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Where does New Zealand get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, New Zealand imported $3.1 billion of cars (184 thousand tonnes), 0.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Japan (42%), Thailand (9%) and China (8%). New Zealand was the world’s 43rd-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$3.1billion
Tonnes
184thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.3%
World rank
43rd
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
Japan1.3Tonnes: 77,304USD per tonne: $16,96242%Sea
Thailand0.27Tonnes: 18,278USD per tonne: $15,0438.8%Sea
China0.26Tonnes: 15,432USD per tonne: $16,8548.3%Sea
South Korea0.25Tonnes: 16,745USD per tonne: $15,1468.1%Sea
Germany0.23Tonnes: 12,463USD per tonne: $18,1747.3%Sea
United States0.2Tonnes: 10,654USD per tonne: $18,6576.4%Sea
United Kingdom0.15Tonnes: 7,488USD per tonne: $20,2214.8%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.06Tonnes: 3,117USD per tonne: $18,4781.8%Sea
Italy0.05Tonnes: 2,232USD per tonne: $23,2331.7%Sea
Slovakia0.05Tonnes: 2,344USD per tonne: $20,1991.5%Sea
Czechia0.04Tonnes: 2,135USD per tonne: $17,0931.2%Sea
Mexico0.04Tonnes: 2,130USD per tonne: $16,9681.2%Sea
France0.03Tonnes: 1,873USD per tonne: $16,3190.98%Sea
India0.03Tonnes: 1,784USD per tonne: $14,7960.84%Sea
Turkey0.02Tonnes: 1,490USD per tonne: $15,5690.74%Sea
Spain0.02Tonnes: 1,459USD per tonne: $15,8840.74%Sea
Australia0.02Tonnes: 1,351USD per tonne: $16,4230.71%Sea
South Africa0.02Tonnes: 1,197USD per tonne: $17,1720.66%Sea
Hungary0.02Tonnes: 1,382USD per tonne: $14,8330.66%Sea
Romania0.02Tonnes: 1,424USD per tonne: $14,2990.65%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Japan was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Japan 1.3
  • Thailand 0.27
  • China 0.26
  • South Korea 0.25
  • Germany 0.23

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan0.71.3
Thailand00.27
China00.26
South Korea0.030.25
Germany0.080.23

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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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