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Where does Switzerland get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Switzerland imported $12.6 billion of cars (496 thousand tonnes), 1.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (40%), Czechia (7%) and Spain (6%). Switzerland was the world’s 18th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$12.6billion
Tonnes
496thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.3%
World rank
18th
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
Germany5Tonnes: 182,526USD per tonne: $27,57739.9%Land
Czechia0.9Tonnes: 43,558USD per tonne: $20,6577.1%Sea
Spain0.74Tonnes: 36,361USD per tonne: $20,3315.9%Sea
United States0.67Tonnes: 20,994USD per tonne: $31,7245.3%Sea
Italy0.61Tonnes: 9,397USD per tonne: $64,8244.8%Land
United Kingdom0.59Tonnes: 13,065USD per tonne: $45,4944.7%Sea
Japan0.53Tonnes: 25,405USD per tonne: $20,7874.2%Sea
Slovakia0.44Tonnes: 16,414USD per tonne: $26,9323.5%Sea
China0.44Tonnes: 23,581USD per tonne: $18,6443.5%Sea
France0.44Tonnes: 20,703USD per tonne: $21,2173.5%Land
South Korea0.33Tonnes: 17,026USD per tonne: $19,2682.6%Sea
Hungary0.29Tonnes: 11,363USD per tonne: $25,8162.3%Sea
Sweden0.24Tonnes: 11,490USD per tonne: $21,1681.9%Sea
Mexico0.2Tonnes: 7,143USD per tonne: $28,6441.6%Sea
Romania0.16Tonnes: 9,986USD per tonne: $16,4101.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.16Tonnes: 7,417USD per tonne: $21,5901.3%Sea
Poland0.15Tonnes: 8,071USD per tonne: $18,7191.2%Sea
South Africa0.13Tonnes: 5,120USD per tonne: $25,6901%Sea
Turkey0.13Tonnes: 7,847USD per tonne: $16,6351%Sea
Austria0.11Tonnes: 4,414USD per tonne: $25,1810.88%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Germany 5
  • Czechia 0.9
  • Spain 0.74
  • United States 0.67
  • Italy 0.61

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany25
Czechia< 0.010.9
Spain0.190.74
United States0.260.67
Italy0.250.61

Sources and methodology

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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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