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Where does the United Arab Emirates get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates imported $20.6 billion of cars (1.2 million tonnes), 2.2% of the world total. Its main sources were China (23%), the United States (20%) and Japan (16%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 11th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$20.6billion
Tonnes
1.2million tonnes
Share of world total
2.2%
World rank
11th
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
China4.8Tonnes: 471,756USD per tonne: $10,07523.1%Sea
United States4.1Tonnes: 200,194USD per tonne: $20,52119.9%Sea
Japan3.3Tonnes: 122,247USD per tonne: $27,03716%Sea
Germany1.7Tonnes: 44,854USD per tonne: $38,3778.4%Sea
United Kingdom1.2Tonnes: 19,009USD per tonne: $62,4705.8%Air
Slovakia0.62Tonnes: 26,185USD per tonne: $23,8543%Sea
Thailand0.56Tonnes: 53,023USD per tonne: $10,5522.7%Sea
India0.52Tonnes: 36,580USD per tonne: $14,1402.5%Sea
South Korea0.48Tonnes: 69,176USD per tonne: $6,9302.3%Sea
Lebanon0.46Tonnes: 10,619USD per tonne: $43,0442.2%Air
Saudi Arabia0.37Tonnes: 23,376USD per tonne: $15,8591.8%Land
Indonesia0.33Tonnes: 29,338USD per tonne: $11,3631.6%Sea
Canada0.28Tonnes: 10,333USD per tonne: $27,1981.4%Air
Italy0.22Tonnes: 1,844USD per tonne: $118,5531.1%Air
Kuwait0.2Tonnes: 15,484USD per tonne: $13,1380.99%Sea
Taiwan0.18Tonnes: 29,188USD per tonne: $6,2140.88%Sea
Mexico0.17Tonnes: 9,246USD per tonne: $18,6900.84%Sea
Austria0.12Tonnes: 4,154USD per tonne: $27,8720.56%Sea
Czechia0.11Tonnes: 4,505USD per tonne: $25,1970.55%Sea
France0.11Tonnes: 4,810USD per tonne: $23,3710.55%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2024

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

  • China 4.8
  • United States 4.1
  • Japan 3.3
  • Germany 1.7
  • United Kingdom 1.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.014.8
United States0.124.1
Japan0.383.3
Germany0.191.7
United Kingdom0.031.2

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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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