On December 4th local time, data released by the EU Statistics Office showed that in 2022, the domestic value added of the EU automotive industry from non-EU consumers amounted to 78.9 billion euros. In that year, China was the largest consumer of EU automotive products, accounting for 21% of the total domestic value added of the EU automotive industry, surpassing the United States and the United Kingdom. The data also revealed that in 2022, driven by EU final consumption, the value added of the non-EU automotive industry reached 34.6 billion euros. Most of the value added in the non-EU automotive industry comes from Chinese manufacturers, leading ahead of Japanese and South Korean manufacturers. (CCTV News)