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Where does Kuwait get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Kuwait imported $4.3 billion of cars (275 thousand tonnes), 0.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Japan (29%), China (20%) and the United States (10%). Kuwait was the world’s 34th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$4.3billion
Tonnes
275thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.4%
World rank
34th
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
Japan1.2Tonnes: 73,426USD per tonne: $16,85529.1%Sea
China0.85Tonnes: 79,450USD per tonne: $10,75720.1%Sea
United States0.44Tonnes: 22,713USD per tonne: $19,36310.3%Sea
South Korea0.35Tonnes: 23,857USD per tonne: $14,6748.2%Sea
Slovakia0.31Tonnes: 14,566USD per tonne: $21,5507.4%Sea
Germany0.28Tonnes: 8,887USD per tonne: $31,8006.6%Sea
Indonesia0.12Tonnes: 8,982USD per tonne: $13,4752.8%Sea
Thailand0.11Tonnes: 9,233USD per tonne: $12,0592.6%Sea
India0.1Tonnes: 9,048USD per tonne: $10,9532.3%Sea
United Kingdom0.08Tonnes: 4,625USD per tonne: $16,4061.8%Sea
Czechia0.08Tonnes: 5,985USD per tonne: $12,5351.8%Sea
Italy0.06Tonnes: 494USD per tonne: $118,5851.4%Air
Taiwan0.05Tonnes: 4,847USD per tonne: $11,3061.3%Sea
Mexico0.05Tonnes: 2,763USD per tonne: $17,6051.1%Sea
Austria0.03Tonnes: 1,241USD per tonne: $22,1030.64%Sea
France0.02Tonnes: 766USD per tonne: $26,2480.47%Sea
Hungary0.02Tonnes: 654USD per tonne: $25,8600.4%Sea
South Africa0.01Tonnes: 552USD per tonne: $26,9070.35%Sea
Morocco0.01Tonnes: 1,040USD per tonne: $11,9860.29%Sea
Sweden0.01Tonnes: 321USD per tonne: $26,0160.2%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Japan has been its main source since 2006

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

  • Japan 1.2
  • China 0.85
  • United States 0.44
  • South Korea 0.35
  • Slovakia 0.31

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan0.161.2
China< 0.010.85
United States0.260.44
South Korea0.020.35
Slovakia00.31

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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