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Who buys South Africa’s cars? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $9.8 billion of cars (578 thousand tonnes), 1% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (33%), the United States (19%) and the United Kingdom (14%). South Africa was the world’s 20th-largest exporter of cars.

Summary

Value
$9.8billion
Tonnes
578thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1%
World rank
20th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany3.3Tonnes: 210,038USD per tonne: $15,49833.1%Sea
United States1.9Tonnes: 101,394USD per tonne: $18,82719.4%Sea
United Kingdom1.4Tonnes: 75,966USD per tonne: $17,85813.8%Sea
France0.63Tonnes: 34,974USD per tonne: $18,0036.4%Sea
Japan0.28Tonnes: 18,122USD per tonne: $15,2742.8%Sea
Spain0.26Tonnes: 15,049USD per tonne: $17,1002.6%Sea
Turkey0.25Tonnes: 13,960USD per tonne: $17,6392.5%Sea
Poland0.22Tonnes: 9,630USD per tonne: $23,2882.3%Sea
Austria0.15Tonnes: 8,492USD per tonne: $17,3861.5%Sea
Switzerland0.13Tonnes: 5,120USD per tonne: $25,6901.3%Sea
Australia0.11Tonnes: 5,382USD per tonne: $19,8451.1%Sea
South Korea0.1Tonnes: 4,474USD per tonne: $21,4550.98%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.09Tonnes: 9,193USD per tonne: $9,7980.92%Sea
Taiwan0.09Tonnes: 4,336USD per tonne: $20,5690.91%Sea
Egypt0.08Tonnes: 5,731USD per tonne: $14,1470.82%Sea
Canada0.08Tonnes: 4,704USD per tonne: $16,9690.81%Sea
Namibia0.07Tonnes: 2,544USD per tonne: $25,5510.66%Land
United Arab Emirates0.06Tonnes: 3,449USD per tonne: $16,9410.59%Sea
Botswana0.06Tonnes: 3,525USD per tonne: $16,3900.59%Land
Zimbabwe0.05Tonnes: 6,148USD per tonne: $8,8340.55%Land

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany has been its main destination since 2015

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

  • Germany 3.3
  • United States 1.9
  • United Kingdom 1.4
  • France 0.63
  • Japan 0.28

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany< 0.013.3
United States< 0.011.9
United Kingdom< 0.011.4
France< 0.010.63
Japan0.010.28

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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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