That dollar amount represents 4.1% of overall imports for all import products purchased ($23.987 trillion) during 2024 same as one year earlier.
The overall cost of cars imported by all buyer countries increased by an average 49.3% gain since 2020 when cars purchased on international markets were valued at $656.2 billion.
Year over year, the total dollar value for globally imported cars dropped by -1.4% compared to $993.2 billion in 2023.
The top 5 countries for buying imported cars are the United States of America, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Belgium. Collectively, that quintet of major buyers of imported cars generated 44.4% of worldwide spending on imported cars bought during 2024.
From a continental perspective, importers in Europe bought the highest dollar worth of imported cars during 2024 with purchases costing $444.3 billion or 45.3% of the global total. In second place were importers located in North America at 28.2% while another 18.8% of international spending came from buyers in Asia.
Smaller percentages went to importers in Latin America (3%) excluding Mexico plus the Caribbean, Oceanian countries (2.8%) led by Australia and New Zealand, then Africa (1.9%).
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for cars (including station wagons) is 8703.
Cars Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of cars during 2024.
- United States: US$219.5 billion (22.4% of imported cars)
- Germany: $71.3 billion (7.3%)
- United Kingdom: $56.7 billion (5.8%)
- France: $44.3 billion (4.5%)
- Belgium: $43.4 billion (4.4%)
- Canada: $39.9 billion (4.1%)
- mainland China: $38.3 billion (3.9%)
- Italy: $36.6 billion (3.7%)
- Australia: $23.6 billion (2.4%)
- Spain: $23.4 billion (2.4%)
- United Arab Emirates: $20 billion (2%)
- Saudi Arabia: $19.5 billion (2%)
- Poland: $18.8 billion (1.9%)
- Türkiye: $17.7 billion (1.8%)
- Russia: $17.3 billion (1.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 70.5% of all cars imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for imported cars from 2023 to 2024 were: Poland (up 24.4%), Russia (up 15%), Saudi Arabia (up 4.4%) and the United States of America (also up 4.4%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported cars purchases were led by: United Arab Emirates (down -21.6% from 2023), mainland China (down -16.7%), Germany (down -10.1%) and France (down -4%).
Searchable List of Cars Importing Countries in 2024
The 100 countries in the automated database below represent 99% of globally imported cars during 2023.
| Rank | Importer | Car Imports (US$) | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $219,496,094,000 | +4.4% |
| 2. | Germany | $71,322,452,000 | -10.1% |
| 3. | United Kingdom | $56,736,932,000 | +0.4% |
| 4. | France | $44,314,335,000 | -4% |
| 5. | Belgium | $43,377,877,000 | +0.3% |
| 6. | Canada | $39,881,862,000 | +3.3% |
| 7. | mainland China | $38,260,315,000 | -16.7% |
| 8. | Italy | $36,646,637,000 | +0.7% |
| 9. | Australia | $23,614,226,000 | -2.5% |
| 10. | Spain | $23,357,727,000 | -0.8% |
| 11. | United Arab Emirates | $20,002,302,000 | -21.6% |
| 12. | Saudi Arabia | $19,482,850,000 | +4.4% |
| 13. | Poland | $18,806,865,000 | +24.4% |
| 14. | Türkiye | $17,729,924,000 | -2.5% |
| 15. | Russia | $17,294,730,000 | +15% |
| 16. | Mexico | $16,656,575,000 | -5.8% |
| 17. | Netherlands | $15,032,736,000 | -1.3% |
| 18. | Switzerland | $12,776,513,000 | -8.5% |
| 19. | South Korea | $12,100,987,000 | -16.6% |
| 20. | Austria | $11,666,328,000 | 0% |
| 21. | Japan | $11,375,940,000 | -9.4% |
| 22. | Sweden | $10,279,811,000 | -10.4% |
| 23. | Brazil | $8,290,504,000 | +43.2% |
| 24. | Taiwan | $8,167,522,000 | +3.1% |
