Total global purchases of imported cars cost a total US$985 billion in 2025.

That dollar amount represents 3.8% of overall imports for all import products purchased ($25.808 trillion) during 2025 down from 4.1% for 2024.

The overall cost of cars imported by all buyer countries increased by an average 33.9% gain since 2021 when cars purchased on international markets were valued at $735.6 billion.

Year over year, the total dollar value for globally imported cars flatlined to a -0.6% slowdown compared to $991.3 billion in 2024.

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 41.3% of worldwide spending on imported cars bought during 2025.

From a continental perspective, importers in Europe bought the highest dollar worth of imported cars during 2025 with purchases costing $472.8 billion or 48% of the global total. In second place were importers located in North America at 24.5% while another 18.8% of international spending came from buyers in Asia.

Smaller percentages belong to importers in Latin America (3.4%) excluding Mexico plus the Caribbean, Africa (2.64%) then Oceanian countries (2.61%) led by Australia and New Zealand.

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 2025.

1. United States: US$183.8 billion (18.7% of imported cars)
2. Germany: $77.8 billion (7.9%)
3. United Kingdom: $61.7 billion (6.3%)
4. France: $42.3 billion (4.3%)
5. Belgium: $41.2 billion (4.2%)
6. Canada: $38.2 billion (3.9%)
7. Italy: $37.6 billion (3.8%)
8. Spain: $29.5 billion (3%)
9. mainland China: $23.1 billion (2.3%)
10. United Arab Emirates: $23.1 billion (2.3%)
11. Türkiye: $22.3 billion (2.3%)
12. Australia: $22.2 billion (2.3%)
13. Saudi Arabia: $21.1 billion (2.1%)
14. Poland: $21 billion (2.1%)
15. Mexico: $19.5 billion (2%)

By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 67.5% of all cars imported in 2025.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for imported cars from 2024 to 2025 were: Spain (up 26.2%), Türkiye (up 26%), Poland (up 11.3%) and Mexico (up 10.1%).

Those countries that posted declines in their imported cars purchases were led by: mainland China (down -39.6% since 2024), United Arab Emirates (down -17.6%), United States of America (down -16.3%) and Australia (down -5.9%).

Searchable List of Cars Importing Countries in 2025

The 100 countries in the automated database below represent 98.8% of globally imported cars during 2024.

