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title: Top Destinations for US Car Exports in Q3 2015
description: The top international car shipping destinations for the 3rd quarter 2015.
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# [Top Destinations for US Car Exports in Q3 2015](https://www.wcshipping.com/blog/top-destinations-for-us-car-exports-in-q3-2015)

 Written by [Alex Naumov](https://www.wcshipping.com/blog/author/alex-naumov) | November 30, 2015 at 6:12 PM

## What the data for the 3rd quarter (July 1st to September 30) looks like.

With the [latest data](https://www.wcshipping.com/data-and-analysis) for international car shipping now available, we can take a look at which overseas destinations imported the most US cars in containers.

## 1. Middle East

**31,749 cars (-13% YoY)**  
Despite importing 13% less cars in the 3rd quarter (compared to last year), the [Middle East](https://www.wcshipping.com/middle-east) remained as the most popular destination in the world. This was mainly due to large gains in Iraq (+40%) and Saudi Arabia (+9%).

## 2. Americas

**29,732 cars (+26% YoY)**  
Central and [South America](https://www.wcshipping.com/south-america) have experienced the second largest gains of the quarter. The largest growth came from Belize (+73%), Chile (+26%), and Honduras (+22%).

## 3. Asia

** 26,233 cars (-6% YoY)**

Asia continues to be affected by changing car import laws and growing economies in the region. Japan (+58%), Guam (+51%), India (+40%), and South Korea (+38%) are the top growing destinations in [Asia](https://www.wcshipping.com/asia). While China (-12%) is experiencing a downward trend due to a slowing economy.

## 4. Europe

**21,948 cars (-27% YoY)**

The strong US dollar continued to limit US car imports into the region. Germany (-7%) was also hit by an expiring US military contract which signaled a decline in the number of privately owned vehicles (POV) being imported. Russia (+109%) was the top growing destination in [Europe](https://www.wcshipping.com/europe) due to new BMW imports from the US.

## 5. Africa

**18,563 cars (+52% YoY)**

[Africa](https://www.wcshipping.com/africa) saw the strongest growth in the number US car imports during the 3rd quarter. With strengthening economies and favorable import laws allowed Cameroon (+54%), Senegal (+37%), Ghana (+14%), Benin (+13%), and Nigeria (+12%) to grow.

## 6. Oceania

**2,579 cars (+4% YoY)**

The smallest US car importer by volume (sorry Antartica), saw growth due to the increasing popularity of US classic cars and modern muscle cars like the new Ford Mustang. [Australia](https://www.wcshipping.com/australia) (+39%), and [New Zealand](https://www.wcshipping.com/new-zealand) (+16%).

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