A Global Overview of Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation
Update and Progress 2024
This paper provides updated and new information on the export of used light-duty vehicles (LDVs) to the Global South by the four leading used vehicles exporters: European Union (EU), United States of America (USA), Japan and Republic of Korea (ROK).
As part of UNEP’s ongoing series on used vehicles, this paper builds on the 2020 report, A Global Overview on Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation, and subsequent 2021 update, and includes:
- Updated used LDVs export data for the period 2015-2022 from the EU, USA, Japan and ROK; and
- An update of the regulatory environment for used LDVs import for 146 countries, 122 of which are low-and-middle income countries (LMICs).