| 25. | Denmark | $7,858,012,000 | +10.9% |
| 26. | Portugal | $7,270,784,000 | +2.5% |
| 27. | Czech Republic | $6,728,864,000 | +0.7% |
| 28. | Israel | $6,688,702,000 | +9.9% |
| 29. | Slovenia | $6,009,423,000 | +9% |
| 30. | Norway | $5,608,674,000 | -9.3% |
| 31. | Hungary | $4,768,203,000 | +18.3% |
| 32. | Romania | $4,748,650,000 | +11.1% |
| 33. | Philippines | $4,452,890,000 | -9% |
| 34. | Ukraine | $4,383,479,000 | +7.9% |
| 35. | Ireland | $4,372,083,000 | +2.2% |
| 36. | Kyrgyzstan | $4,341,302,000 | +56.9% |
| 37. | Slovakia | $4,002,055,000 | +0.2% |
| 38. | Finland | $3,991,081,000 | -11.3% |
| 39. | Kuwait | $3,796,809,000 | -19.3% |
| 40. | Belarus | $3,552,753,000 | -13.9% |
| 41. | South Africa | $3,531,649,000 | -14.1% |
| 42. | New Zealand | $3,117,401,000 | -26.6% |
| 43. | Chile | $3,047,199,000 | -2.4% |
| 44. | Greece | $3,016,506,000 | -6.2% |
| 45. | Iraq | $2,952,629,000 | -37.5% |
| 46. | Argentina | $2,875,081,000 | +55.3% |
| 47. | Vietnam | $2,873,601,000 | +37.9% |
| 48. | Colombia | $2,862,055,000 | +4.4% |
| 49. | Egypt | $2,810,134,000 | +21% |
| 50. | Qatar | $2,727,936,000 | +99.4% |
| 51. | Thailand | $2,678,977,000 | -39.2% |
| 52. | Morocco | $2,627,557,000 | +5.3% |
| 53. | Indonesia | $2,591,484,000 | +24.2% |
| 54. | Luxembourg | $2,464,648,000 | -9.1% |
| 55. | Uzbekistan | $2,345,512,000 | +26.7% |
| 56. | Croatia | $2,296,693,000 | +9.4% |
| 57. | Kazakhstan | $2,290,784,000 | -25.1% |
| 58. | Hong Kong | $2,203,809,000 | -9.1% |
| 59. | Oman | $2,127,846,000 | -3.3% |
| 60. | Malaysia | $2,041,721,000 | +13.7% |
| 61. | Lithuania | $1,915,495,000 | -15.8% |
| 62. | Bulgaria | $1,802,869,000 | +3.4% |
| 63. | Estonia | $1,782,319,000 | +8% |
| 64. | Jordan | $1,770,832,000 | +8.7% |
| 65. | Algeria | $1,674,028,000 | +5.2% |
| 66. | Singapore | $1,584,943,000 | +56.7% |
| 67. | Peru | $1,578,174,000 | -16% |
| 68. | Azerbaijan | $1,566,604,000 | +3.4% |
| 69. | Dominican Republic | $1,509,833,000 | -1.2% |
| 70. | Costa Rica | $1,310,278,000 | +30.9% |
| 71. | Pakistan | $1,157,219,000 | +39.5% |
| 72. | Mongolia | $1,072,559,000 | +58.4% |
| 73. | Latvia | $1,019,988,000 | -8.3% |
| 74. | Guatemala | $1,018,926,000 | +0.3% |
| 75. | Panama | $997,225,000 | +5.7% |
| 76. | Bahrain | $950,574,000 | +6.9% |
| 77. | Nigeria | $923,822,000 | -60.6% |
| 78. | Ecuador | $921,159,000 | -33.2% |
| 79. | Serbia | $888,965,000 | +5.3% |
| 80. | Tunisia | $814,046,000 | +0.2% |
| 81. | Libya | $774,072,000 | -15.8% |
| 82. | Cyprus | $765,646,000 | -5% |
| 83. | Cambodia | $702,868,000 | +22.6% |
| 84. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $693,272,000 | +11.5% |
| 85. | Paraguay | $687,877,000 | +24.6% |
| 86. | India | $659,505,000 | -10.2% |
| 87. | Lebanon | $636,576,000 | -21.5% |
| 88. | Uruguay | $629,245,000 | +16% |
| 89. | Albania | $597,198,000 | +4% |
| 90. | Honduras | $495,808,000 | -6% |
| 91. | Mauritius | $493,551,000 | +23.3% |
| 92. | Moldova | $485,797,000 | +20.6% |
| 93. | Kenya | $457,261,000 | +19.9% |
| 94. | Tajikistan | $448,740,000 | -10.3% |
| 95. | Macao | $436,967,000 | +95.2% |
| 96. | Ivory Coast | $432,243,000 | +0.6% |
| 97. | Jamaica | $414,604,000 | -1.3% |
| 98. | Trinidad /Tobago | $413,362,000 | +22.4% |
| 99. | Tanzania | $387,938,000 | +4.2% |
| 100. | Bangladesh | $387,698,000 | -0.5% |
Expanding the scope to the top 100 importers, the fastest-growing importers of cars were Qatar (up 99.4% from 2023), Macao (up 95.2%), Mongolia (up 58.4%), Kyrgyzstan (up 56.9%), Singapore (up 56.7%), Argentina (up 55.3%) then Brazil (up 43.2%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns below. Any entry of 0% in the right-most column means that no 2023 data is available.
