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Who buys Japan’s cars? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $117.8 billion of cars (7 million tonnes), 12.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (35%), Australia (7%) and China (6%). Japan was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of cars.

Summary

Value
$117.8billion
Tonnes
7million tonnes
Share of world total
12.3%
World rank
2nd
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 States40.7Tonnes: 2,108,307USD per tonne: $19,29034.5%Sea
Australia8.4Tonnes: 620,618USD per tonne: $13,5307.1%Sea
China7Tonnes: 382,877USD per tonne: $18,3946%Sea
Canada5.6Tonnes: 310,260USD per tonne: $17,8934.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports5.4Tonnes: 242,449USD per tonne: $22,1174.6%Sea
Saudi Arabia4.6Tonnes: 245,969USD per tonne: $18,7413.9%Sea
United Arab Emirates3.3Tonnes: 122,247USD per tonne: $27,0372.8%Sea
United Kingdom3Tonnes: 178,999USD per tonne: $16,6472.5%Sea
Germany2.4Tonnes: 128,888USD per tonne: $18,8952.1%Sea
Spain2.3Tonnes: 126,887USD per tonne: $17,9201.9%Sea
Taiwan2.2Tonnes: 141,824USD per tonne: $15,5521.9%Sea
Poland1.6Tonnes: 91,331USD per tonne: $17,5861.4%Sea
Russia1.4Tonnes: 96,496USD per tonne: $14,4621.2%Sea
Mexico1.3Tonnes: 78,925USD per tonne: $16,8771.1%Sea
New Zealand1.3Tonnes: 77,304USD per tonne: $16,9621.1%Sea
Kuwait1.2Tonnes: 73,426USD per tonne: $16,8551.1%Sea
Italy1Tonnes: 60,259USD per tonne: $16,6080.85%Sea
Israel1Tonnes: 48,134USD per tonne: $20,7870.85%Sea
Qatar0.93Tonnes: 50,828USD per tonne: $18,2050.79%Sea
France0.84Tonnes: 51,784USD per tonne: $16,1970.71%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United States 40.7
  • Australia 8.4
  • China 7
  • Canada 5.6
  • Belgium 5.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States22.640.7
Australia1.78.4
China0.177
Canada1.15.6
Belgium0.865.4

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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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