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Where does Belgium get its polyethylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Belgium imported $2.1 billion of polyethylene (1.5 million tonnes), 2.4% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (43%), the Netherlands (14%) and Saudi Arabia (9%). Belgium was the world’s 10th-largest importer of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
1.5million tonnes
Share of world total
2.4%
World rank
10th
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
United States897Tonnes: 496,360USD per tonne: $1,80643.4%Sea
Netherlands re-exports288Tonnes: 212,597USD per tonne: $1,35614%Land
Saudi Arabia184Tonnes: 190,637USD per tonne: $9688.9%Sea
Germany161Tonnes: 124,038USD per tonne: $1,2957.8%Land
France98.7Tonnes: 73,021USD per tonne: $1,3524.8%Land
Brazil71.6Tonnes: 56,780USD per tonne: $1,2603.5%Sea
Qatar60.6Tonnes: 53,915USD per tonne: $1,1232.9%Sea
Spain41.9Tonnes: 27,504USD per tonne: $1,5222%Sea
South Korea29.5Tonnes: 32,680USD per tonne: $9031.4%Sea
United Kingdom28.8Tonnes: 29,353USD per tonne: $9821.4%Sea
Sweden26.1Tonnes: 26,831USD per tonne: $9731.3%Sea
Canada25Tonnes: 10,809USD per tonne: $2,3091.2%Sea
Italy21.3Tonnes: 13,968USD per tonne: $1,5281%Sea
Austria19.5Tonnes: 17,186USD per tonne: $1,1320.94%Sea
Finland16.3Tonnes: 10,806USD per tonne: $1,5110.79%Sea
Czechia10.9Tonnes: 8,028USD per tonne: $1,3600.53%Sea
Egypt10.6Tonnes: 11,325USD per tonne: $9400.52%Sea
Singapore re-exports10.2Tonnes: 10,320USD per tonne: $9840.49%Sea
Norway9.7Tonnes: 2,140USD per tonne: $4,5120.47%Sea
Poland9.6Tonnes: 9,362USD per tonne: $1,0280.47%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2018

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

  • United States 0.9
  • Netherlands 0.29
  • Saudi Arabia 0.18
  • Germany 0.16
  • France 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.040.9
Netherlands0.260.29
Saudi Arabia0.050.18
Germany0.130.16
France0.110.1

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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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