Rank	Importer	Car Imports (US$)	2024-5
1	United States	$183,827,111,000	-16.3%
2	Germany	$77,776,490,000	+7.1%
3	United Kingdom	$61,698,575,000	+8.7%
4	France	$42,278,769,000	-4.6%
5	Belgium	$41,182,787,000	-5.1%
6	Canada	$38,238,568,000	-4.1%
7	Italy	$37,643,332,000	+5.9%
8	Spain	$29,480,397,000	+26.2%
9	mainland China	$23,093,589,000	-39.6%
10	United Arab Emirates	$23,063,158,000	-17.6%
11	Türkiye	$22,331,636,000	+26%
12	Australia	$22,220,398,000	-5.9%
13	Saudi Arabia	$21,142,987,000	+8.5%
14	Poland	$21,036,705,000	+11.3%
15	Mexico	$19,520,803,000	+10.1%
16	Netherlands	$17,827,012,000	+19.3%
17	Austria	$13,554,356,000	+16%
18	Switzerland	$13,464,089,000	+5.4%
19	South Korea	$13,343,620,000	+10.3%
20	Japan	$12,683,742,000	+11.5%
21	Sweden	$11,102,735,000	+7.2%
22	Russia	$11,013,803,000	-36.6%
23	Denmark	$10,055,585,000	+27.9%
24	Portugal	$9,207,615,000	+30.8%
25	Slovenia	$7,938,308,000	+31.5%
26	Czech Republic	$7,912,958,000	+17.6%
27	Brazil	$7,394,655,000	-10.8%
28	Norway	$7,308,574,000	+30.3%
29	Taiwan	$6,758,821,000	-17.2%
30	Israel	$5,486,157,000	-18%
31	Argentina	$5,456,396,000	+89.8%
32	Hungary	$5,370,413,000	+26.7%
33	Philippines	$5,215,480,000	+17.1%
34	Romania	$5,163,259,000	+8.7%
35	South Africa	$4,918,670,000	+39.3%
36	Ireland	$4,824,677,000	+10.9%
37	Slovakia	$4,817,809,000	+18%
38	Kuwait	$4,378,231,000	+0.6%
39	Morocco	$4,246,664,000	+46.7%
40	Finland	$4,083,754,000	+5.7%
41	Colombia	$4,079,118,000	+42.5%
42	Greece	$3,648,992,000	+15.2%
43	Ukraine	$3,594,816,000	-18%
44	Indonesia	$3,534,390,000	+36.4%
45	Qatar	$3,471,366,000	+56.2%
46	Chile	$3,189,944,000	+4.7%
47	New Zealand	$3,142,301,000	+0.8%
48	Egypt	$3,108,297,000	+7%
49	Thailand	$3,081,587,000	+15%
50	Vietnam	$3,080,705,000	+24.3%
51	Algeria	$2,972,441,000	+353.7%
52	Kazakhstan	$2,828,654,000	+23.5%
53	Malaysia	$2,775,807,000	+36%
54	Croatia	$2,614,040,000	+13.4%
55	Luxembourg	$2,582,252,000	-1.3%
56	Iraq	$2,518,518,000	-66%
57	Oman	$2,367,193,000	-5.6%
58	Lithuania	$2,270,646,000	+18.1%
59	Belarus	$2,189,539,000	-39%
60	Hong Kong	$2,143,626,000	-2.7%
61	Azerbaijan	$2,142,023,000	+36.7%
62	Jordan	$2,122,548,000	+13.4%
63	Pakistan	$2,090,572,000	+80.7%
64	Bulgaria	$2,003,779,000	+11.2%
65	Peru	$1,989,865,000	+26.1%
66	Uzbekistan	$1,850,676,000	+44.9%
67	Singapore	$1,774,560,000	+12%
68	Nigeria	$1,744,197,000	+115.6%
69	Estonia	$1,653,282,000	-7.2%
70	Sri Lanka	$1,600,373,000	+3547%
71	Dominican Republic	$1,488,844,000	-1.4%
72	Latvia	$1,450,363,000	+37.2%
73	Costa Rica	$1,174,145,000	-10.4%
74	Cambodia	$1,119,427,000	+59.3%
75	Guatemala	$1,116,216,000	+9.5%
76	Panama	$1,114,615,000	+11.8%
77	Tunisia	$1,090,914,000	+14.3%
78	Kyrgyzstan	$1,071,311,000	-38.1%
79	Ecuador	$1,053,412,000	+14.4%
80	Mongolia	$1,028,865,000	-4.1%
81	Bahrain	$1,012,793,000	-2.7%
82	Libya	$950,133,000	+16.2%
83	India	$939,555,000	+42.7%
84	Serbia	$934,946,000	+2.4%
85	Lebanon	$932,579,000	+78.4%
86	Cyprus	$873,704,000	+13.8%
87	Ghana	$829,243,000	+9.3%
88	Albania	$791,201,000	+12%
89	Bosnia/Herzegovina	$788,333,000	+13.7%
90	Paraguay	$774,214,000	+12.6%
91	Uruguay	$769,287,000	+22.3%
92	Iceland	$741,487,000	+98.3%
93	Kenya	$711,605,000	+55.6%
94	Tajikistan	$676,114,000	+29.7%
95	Moldova	$602,235,000	+24%
96	Tanzania	$594,119,000	+44.3%
97	Venezuela	$555,555,000	+42.9%
98	Ivory Coast	$519,003,000	+20.1%
99	Mauritius	$512,827,000	+3.9%
100	Jamaica	$457,772,000	+8.5%

Expanding the scope to the top 100 importers, the fastest-growing importers of cars were Sri Lanka (up 3,547% from 2024), Algeria (up 353.7%), Nigeria (up 115.6%), Iceland (up 98.3%) then Argentina (up 89.8%).

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 2024 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 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.

1. Mexico: US$44.7 billion (down -10.6% from 2024)
2. Japan: $37.1 billion (down -9%)
3. South Korea: $31.5 billion (down -17.1%)
4. Canada: $25.3 billion (down -11%)
5. Germany: $21 billion (down -17.8%)
6. United Kingdom: $7 billion (down -29.1%)
7. Slovakia: $4.7 billion (down -25.4%)
8. Sweden: $3.1 billion (down -22.5%)
9. Italy: $2.34 billion (down -41.4%)
10. mainland China: $1.8 billion (down -53%)
11. Austria: $1.7 billion (down -4.3%)
12. Hungary: $1 billion (down -43.1%)
13. Belgium: $817.7 million (down -40.3%)
14. South Africa: $722.5 million (down -66.5%)
15. France: $505.6 million (down -17.3%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.7% of cars imported by buyers in the United States of America in 2025.

