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Where does South Africa get its auto parts? Import sources 2024

In 2024, South Africa imported $2.1 billion of auto parts (278 thousand tonnes), 0.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (26%), China (18%) and Thailand (8%). South Africa was the world’s 34th-largest importer of auto parts.

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
278thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.5%
World rank
34th
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
Germany542Tonnes: 58,114USD per tonne: $9,32026.2%Sea
China368Tonnes: 88,961USD per tonne: $4,13317.8%Sea
Thailand170Tonnes: 24,723USD per tonne: $6,8598.2%Sea
India159Tonnes: 22,888USD per tonne: $6,9307.7%Sea
United States159Tonnes: 9,351USD per tonne: $16,9587.7%Sea
Japan82.1Tonnes: 6,185USD per tonne: $13,2664%Sea
Spain67.3Tonnes: 11,234USD per tonne: $5,9913.3%Sea
Poland62.8Tonnes: 7,004USD per tonne: $8,9683%Sea
South Korea56.4Tonnes: 8,001USD per tonne: $7,0512.7%Sea
Czechia51.3Tonnes: 5,175USD per tonne: $9,9222.5%Sea
Italy42Tonnes: 4,180USD per tonne: $10,0402%Sea
Hungary39.8Tonnes: 2,571USD per tonne: $15,4641.9%Sea
Mexico37.6Tonnes: 2,825USD per tonne: $13,3271.8%Sea
Turkey32.6Tonnes: 5,514USD per tonne: $5,9091.6%Sea
Slovakia20.1Tonnes: 1,559USD per tonne: $12,8780.97%Sea
United Kingdom18.3Tonnes: 1,017USD per tonne: $18,0180.89%Sea
France17.9Tonnes: 2,341USD per tonne: $7,6490.87%Sea
Taiwan17.4Tonnes: 2,641USD per tonne: $6,5750.84%Sea
Brazil16.7Tonnes: 3,448USD per tonne: $4,8410.81%Sea
Romania15.5Tonnes: 1,211USD per tonne: $12,8270.75%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Germany 542
  • China 368
  • Thailand 170
  • India 159
  • United States 159

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany513542
China1.5368
Thailand0.44170
India2.1159
United States59.9159

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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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