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Who buys Thailand’s cars? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Thailand exported $12.4 billion of cars (1.1 million tonnes), 1.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were Australia (19%), Saudi Arabia (16%) and the Philippines (10%). Thailand was the world’s 18th-largest exporter of cars.

Summary

Value
$12.4billion
Tonnes
1.1million tonnes
Share of world total
1.3%
World rank
18th
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
Australia2.3Tonnes: 253,322USD per tonne: $9,13718.7%Sea
Saudi Arabia2Tonnes: 161,655USD per tonne: $12,07315.7%Sea
Philippines1.3Tonnes: 91,834USD per tonne: $13,69110.1%Sea
Vietnam0.98Tonnes: 91,114USD per tonne: $10,7507.9%Sea
Japan0.58Tonnes: 35,872USD per tonne: $16,1904.7%Sea
Mexico0.56Tonnes: 56,561USD per tonne: $9,9654.6%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.56Tonnes: 53,023USD per tonne: $10,5524.5%Sea
United States0.42Tonnes: 32,996USD per tonne: $12,7303.4%Sea
Iraq0.32Tonnes: 35,167USD per tonne: $9,2022.6%Sea
New Zealand0.27Tonnes: 18,278USD per tonne: $15,0432.2%Sea
Indonesia0.24Tonnes: 21,207USD per tonne: $11,4322%Sea
Germany0.22Tonnes: 18,756USD per tonne: $11,9921.8%Sea
Oman0.2Tonnes: 19,434USD per tonne: $10,4651.6%Sea
Brazil0.2Tonnes: 13,188USD per tonne: $15,0301.6%Sea
Israel0.13Tonnes: 12,470USD per tonne: $10,6581.1%Sea
Laos0.13Tonnes: 9,521USD per tonne: $13,7281.1%Land
Pakistan0.12Tonnes: 4,608USD per tonne: $25,6790.95%Sea
South Africa0.11Tonnes: 11,747USD per tonne: $9,5950.91%Sea
Kuwait0.11Tonnes: 9,233USD per tonne: $12,0590.9%Sea
Myanmar0.1Tonnes: 45,915USD per tonne: $2,1680.8%Land

Trend

Who it sells to

Australia has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Australia 2.3
  • Saudi Arabia 2
  • Philippines 1.3
  • Vietnam 0.98
  • Japan 0.58

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia< 0.012.3
Saudi Arabia02
Philippines< 0.011.3
Vietnam< 0.010.98
Japan< 0.010.58

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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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