- Partially offsetting a European market having declined by 8% to 11.75 million cars in 2012 (in comparison with 2011), the level of exports from Europe to outside Europe continued to increase over the same period (+4%) to 2.7 million cars (against 2.6 million in 2011). Since 2010, EU exports have increased continuously
The main recipients of EU exports are the United States (865,000 units), Russia (565,000) and China (530,000).

- Imports from outside Europe to Europe on their side fell 10% in 2012, 3.3 million cars in 2012 (against 3.65 million in 2011). Regarding imports into Europe, we can observe a predominance of Asian countries: Korea (300,000), Japan (180,000) and India (160,000). China mainly exports to Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.