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South Africa imports of Motor cars and other motor vehicles (HS 8703)
Where South Africa buys motor cars and other motor vehicles: value, growth, unit value and the top suppliers, from official CEPII BACI statistics. World market for HS 8703 · South Africa trade profile
Top suppliers
| # | Supplier | Value 2024 | Share | Growth | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | USD 1.2 billion | 32.3% | −9.9% | BACI:ZA:IN:8703:1:2024 |
| 2 | China | USD 624.2 million | 17.2% | +62.0% | BACI:ZA:CN:8703:1:2024 |
| 3 | Germany | USD 499.9 million | 13.8% | −16.4% | BACI:ZA:DE:8703:1:2024 |
| 4 | Japan | USD 317.0 million | 8.7% | −14.8% | BACI:ZA:JP:8703:1:2024 |
| 5 | United States | USD 182.3 million | 5.0% | −3.0% | BACI:ZA:US:8703:1:2024 |
| 6 | Slovakia | USD 118.0 million | 3.2% | −51.1% | BACI:ZA:SK:8703:1:2024 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | USD 113.2 million | 3.1% | −46.8% | BACI:ZA:GB:8703:1:2024 |
| 8 | Thailand | USD 113.0 million | 3.1% | −36.5% | BACI:ZA:TH:8703:1:2024 |
| 9 | Spain | USD 109.6 million | 3.0% | −56.0% | BACI:ZA:ES:8703:1:2024 |
| 10 | Mexico | USD 73.3 million | 2.0% | −35.0% | BACI:ZA:MX:8703:1:2024 |
Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Shares of the South Africa total over the partners BACI lists. Record IDs per row.
Trade companies: active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in South Africa, counted in the AYBARION company directory. The matching wholesale activity for this product is Sale of cars and light motor vehicles (NACE 4511). Counts only.
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Data Passport
- CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
- AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-25. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
- Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of South Africa with each partner, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; the total is the sum over partners; shares divide each partner by that total; growth compares 2024 with 2023; unit value is value divided by quantity over flows that report a quantity. Peru and the Philippines are left out of lists and totals by policy.
Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.
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