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Where does Japan get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $11.2 billion of cars (620 thousand tonnes), 1.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (34%), the United States (9%) and the United Kingdom (8%). Japan was the world’s 21st-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$11.2billion
Tonnes
620thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.2%
World rank
21st
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
Germany3.8Tonnes: 211,117USD per tonne: $18,14534.2%Sea
United States0.98Tonnes: 48,666USD per tonne: $20,1668.8%Sea
United Kingdom0.93Tonnes: 42,698USD per tonne: $21,7678.3%Sea
China0.91Tonnes: 52,685USD per tonne: $17,2778.1%Sea
Italy0.75Tonnes: 27,299USD per tonne: $27,6436.7%Sea
India0.69Tonnes: 48,150USD per tonne: $14,2656.1%Sea
Thailand0.58Tonnes: 35,872USD per tonne: $16,1905.2%Sea
Austria0.54Tonnes: 27,258USD per tonne: $19,8124.8%Sea
Mexico0.42Tonnes: 26,209USD per tonne: $15,9183.7%Sea
Slovakia0.31Tonnes: 15,375USD per tonne: $20,2682.8%Sea
South Africa0.28Tonnes: 18,122USD per tonne: $15,2742.5%Sea
Hungary0.26Tonnes: 17,286USD per tonne: $15,3182.4%Sea
Spain0.22Tonnes: 18,105USD per tonne: $12,3882%Sea
Poland0.11Tonnes: 7,030USD per tonne: $15,1110.95%Sea
Portugal0.08Tonnes: 5,707USD per tonne: $14,5770.74%Sea
Finland0.06Tonnes: 3,636USD per tonne: $16,0300.52%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.06Tonnes: 3,497USD per tonne: $16,5120.52%Sea
Sweden0.05Tonnes: 2,423USD per tonne: $19,7130.43%Sea
France0.04Tonnes: 2,601USD per tonne: $16,2790.38%Sea
South Korea0.03Tonnes: 1,734USD per tonne: $16,3440.25%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Germany 3.8
  • United States 0.98
  • United Kingdom 0.93
  • China 0.91
  • Italy 0.75

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany4.43.8
United States3.10.98
United Kingdom0.750.93
China< 0.010.91
Italy0.180.75

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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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