Ich habe die kanadischen Zoll-Fahrzeugexportdaten (HS 8703) von Oktober bis Dezember 2024 in die Hände bekommen. Fast 200.000 Fahrzeuge haben Kanada in nur 10 Wochen verlassen.
Die Konzentration hat mich umgehauen:
- 62 % → Elfenbeinküste (119.677 Fahrzeuge)
- 15 % → Kamerun
- 97 % verließen den Hafen von Montreal
Top exportierte Marken: Hyundai (27 %), Kia (11 %), Nissan (10 %), Chevrolet (8 %), Toyota (7 %).
Durchschnittliches Fahrzeugalter: 6,5 Jahre. Dabei handelt es sich fast ausschließlich um Gebrauchtwagen, die in Westafrika ein zweites Leben bekommen.
Quelle: CBSA-Exportdatensätze über ATIP-Anfrage A-2025-00657
Werkzeuge: Python, Pandas, Matplotlib, Plotly
Von Kitchen-Suit9362
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Source: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) export records, obtained via Access to Information request A-2025-00657. Data covers HS 8703 (motor vehicles for transport of persons) exports from October 20 – December 31, 2024.
Tools: Python (pandas, matplotlib, seaborn, plotly). Vehicle makes extracted from goods descriptions via pattern matching. Bulk shipment records contain multiple VINs per row.
Notes: VINs are partially redacted in source data, carrier names fully redacted. Quantity field used for vehicle counts (some records represent container shipments with hundreds of vehicles).
>These are almost entirely **used** cars getting a second life in West Africa.
„Used“ is a weird way of writing „stolen“. Car theft is a massive problem in Ontario and Quebec, and it’s legally very difficult to obtain warrants for the containers in which the cars are shipped in the short time before they ship.
The police are literally standing outside the container in the Port of Montreal knowing there’s a stolen car inside and they don’t have the legal authority to just open it. Thieves legally declare what they’re shipping, but the shipping companies (and the CBSA) have no way to verify if every single car was obtained legally, so it ships.
Yes, it’s being worked on… just not fast enough.
There’s been a huge problem of cars getting stolen in Canada and getting shipped to west Africa, wonder if that’s showing up in this data
Seems like those are the ports where those vehicles go to, not necessarily the final destination
I’m surprised that Canada produces cars for countries that drive on the left – Australia & Thailand
Top 3 countries are missing from the map?! Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon.
it appears the countries shaded darkest in the first photo are actually nigeria and ghana rather than cameroon and the ivory coast though…
Is this why used car prices are so high?
We’re competing with other countries ?