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 and 2021 update on “Used Vehicles and the Environment - A Global Overview on Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flows, Scale, and Regulation”, and includes:
- Updated used LDVs export data for the period 2015-2022 from the EU, USA, Japan and ROK.
- An update of the regulatory environment for used LDVs import for 146 countries, 122 of which are low-and-middle income countries (LMICs).