Cars Imported into the United States
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the United States of America imported the highest dollar value worth of cars during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Mexico: US$50 billion (up 11.2% from 2023)
- Japan: $40.8 billion (down -0.3%)
- South Korea: $38 billion (up 21.6%)
- Canada: $28.4 billion (down -18.6%)
- Germany: $25.6 billion (up 7.2%)
- United Kingdom: $9.8 billion (up 49.2%)
- Slovakia: $6.3 billion (down -3.3%)
- Italy: $3.99 billion (down -21.7%)
- Sweden: $3.97 billion (up 0.3%)
- mainland China: $3.8 billion (up 50.5%)
- South Africa: $2.2 billion (up 23%)
- Austria: $1.81 billion (down -10.2%)
- Hungary: $1.76 billion (down -0.5%)
- Belgium: $1.4 billion (down -43.7%)
- France: $611.6 million (up 148%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.5% of cars imported by buyers in the United States of America in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cars to the United States from 2023 to 2024 were: France (up 148%), mainland China (up 50.5%), United Kingdom (up 49.2%) and South Africa (up 23%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their cars supplied to American importers included: Belgium (down -43.7%), Italy (down -21.7%), Canada (down -18.6%) and Austria (down -10.2%).
Overall, the value of US cars imported rose by an average 4.4% from all supplying countries since 2023 when cars purchased were valued at $210.3 billion.
Cars Imported into Germany
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of cars during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Czech Republic: US$9.5 billion (up 18.7% from 2023)
- Spain: $8.5 billion (up 6.9%)
- United States: $7.4 billion (up 5.6%)
- Slovakia: $6.9 billion (up 1.2%)
- Mexico: $3.9 billion (down -18.9%)
- South Africa: $3.62 billion (down -9.6%)
- mainland China: $3.55 billion (down -21.2%)
- United Kingdom: $3.4 billion (down -28%)
- France: $2.7 billion (down -28.3%)
- Japan: $2.6 billion (up 0.3%)
- Italy: $2.3 billion (down -40.9%)
- Hungary: $1.9 billion (down -29.2%)
- Belgium: $1.8 billion (down -24.8%)
- Türkiye: $1.66 billion (up 32.9%)
- Sweden: $1.66 billion (up 21.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 75.7% of cars imported by Germany in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cars to Germany from 2023 to 2024 were: Türkiye (up 32.9%), Sweden (up 21.4%), Czech Republic (up 18.7%) and Spain (up 6.9%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their cars supplied to German importers included: Italy (down -40.9%), Hungary (down -29.2%), France (down -28.3%) and the United Kingdom (down -28%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s cars imports fell by an average -10.1% from all supplying countries since 2023 when cars purchased were valued at $79.3 billion.
Cars Imported into the UK
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the United Kingdom imported the highest dollar value worth of cars during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Germany: US$15.4 billion (down -1.7% from 2023)
- mainland China: $5.2 billion (down -9.9%)
- Spain: $5.1 billion (up 0.2%)
- Czech Republic: $4.1 billion (up 21.3%)
- Slovakia: $3.7 billion (up 1.2%)
- France: $3.1 billion (up 0.1%)
- Japan: $3 billion (down -0.2%)
- South Korea: $2.4 billion (down -6.2%)
- Romania: $1.8 billion (down -7%)
- Türkiye: $1.65 billion (up 18.5%)
- South Africa: $1.59 billion (up 39.2%)
- Hungary: $1.56 billion (down -1.4%)
- Mexico: $1.49 billion (up 11.9%)
- Italy: $1.46 billion (up 23.5%)
- United States: $1.2 billion (up 14.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 88.8% of cars imported by the United Kingdom in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cars to the UK from 2023 to 2024 were: South Africa (up 39.2%), Italy (up 23.5%), Czech Republic (up 21.3%) and Türkiye (up 18.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their cars supplied to UK importers included: mainland China (down -9.9%), Romania (down -7%), South Korea (down -6.2%) and Germany (down -1.7%).
Overall, the value of United Kingdom’s cars imports flatlined via an average 0.4% gain from all supplying countries since 2023 when cars purchased were valued at $56.5 billion.
Cars Imported into France
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of cars during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Germany: US$10.4 billion (up 10% from 2023)
- Spain: $8.7 billion (up 15.84%)
- Czech Republic: $2.9 billion (up 7.8%)
- Romania: $2.3 billion (up 8.3%)
- Slovakia: $2 billion (down -34.9%)
- Türkiye: $1.93 billion (down -6.2%)
- Morocco: $1.89 billion (down -2.3%)
- mainland China: $1.88 billion (down -41%)
- United Kingdom: $1.77 billion (down -13.8%)
- Italy: $1.36 billion (down -29.6%)
- South Korea: $1.35 billion (down -24.4%)
- United States: $854.6 million (down -11%)
- Japan: $841.1 million (down -10.8%)
- Slovenia: $832.9 million (up 17.3%)
- Hungary: $768.6 million (down -20.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 90% of cars imported by France in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cars to France from 2023 to 2024 were: Slovenia (up 17.3%), Spain (up 15.8%), Germany (up 10%) and Romania (up 8.3%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their cars supplied to French importers included: mainland China (down -41%), Slovakia (down -34.9%), Italy (down -29.6%) and South Korea (down -24.4%).
Overall, the value of France’s cars imports retreated by an average -4% from all supplying countries since 2023 when cars purchased were valued at $46.1 billion.
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Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on May 22, 2025
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on May 22, 2025
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on May 22, 2025