Among the above countries, countries that experienced the greatest declines in the value of their cars supplied to American importers included: South Africa (down -66.5%), mainland China (down -53%), Hungary (down -43.1%) and Italy (down -41.4%).

Overall, the value of cars imported into the US rose by an average 4.4% from all supplying countries since 2024 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 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.

1. Czech Republic: US$10.2 billion (up 18.5% from 2024)
2. Spain: $9.5 billion (down -2.7%)
3. Slovakia: $7.6 billion (up 9.6%)
4. United States: $6.5 billion (down -11.9%)
5. mainland China: $4.4 billion (up 286.9%)
6. South Africa: $4.31 billion (up 18.9%)
7. Mexico: $3.36 billion (down -13.6%)
8. United Kingdom: $3.35 billion (up 0.1%)
9. Italy: $3.1 billion (up 27.9%)
10. France: $2.9 billion (up 2.8%)
11. Türkiye: $2.6 billion (up 54.9%)
12. Japan: $2.3 billion (down -11.2%)
13. Hungary: $2.2 billion (up 39.4%)
14. South Korea: $2 billion (up 18.4%)
15. Belgium: $1.8 billion (down -0.8%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 79.2% of cars imported by Germany in 2025.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cars to Germany from 2024 to 2025 were: mainland China (up 286.9%), Türkiye (up 54.9%), Hungary (up 39.4%) and Italy (up 27.9%).

Countries that experienced declines in the value of their cars supplied to German importers included: Mexico (down -13.6%), United States (down -11.9%), Japan (down -11.2%) and Spain (down -2.7%).

Overall, the value of Germany’s cars imports grew by an average 7.1% from all supplying countries since 2024 when cars purchased were valued at $72.6 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 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.

1. Germany: US$17.9 billion (up 16.8% from 2024)
2. mainland China: $6.8 billion (up 30.8%)
3. Spain: $4.9 billion (down -5.4%)
4. Slovakia: $4.3 billion (up 14.8%)
5. Czech Republic: $4 billion (down -1.8%)
6. France: $3.7 billion (up 18.9%)
7. Japan: $2.9 billion (down -2.4%)
8. South Korea: $2.5 billion (up 6.3%)
9. Romania: $2.1 billion (up 19.2%)
10. Türkiye: $2 billion (up 22.9%)
11. South Africa: $1.6 billion (down -0.6%)
12. Hungary: $1.4 billion (down -7.2%)
13. Italy: $1.24 billion (down -15%)
14. United States: $1.23 billion (up 0.4%)
15. Belgium: $957.1 million (down -10%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 91.4% of cars imported by the United Kingdom in 2025.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cars to the UK from 2024 to 2025 were: mainland China (up 30.8%), Türkiye (up 22.9%), Romania (up 19.2%) and France (up 18.9%).

Countries that experienced declines in the value of their cars supplied to UK importers included: Italy (down -15%), Belgium (down -10%), Hungary (down -7.2%) and Spain (down -5.4%).

Overall, the value of the United Kingdom’s cars imports went up by an average 8.7% from all supplying countries since 2024 when cars purchased were valued at $56.7 billion.

Cars Imported into France

Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of cars during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.

1. Germany: US$9.9 billion (down -4.5% from 2024)
2. Spain: $8 billion (down -8.2%)
3. Czech Republic: $3 billion (up 2.3%)
4. Romania: $2.7 billion (up 16.2%)
5. Türkiye: $2.29 billion (up 18.4%)
6. Slovakia: $2.28 billion (up 14.5%)
7. mainland China: $2.2 billion (up 17%)
8. Morocco: $1.6 billion (down -16.8%)
9. Italy: $1.3 billion (down -5.6%)
10. United Kingdom: $1.1 billion (down -36.3%)
11. South Korea: $953.5 million (down -29.2%)
12. South Africa: $883.4 million (up 29.3%)
13. Hungary: $772 million (up 0.5%)
14. Slovenia: $730.5 million (down -12.3%)
15. Japan: $641.5 million (down -23.7%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 90.8% of cars imported by France in 2025.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cars to France from 2024 to 2025 were: South Africa (up 29.3%), Türkiye (up 18.4%), mainland China (up 17%) and Romania (up 16.2%).

Countries that experienced declines in the value of their cars supplied to French importers included: United Kingdom (down -36.3%), South Korea (down -29.2%), Japan (down -23.7%) and Morocco (down -16.8%).

Overall, the value of France’s cars imports fell by an average -4.6% from all supplying countries since 2024 when cars purchased were valued at $44.3 billion.

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Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on May 27, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on May 27, 2026

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on May 27, 2026