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Who buys Germany’s cars? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $166.8 billion of cars (8.2 million tonnes), 17.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (15%), the United Kingdom (9%) and China (7%). Germany was the world’s largest exporter of cars.

Summary

Value
$166.8billion
Tonnes
8.2million tonnes
Share of world total
17.4%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States25.8Tonnes: 1,175,908USD per tonne: $21,94615.5%Sea
United Kingdom15.1Tonnes: 732,797USD per tonne: $20,5979.1%Sea
China11.3Tonnes: 392,760USD per tonne: $28,8806.8%Sea
Italy10.7Tonnes: 466,012USD per tonne: $23,0616.4%Sea
France10.5Tonnes: 523,217USD per tonne: $20,1496.3%Land
Netherlands re-exports7.3Tonnes: 414,001USD per tonne: $17,5564.4%Land
Belgium re-exports6.9Tonnes: 315,889USD per tonne: $21,9424.2%Land
Spain5.8Tonnes: 291,861USD per tonne: $20,0073.5%Sea
South Korea5.4Tonnes: 235,590USD per tonne: $22,8663.2%Sea
Switzerland5Tonnes: 182,526USD per tonne: $27,5773%Land
Poland4.6Tonnes: 223,539USD per tonne: $20,6412.8%Land
Austria4.5Tonnes: 224,481USD per tonne: $20,2372.7%Land
Turkey4.1Tonnes: 216,703USD per tonne: $18,7192.4%Sea
Japan3.8Tonnes: 211,117USD per tonne: $18,1452.3%Sea
Denmark3.8Tonnes: 193,306USD per tonne: $19,4092.3%Land
Sweden3.4Tonnes: 155,809USD per tonne: $21,6792%Sea
Canada2.8Tonnes: 142,522USD per tonne: $19,5551.7%Sea
Taiwan2.7Tonnes: 112,459USD per tonne: $24,3221.6%Sea
Norway2.3Tonnes: 117,746USD per tonne: $19,8431.4%Sea
Australia2.1Tonnes: 106,260USD per tonne: $19,5001.2%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2022

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

  • United States 25.8
  • United Kingdom 15.1
  • China 11.3
  • Italy 10.7
  • France 10.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States6.825.8
United Kingdom5.515.1
China0.2911.3
Italy4.810.7
France3.810.5

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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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