unit price
$91,777.49 /kg
Saudi Arabia · +3,387.9% vs avg
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Insights
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Product Trends
Lightweight aluminum-alloy panels and ADAS-integrated bumpers with pre-molded sensor brackets show strong incremental potential. These options cater directly to the rising demand for electric vehicle styling and sensor-compatible collision replacement parts.
Industrial Cluster Analysis
Changzhou in Jiangsu excels in plastic body panels like bumpers and grilles, ideal for aftermarket small-batch customization. For heavy metal stamping panels like doors and hoods, clusters in Chongqing and Anhui offer high-volume OEM/ODM capacity.
Quality Expectations
Professional buyers demand exact fitment precision with gap tolerances under 1.5mm to match OEM standards. For metal panels, consistent anti-corrosion E-coat priming is critical to ensure durability and prevent rust during maritime transit.
What You Need to Know
Buyers should request material test reports, 3D scanning reports for fitment verification, and small-component pre-shipment samples to check surface finish and primer adhesion.
The typical MOQ for customized tooling is 100 to 500 pieces per mold, while ready-to-ship stock requires 10 to 50 pieces. Production lead time usually takes 30 to 45 days, excluding transit.
Buyers should budget for steel mold development costs, sea-freight protective wooden pallet packaging, customs duties, and local port handling fees. Confirm mold ownership terms beforehand.
