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Where does Australia get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Australia imported $24 billion of cars (1.7 million tonnes), 2.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Japan (35%), China (15%) and South Korea (14%). Australia was the world’s 9th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$24billion
Tonnes
1.7million tonnes
Share of world total
2.5%
World rank
9th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Japan8.4Tonnes: 620,618USD per tonne: $13,53035%Sea
China3.6Tonnes: 266,343USD per tonne: $13,47415%Sea
South Korea3.4Tonnes: 249,056USD per tonne: $13,46314%Sea
Thailand2.3Tonnes: 253,322USD per tonne: $9,1379.7%Sea
Germany2.1Tonnes: 106,260USD per tonne: $19,5008.6%Sea
United States1.2Tonnes: 45,700USD per tonne: $26,9595.1%Sea
United Kingdom0.67Tonnes: 23,490USD per tonne: $28,5662.8%Sea
Mexico0.43Tonnes: 12,835USD per tonne: $28,6781.8%Sea
Slovakia0.28Tonnes: 17,265USD per tonne: $15,9731.2%Sea
Hungary0.24Tonnes: 15,291USD per tonne: $15,4220.98%Sea
India0.21Tonnes: 5,411USD per tonne: $38,7900.88%Air
Italy0.18Tonnes: 3,886USD per tonne: $46,9990.76%Air
Czechia0.17Tonnes: 12,280USD per tonne: $13,9550.71%Sea
Spain0.14Tonnes: 10,815USD per tonne: $13,3660.6%Sea
Portugal0.14Tonnes: 10,649USD per tonne: $13,1990.59%Sea
Turkey0.11Tonnes: 8,006USD per tonne: $13,4560.45%Sea
South Africa0.11Tonnes: 5,382USD per tonne: $19,8450.45%Sea
France0.11Tonnes: 4,706USD per tonne: $20,9120.45%Sea
Indonesia0.05Tonnes: 3,412USD per tonne: $14,4150.21%Sea
New Zealand0.03Tonnes: 1,851USD per tonne: $18,3780.14%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Japan was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Japan 8.4
  • China 3.6
  • South Korea 3.4
  • Thailand 2.3
  • Germany 2.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan1.78.4
China03.6
South Korea0.393.4
Thailand< 0.012.3
Germany0.462.1

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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