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Who buys the United States’ cars? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $63 billion of cars (3.4 million tonnes), 6.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were Canada (25%), Germany (12%) and China (10%). The United States was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of cars.

Summary

Value
$63billion
Tonnes
3.4million tonnes
Share of world total
6.6%
World rank
6th
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
Canada15.6Tonnes: 780,302USD per tonne: $20,03024.8%Land
Germany7.3Tonnes: 376,291USD per tonne: $19,33811.6%Sea
China6.6Tonnes: 247,665USD per tonne: $26,46310.4%Sea
Mexico4.5Tonnes: 231,861USD per tonne: $19,2637.1%Land
United Arab Emirates4.1Tonnes: 200,194USD per tonne: $20,5216.5%Sea
South Korea2.1Tonnes: 95,122USD per tonne: $22,0103.3%Sea
Georgia1.9Tonnes: 105,571USD per tonne: $17,8133%Sea
Saudi Arabia1.6Tonnes: 80,728USD per tonne: $19,5212.5%Sea
Australia1.2Tonnes: 45,700USD per tonne: $26,9592%Sea
Poland1.1Tonnes: 38,677USD per tonne: $28,6461.8%Sea
United Kingdom1Tonnes: 49,618USD per tonne: $20,1191.6%Sea
Japan0.98Tonnes: 48,666USD per tonne: $20,1661.6%Sea
Taiwan0.95Tonnes: 39,582USD per tonne: $23,9111.5%Sea
France0.82Tonnes: 27,832USD per tonne: $29,3451.3%Sea
Ukraine0.79Tonnes: 91,054USD per tonne: $8,6371.3%Sea
Austria0.68Tonnes: 23,252USD per tonne: $29,2651.1%Sea
Dominican Republic0.67Tonnes: 53,166USD per tonne: $12,5831.1%Sea
Switzerland0.67Tonnes: 20,994USD per tonne: $31,7241.1%Sea
Nigeria0.65Tonnes: 71,601USD per tonne: $9,0131%Sea
Oman0.61Tonnes: 31,439USD per tonne: $19,5340.98%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Canada was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • Canada 15.6
  • Germany 7.3
  • China 6.6
  • Mexico 4.5
  • United Arab Emirates 4.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada7.315.6
Germany0.637.3
China0.086.6
Mexico0.364.5
United Arab Emirates0.124.1

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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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