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Who buys India’s cars? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, India exported $7.8 billion of cars (607 thousand tonnes), 0.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were Saudi Arabia (19%), South Africa (16%) and Mexico (11%). India was the world’s 22nd-largest exporter of cars.

Summary

Value
$7.8billion
Tonnes
607thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.8%
World rank
22nd
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
Saudi Arabia1.5Tonnes: 127,437USD per tonne: $11,83619.3%Sea
South Africa1.2Tonnes: 81,052USD per tonne: $15,07715.6%Sea
Mexico0.89Tonnes: 64,874USD per tonne: $13,73711.4%Sea
Japan0.69Tonnes: 48,150USD per tonne: $14,2658.8%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.52Tonnes: 36,580USD per tonne: $14,1406.6%Sea
Chile0.27Tonnes: 18,587USD per tonne: $14,4073.4%Sea
Australia0.21Tonnes: 5,411USD per tonne: $38,7902.7%Air
Indonesia0.18Tonnes: 17,464USD per tonne: $10,0482.2%Sea
Peru0.17Tonnes: 19,110USD per tonne: $8,9522.2%Sea
Turkey0.13Tonnes: 12,393USD per tonne: $10,1451.6%Sea
Tunisia0.11Tonnes: 8,501USD per tonne: $13,3631.5%Sea
Kuwait0.1Tonnes: 9,048USD per tonne: $10,9531.3%Sea
Qatar0.09Tonnes: 9,613USD per tonne: $9,8511.2%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire0.09Tonnes: 10,064USD per tonne: $9,1701.2%Sea
Panama0.08Tonnes: 7,220USD per tonne: $11,0321%Sea
Mauritius0.08Tonnes: 6,040USD per tonne: $13,0331%Sea
Ecuador0.08Tonnes: 7,795USD per tonne: $9,6530.96%Sea
Colombia0.07Tonnes: 7,050USD per tonne: $10,1390.91%Sea
Bahrain0.07Tonnes: 6,416USD per tonne: $10,8500.89%Sea
Nepal0.07Tonnes: 4,273USD per tonne: $15,9750.87%Land

Trend

Who it sells to

Saudi Arabia has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • Saudi Arabia 1.5
  • South Africa 1.2
  • Mexico 0.89
  • Japan 0.69
  • United Arab Emirates 0.52

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Saudi Arabia< 0.011.5
South Africa< 0.011.2
Mexico00.89
Japan< 0.010.69
United Arab Emirates< 0.010.52

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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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