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Where does Ireland get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Ireland imported $4.4 billion of cars (272 thousand tonnes), 0.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (21%), Japan (13%) and the United Kingdom (12%). Ireland was the world’s 33rd-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$4.4billion
Tonnes
272thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.5%
World rank
33rd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany920Tonnes: 51,213USD per tonne: $17,97020.8%Sea
Japan576Tonnes: 41,270USD per tonne: $13,96613%Sea
United Kingdom519Tonnes: 33,245USD per tonne: $15,61411.7%Land
South Korea449Tonnes: 19,169USD per tonne: $23,40610.2%Sea
Czechia354Tonnes: 27,037USD per tonne: $13,1028%Sea
France276Tonnes: 13,877USD per tonne: $19,8956.2%Sea
Turkey254Tonnes: 14,311USD per tonne: $17,7415.7%Sea
China196Tonnes: 9,128USD per tonne: $21,4934.4%Sea
Belgium re-exports174Tonnes: 14,929USD per tonne: $11,6723.9%Sea
Spain172Tonnes: 10,687USD per tonne: $16,0863.9%Sea
Slovakia172Tonnes: 11,300USD per tonne: $15,2013.9%Sea
Sweden75.2Tonnes: 3,094USD per tonne: $24,2951.7%Sea
Romania70.2Tonnes: 5,177USD per tonne: $13,5631.6%Sea
Morocco67.9Tonnes: 7,126USD per tonne: $9,5321.5%Sea
Mexico35.6Tonnes: 1,803USD per tonne: $19,7220.8%Sea
Hungary34.7Tonnes: 2,321USD per tonne: $14,9600.79%Sea
Netherlands re-exports30Tonnes: 1,426USD per tonne: $21,0090.68%Sea
United States16.4Tonnes: 1,011USD per tonne: $16,2260.37%Sea
Portugal7.7Tonnes: 1,546USD per tonne: $5,0120.18%Sea
Italy5.9Tonnes: 541USD per tonne: $10,9310.13%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2021

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

  • Germany 0.92
  • Japan 0.58
  • United Kingdom 0.52
  • South Korea 0.45
  • Czechia 0.35

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.170.92
Japan0.210.58
United Kingdom0.320.52
South Korea0.010.45
Czechia< 0.010.35

Sources and methodology

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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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