Motor vehicles with only electric motor, not elsewhere specified

US trade by year

US imports were $9.48B in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 4099% on the 12 months to Aug 2018. US exports were $3.38B, down 2.1%. This code began with the HS 2017 revision in January 2017, taking goods from 8703.90, so its history starts there. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• Mexico
• Japan
• Germany
• Korea, South
• All countries

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Landed cost by origin, below, adds freight and duty to the price.

The 3 largest suppliers had 87.3% of US imports over the last 12 months.

Landed cost by origin

What importers paid to land this product at a US port from each main supplier, June–August 2026: the price, freight and insurance to the first US port, and duty, per unit. Suppliers with 3% or more of these imports, cheapest landed first. Small figures under landed cost are the change from the same months a year earlier.

• Price
• Freight and insurance
• Duty

Landed at a US port, Japan was cheapest, at $35,097 each: 24.2% below Korea, South.

Landed cost from Germany fell 13% on a year earlier, to $60,102 each, mostly on duty: $13,261 each then, $7,446 each now.

How the market is shifting

Japan gained the most share: 25.4% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 8.7% in the 12 months before. Mexico lost the most: 40.6%, down from 49.6%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• Mexico
• Japan
• Germany
• Korea, South
• All countries

Tariff actions touching this product

When the duty paid on this product changed and stayed changed, for its main suppliers and all countries, newest first, with the Federal Register notices that named the product in the 3 months before. Rates are medians of the 4 months either side, less any usual seasonal swing. A change shows what happened to duty paid, not why; read each notice for what it did.

1. September–November 2025 · Duty paid: Japan 26.8% → 14.2%, Germany 27.3% → 14.9%, Korea, South 23.6% → 13.4%, Belgium 27.1% → 15.0%, Austria 26.8% → 15.0%, all countries 19.2% → 12.6%.
   • Imports of Automobiles, Automobile Parts, Civil Aircraft and Civil Aircraft Parts From the United Kingdom Under Executive Order 14309Jun 30, 2025 · International Trade Administration
2. March–May 2025 · Duty paid: Mexico 0.1% → 13.7%, Japan 2.5% → 26.8%, Germany 2.5% → 27.3%, Korea, South 0.0% → 24.0%, Belgium 2.5% → 27.3%, Austria 2.5% → 26.1%, all countries 1.7% → 19.0%.

Markets abroad

Each country's own import figures for this product, from UN Comtrade: the 8 biggest importers outside the US in the latest year each has reported, what they bought from the US, and the change from the year before. Values usually include freight and insurance to the importer's border, so they run a little above US export figures. Countries report a year or more late; 121 have reported 2025 so far. Where a country's figure for imports from the US is under half or over double what the US recorded exporting there that year, the US figure is shown under it.

The biggest market outside the US is the United Kingdom, which imported $17.75B of this product in 2025, 1.0% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into Turkey grew fastest: up 95% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 8703: motor cars and other motor vehicles designed to transport people (other than public-transport type), including station wagons and racing cars. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.