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Where does Saudi Arabia get its new tires? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Saudi Arabia imported $1.5 billion of new tires (554 thousand tonnes), 1.5% of the world total. China sold 56% of the total, followed by Thailand (10%) and Japan (9%). Saudi Arabia was the world’s 16th-largest importer of new tires.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
554thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.5%
World rank
16th
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
China862Tonnes: 390,813USD per tonne: $2,20655.8%Sea
Thailand161Tonnes: 50,635USD per tonne: $3,18010.4%Sea
Japan147Tonnes: 31,026USD per tonne: $4,7279.5%Sea
South Korea146Tonnes: 35,644USD per tonne: $4,0949.4%Sea
India69.4Tonnes: 16,781USD per tonne: $4,1344.5%Sea
United States18.9Tonnes: 2,790USD per tonne: $6,7631.2%Sea
Vietnam15.5Tonnes: 4,264USD per tonne: $3,6301%Sea
Indonesia14.2Tonnes: 3,323USD per tonne: $4,2810.92%Sea
Turkey12.8Tonnes: 3,227USD per tonne: $3,9790.83%Sea
Germany12.3Tonnes: 1,457USD per tonne: $8,4760.8%Sea
Poland11.9Tonnes: 2,617USD per tonne: $4,5530.77%Sea
Slovakia7.3Tonnes: 1,644USD per tonne: $4,4210.47%Sea
Taiwan7.1Tonnes: 1,824USD per tonne: $3,8810.46%Sea
United Kingdom6.4Tonnes: 315USD per tonne: $20,2530.41%Sea
Spain5.5Tonnes: 703USD per tonne: $7,7680.35%Sea
Mexico5.1Tonnes: 547USD per tonne: $9,3330.33%Sea
Romania4.8Tonnes: 522USD per tonne: $9,2810.31%Sea
Egypt4.8Tonnes: 1,170USD per tonne: $4,0730.31%Sea
Czechia4.7Tonnes: 638USD per tonne: $7,3050.3%Sea
Italy3.5Tonnes: 380USD per tonne: $9,2790.23%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2012

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

  • China 862
  • Thailand 161
  • Japan 147
  • South Korea 146
  • India 69.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China19.9862
Thailand0.95161
Japan90.8147
South Korea42.6146
India0.9769.4

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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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