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Where does Mexico get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Mexico imported $16.6 billion of cars (1.1 million tonnes), 1.7% of the world total. Its main sources were China (29%), the United States (27%) and Japan (8%). Mexico was the world’s 17th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$16.6billion
Tonnes
1.1million tonnes
Share of world total
1.7%
World rank
17th
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
China4.7Tonnes: 342,589USD per tonne: $13,81128.5%Sea
United States4.5Tonnes: 231,861USD per tonne: $19,26326.9%Land
Japan1.3Tonnes: 78,925USD per tonne: $16,8778%Sea
Germany0.99Tonnes: 48,622USD per tonne: $20,3476%Sea
India0.89Tonnes: 64,874USD per tonne: $13,7375.4%Sea
Brazil0.72Tonnes: 68,313USD per tonne: $10,5624.4%Sea
Indonesia0.71Tonnes: 55,891USD per tonne: $12,6874.3%Sea
Thailand0.56Tonnes: 56,561USD per tonne: $9,9653.4%Sea
Spain0.46Tonnes: 38,202USD per tonne: $11,9732.8%Sea
South Korea0.42Tonnes: 30,264USD per tonne: $13,9102.5%Sea
Canada0.4Tonnes: 22,592USD per tonne: $17,6612.4%Sea
United Kingdom0.25Tonnes: 9,236USD per tonne: $26,9541.5%Sea
Czechia0.16Tonnes: 11,408USD per tonne: $13,9970.96%Sea
Sweden0.12Tonnes: 5,466USD per tonne: $21,8830.72%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.08Tonnes: 3,935USD per tonne: $20,9400.5%Sea
Hungary0.08Tonnes: 6,441USD per tonne: $12,1790.47%Sea
Slovakia0.07Tonnes: 3,441USD per tonne: $19,9890.41%Sea
Italy0.06Tonnes: 1,914USD per tonne: $32,2930.37%Sea
Colombia0.04Tonnes: 3,626USD per tonne: $11,9730.26%Sea
Austria0.03Tonnes: 1,142USD per tonne: $25,7110.18%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2023

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

  • China 4.7
  • United States 4.5
  • Japan 1.3
  • Germany 0.99
  • India 0.89

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China04.7
United States0.364.5
Japan0.021.3
Germany0.050.99
India00.89

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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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