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Where does Singapore get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Singapore imported $1.6 billion of cars (93 thousand tonnes), 0.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Japan (25%), Germany (21%) and China (20%). Singapore was the world’s 66th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
93thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.2%
World rank
66th
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
Japan406Tonnes: 25,674USD per tonne: $15,81825.2%Sea
Germany335Tonnes: 18,754USD per tonne: $17,86520.8%Sea
China329Tonnes: 20,087USD per tonne: $16,37120.4%Sea
United Kingdom115Tonnes: 4,361USD per tonne: $26,2557.1%Sea
South Korea92.1Tonnes: 5,531USD per tonne: $16,6455.7%Sea
Italy77.9Tonnes: 2,166USD per tonne: $35,9664.8%Sea
Mexico57.5Tonnes: 4,068USD per tonne: $14,1383.6%Sea
Thailand38.5Tonnes: 2,627USD per tonne: $14,6492.4%Sea
Hungary30.5Tonnes: 2,028USD per tonne: $15,0491.9%Sea
South Africa29.3Tonnes: 2,258USD per tonne: $12,9811.8%Sea
United States24.8Tonnes: 1,408USD per tonne: $17,5831.5%Sea
Slovakia17.3Tonnes: 790USD per tonne: $21,8851.1%Sea
France17.2Tonnes: 556USD per tonne: $30,9361.1%Air
Czechia14.1Tonnes: 850USD per tonne: $16,5360.87%Sea
Spain5.9Tonnes: 388USD per tonne: $15,3360.37%Sea
Sweden3.7Tonnes: 117USD per tonne: $31,4860.23%Air
India3.3Tonnes: 260USD per tonne: $12,8710.21%Sea
Malaysia3.1Tonnes: 141USD per tonne: $22,2350.2%Sea
Australia2.7Tonnes: 109USD per tonne: $24,9050.17%Air
Hong Kong re-exports2.5Tonnes: 57USD per tonne: $44,0550.15%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Japan has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Japan 0.41
  • Germany 0.34
  • China 0.33
  • United Kingdom 0.11
  • South Korea 0.09

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan0.260.41
Germany0.30.34
China< 0.010.33
United Kingdom0.180.11
South Korea0.020.09

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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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