Chinese electric car imports rise 122% in a year

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African countries imported nearly 30,000 electric cars from China in the nine months to September, an increase of 122% from 13,403 cars in the same period last year. This includes 25,318 new and 4,404 used electric passenger cars, according to official Chinese data. During the whole of last year Africa imported 19,369 electric cars from China. 

• Tracking import figures from China gives one of the best views of the African EV market. China is by far the largest source of EV imports, led by companies like BYD, Zeekr, Dongfeng, XPeng and Leapmotor.  

• Four countries – Djibouti, Egypt, Nigeria and Ethiopia – account for 71.2% of demand. Djibouti is a major port of entry for Ethiopia. The latter is, together with Nigeria and Egypt, among the three most populous nations on the continent. 

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