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Who buys the United Kingdom’s cars? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $36.3 billion of cars (1.5 million tonnes), 3.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (27%), China (12%) and Germany (9%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of cars.

Summary

Value
$36.3billion
Tonnes
1.5million tonnes
Share of world total
3.8%
World rank
8th
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
United States9.8Tonnes: 387,448USD per tonne: $25,29827%Sea
China4.3Tonnes: 100,074USD per tonne: $42,54811.7%Sea
Germany3.1Tonnes: 104,561USD per tonne: $29,8428.6%Sea
France1.8Tonnes: 79,316USD per tonne: $22,3754.9%Sea
Italy1.5Tonnes: 79,833USD per tonne: $18,7274.1%Sea
United Arab Emirates1.2Tonnes: 19,009USD per tonne: $62,4703.3%Air
Spain1.1Tonnes: 72,573USD per tonne: $15,7143.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.95Tonnes: 61,720USD per tonne: $15,4332.6%Sea
Turkey0.95Tonnes: 50,649USD per tonne: $18,7342.6%Sea
Japan0.93Tonnes: 42,698USD per tonne: $21,7672.6%Sea
Poland0.69Tonnes: 35,666USD per tonne: $19,3261.9%Sea
Australia0.67Tonnes: 23,490USD per tonne: $28,5661.9%Sea
South Korea0.61Tonnes: 17,536USD per tonne: $34,7841.7%Sea
Switzerland0.59Tonnes: 13,065USD per tonne: $45,4941.6%Sea
Canada0.54Tonnes: 33,421USD per tonne: $16,0411.5%Sea
Ireland0.52Tonnes: 33,245USD per tonne: $15,6141.4%Land
Saudi Arabia0.5Tonnes: 8,721USD per tonne: $56,9521.4%Air
Czechia0.41Tonnes: 20,416USD per tonne: $20,2881.1%Sea
Austria0.4Tonnes: 15,304USD per tonne: $26,2221.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.4Tonnes: 36,499USD per tonne: $10,8381.1%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2015

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

  • United States 9.8
  • China 4.3
  • Germany 3.1
  • France 1.8
  • Italy 1.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States1.49.8
China< 0.014.3
Germany2.13.1
France1.31.8
Italy1.11.5

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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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