BMW Manufacturing is the largest BMW Group plant in the world, assembling more than 1500 vehicles each day. Nearly 57% of its vehicles are shipped to ~120 global markets, making BMW the largest automotive exporter by value in the United States for more than a decade. The BMWs assembled at the South Carolina plant were exported primarily through the Port of Charleston, SC, as well as through four additional ports on the East Coast. The top export markets from Plant Spartanburg were Germany, South Korea, China, Canada, and Great Britain. BMW Manufacturing assembled 396,117 Sports Activity Vehicles and Coupes last year. As part of that total, more than 57,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles were assembled, more than 14% of the plant’s total volume. Nearly 50% of all BMWs sold in the U.S. were assembled at Plant Spartanburg.