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Where does Saudi Arabia get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Saudi Arabia imported $20.3 billion of cars (1.4 million tonnes), 2.1% of the world total. Its main sources were Japan (23%), China (19%) and Thailand (10%). Saudi Arabia was the world’s 12th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$20.3billion
Tonnes
1.4million tonnes
Share of world total
2.1%
World rank
12th
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
Japan4.6Tonnes: 245,969USD per tonne: $18,74122.7%Sea
China3.9Tonnes: 387,939USD per tonne: $9,96819.1%Sea
Thailand2Tonnes: 161,655USD per tonne: $12,0739.6%Sea
South Korea1.8Tonnes: 126,753USD per tonne: $13,9458.7%Sea
United States1.6Tonnes: 80,728USD per tonne: $19,5217.8%Sea
India1.5Tonnes: 127,437USD per tonne: $11,8367.4%Sea
Indonesia0.7Tonnes: 82,279USD per tonne: $8,4583.4%Sea
Germany0.69Tonnes: 24,797USD per tonne: $27,9083.4%Sea
Slovakia0.52Tonnes: 25,418USD per tonne: $20,6362.6%Sea
United Kingdom0.5Tonnes: 8,721USD per tonne: $56,9522.5%Air
Czechia0.44Tonnes: 32,405USD per tonne: $13,6052.2%Sea
Taiwan0.44Tonnes: 36,981USD per tonne: $11,8462.2%Sea
Mexico0.3Tonnes: 21,576USD per tonne: $14,1181.5%Sea
Kuwait0.27Tonnes: 19,930USD per tonne: $13,7751.4%Land
Morocco0.16Tonnes: 15,621USD per tonne: $10,2540.79%Sea
France0.15Tonnes: 10,056USD per tonne: $14,8240.74%Sea
Bahrain0.13Tonnes: 5,393USD per tonne: $24,3380.65%Sea
Italy0.12Tonnes: 1,068USD per tonne: $114,3030.6%Air
Canada0.1Tonnes: 4,929USD per tonne: $20,7440.5%Sea
Turkey0.09Tonnes: 3,110USD per tonne: $28,1880.43%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Japan has been its main source since 2018

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

  • Japan 4.6
  • China 3.9
  • Thailand 2
  • South Korea 1.8
  • United States 1.6

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan0.474.6
China0.013.9
Thailand02
South Korea0.051.8
United States0.531.6

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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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