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Who buys Belgium’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Belgium exported $4.1 billion of polyethylene (2.6 million tonnes), 4.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (18%), Italy (11%) and France (10%). Belgium was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$4.1billion
Tonnes
2.6million tonnes
Share of world total
4.8%
World rank
5th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany725Tonnes: 492,335USD per tonne: $1,47217.6%Land
Italy441Tonnes: 304,114USD per tonne: $1,45010.7%Sea
France407Tonnes: 281,562USD per tonne: $1,4459.9%Land
Netherlands re-exports397Tonnes: 278,000USD per tonne: $1,4279.6%Land
United Kingdom252Tonnes: 157,398USD per tonne: $1,6006.1%Sea
Poland230Tonnes: 151,975USD per tonne: $1,5155.6%Sea
Spain201Tonnes: 125,894USD per tonne: $1,5934.9%Sea
China142Tonnes: 95,468USD per tonne: $1,4863.4%Sea
Sweden122Tonnes: 66,261USD per tonne: $1,8363%Sea
Israel118Tonnes: 68,505USD per tonne: $1,7182.9%Sea
Turkey104Tonnes: 61,093USD per tonne: $1,6952.5%Sea
Luxembourg74.6Tonnes: 31,799USD per tonne: $2,3451.8%Land
Austria73.9Tonnes: 40,510USD per tonne: $1,8241.8%Sea
Czechia60.6Tonnes: 36,406USD per tonne: $1,6651.5%Sea
Greece52.8Tonnes: 24,592USD per tonne: $2,1491.3%Sea
Finland52.1Tonnes: 34,087USD per tonne: $1,5301.3%Sea
Denmark49.4Tonnes: 26,944USD per tonne: $1,8321.2%Sea
Hungary48.8Tonnes: 29,454USD per tonne: $1,6571.2%Sea
India41.6Tonnes: 25,306USD per tonne: $1,6421%Sea
Portugal40.2Tonnes: 23,262USD per tonne: $1,7260.97%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • Germany 0.72
  • Italy 0.44
  • France 0.41
  • Netherlands 0.4
  • United Kingdom 0.25

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.380.72
Italy0.240.44
France0.260.41
Netherlands0.160.4
United Kingdom0.260.25

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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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