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Where does Qatar get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Qatar imported $2.6 billion of cars (159 thousand tonnes), 0.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Japan (36%), China (18%) and the United States (7%). Qatar was the world’s 55th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$2.6billion
Tonnes
159thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.3%
World rank
55th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Japan925Tonnes: 50,828USD per tonne: $18,20535.8%Sea
China458Tonnes: 41,947USD per tonne: $10,90917.7%Sea
United States185Tonnes: 9,295USD per tonne: $19,8717.1%Sea
Saudi Arabia178Tonnes: 9,389USD per tonne: $18,9806.9%Land
Germany166Tonnes: 5,290USD per tonne: $31,3166.4%Sea
India94.7Tonnes: 9,613USD per tonne: $9,8513.7%Sea
Slovakia90.9Tonnes: 3,694USD per tonne: $24,5983.5%Sea
Thailand71Tonnes: 6,875USD per tonne: $10,3202.7%Sea
Indonesia67.4Tonnes: 5,440USD per tonne: $12,3842.6%Sea
United Kingdom65.8Tonnes: 1,517USD per tonne: $43,3912.6%Sea
South Korea57.9Tonnes: 4,062USD per tonne: $14,2542.2%Sea
Italy32Tonnes: 347USD per tonne: $92,2771.2%Air
Mexico27.2Tonnes: 1,697USD per tonne: $16,0281.1%Sea
France24.2Tonnes: 1,009USD per tonne: $23,9570.93%Sea
Taiwan22.2Tonnes: 1,862USD per tonne: $11,9290.86%Sea
Austria20.8Tonnes: 404USD per tonne: $51,4890.8%Air
Kuwait20.7Tonnes: 1,444USD per tonne: $14,3160.8%Sea
Hungary18.8Tonnes: 759USD per tonne: $24,7980.73%Sea
Czechia13.4Tonnes: 927USD per tonne: $14,4620.52%Sea
Portugal11.8Tonnes: 864USD per tonne: $13,6560.46%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 0.93
  • China 0.46
  • United States 0.18
  • Saudi Arabia 0.18
  • Germany 0.17

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan0.070.93
China00.46
United States0.030.18
Saudi Arabia< 0.010.18
Germany0.030.17

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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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