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Where does Vietnam get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Vietnam imported $2.9 billion of cars (260 thousand tonnes), 0.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Thailand (34%), Indonesia (33%) and China (13%). Vietnam was the world’s 50th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$2.9billion
Tonnes
260thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.3%
World rank
50th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Thailand980Tonnes: 91,114USD per tonne: $10,75034.1%Sea
Indonesia960Tonnes: 90,273USD per tonne: $10,63333.4%Sea
China378Tonnes: 44,383USD per tonne: $8,51213.1%Land
South Korea262Tonnes: 22,123USD per tonne: $11,8459.1%Sea
Japan158Tonnes: 6,375USD per tonne: $24,7885.5%Sea
Singapore re-exports23.3Tonnes: 1,352USD per tonne: $17,2050.81%Sea
Malaysia23.1Tonnes: 1,090USD per tonne: $21,1490.8%Sea
Germany21.1Tonnes: 652USD per tonne: $32,2950.73%Sea
United Kingdom21Tonnes: 375USD per tonne: $56,0250.73%Air
Sweden18.6Tonnes: 661USD per tonne: $28,1760.65%Sea
United States12.5Tonnes: 404USD per tonne: $30,9920.44%Air
Slovakia7.4Tonnes: 358USD per tonne: $20,7720.26%Sea
Italy4.4Tonnes: 73USD per tonne: $59,7340.15%Air
Czechia2Tonnes: 137USD per tonne: $14,8840.07%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports1.3Tonnes: 20USD per tonne: $65,4540.05%Air
Hungary1.2Tonnes: 78USD per tonne: $15,3830.04%Sea
India0.77Tonnes: 44USD per tonne: $17,3040.03%Sea
Taiwan0.61Tonnes: 25USD per tonne: $24,6360.02%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.46Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $153,6790.02%Air
Australia0.42Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $66,4130.01%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Thailand has been its main source since 2018

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

  • Thailand 0.98
  • Indonesia 0.96
  • China 0.38
  • South Korea 0.26
  • Japan 0.16

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Thailand< 0.010.98
Indonesia0.010.96
China< 0.010.38
South Korea0.030.26
Japan0.050.16

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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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