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Where does France get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $43.5 billion of cars (2.8 million tonnes), 4.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (24%), Spain (20%) and Czechia (6%). France was the world’s 4th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$43.5billion
Tonnes
2.8million tonnes
Share of world total
4.5%
World rank
4th
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
Germany10.5Tonnes: 523,217USD per tonne: $20,14924.2%Land
Spain8.6Tonnes: 593,637USD per tonne: $14,53919.9%Land
Czechia2.5Tonnes: 174,742USD per tonne: $14,2695.7%Sea
Romania2.3Tonnes: 164,501USD per tonne: $13,8605.2%Sea
Morocco2Tonnes: 240,469USD per tonne: $8,4414.7%Sea
Slovakia2Tonnes: 118,570USD per tonne: $17,0184.6%Sea
Turkey2Tonnes: 165,898USD per tonne: $12,1014.6%Sea
China1.9Tonnes: 117,102USD per tonne: $16,1014.3%Sea
United Kingdom1.8Tonnes: 79,316USD per tonne: $22,3754.1%Sea
Italy1.4Tonnes: 76,192USD per tonne: $18,5043.2%Land
South Korea1.3Tonnes: 86,658USD per tonne: $15,4493.1%Sea
Japan0.84Tonnes: 51,784USD per tonne: $16,1971.9%Sea
United States0.82Tonnes: 27,832USD per tonne: $29,3451.9%Sea
Slovenia0.79Tonnes: 53,731USD per tonne: $14,6961.8%Sea
Hungary0.78Tonnes: 40,734USD per tonne: $19,2471.8%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.68Tonnes: 62,737USD per tonne: $10,8911.6%Land
South Africa0.63Tonnes: 34,974USD per tonne: $18,0031.5%Sea
Sweden0.59Tonnes: 26,924USD per tonne: $22,0621.4%Sea
Poland0.52Tonnes: 37,998USD per tonne: $13,7311.2%Sea
Mexico0.45Tonnes: 19,174USD per tonne: $23,7231.1%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2001

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

  • Germany 10.5
  • Spain 8.6
  • Czechia 2.5
  • Romania 2.3
  • Morocco 2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany3.810.5
Spain4.88.6
Czechia0.052.5
Romania0.012.3
Morocco< 0.012

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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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