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Who buys Canada’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $4.6 billion of polyethylene (4.2 million tonnes), 5.4% of the world total. The United States bought 76% of the total, followed by China (8%) and Mexico (4%). Canada was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$4.6billion
Tonnes
4.2million tonnes
Share of world total
5.4%
World rank
4th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States3.5Tonnes: 3,232,459USD per tonne: $1,07275.7%Sea
China0.35Tonnes: 324,018USD per tonne: $1,0857.7%Sea
Mexico0.18Tonnes: 129,515USD per tonne: $1,4104%Sea
Brazil0.13Tonnes: 109,137USD per tonne: $1,2002.9%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.04Tonnes: 40,217USD per tonne: $9730.86%Sea
India0.03Tonnes: 17,163USD per tonne: $2,0130.75%Sea
Malaysia0.03Tonnes: 38,876USD per tonne: $8220.7%Sea
Colombia0.03Tonnes: 28,647USD per tonne: $9620.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.02Tonnes: 10,809USD per tonne: $2,3090.55%Sea
Vietnam0.02Tonnes: 23,643USD per tonne: $9890.51%Sea
Poland0.02Tonnes: 19,478USD per tonne: $1,1590.49%Sea
Guatemala0.02Tonnes: 17,457USD per tonne: $1,1940.46%Sea
Spain0.02Tonnes: 10,811USD per tonne: $1,6280.38%Sea
Turkey0.02Tonnes: 14,017USD per tonne: $1,1940.37%Sea
South Korea0.01Tonnes: 10,048USD per tonne: $1,3720.3%Sea
Peru0.01Tonnes: 10,327USD per tonne: $1,1510.26%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.01Tonnes: 7,429USD per tonne: $1,5820.26%Sea
Taiwan0.01Tonnes: 7,567USD per tonne: $1,4870.25%Sea
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 5,513USD per tonne: $1,8030.22%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 6,916USD per tonne: $1,3330.2%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United States 3.5
  • China 0.35
  • Mexico 0.18
  • Brazil 0.13
  • Singapore 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States1.13.5
China0.040.35
Mexico0.010.18
Brazil< 0.010.13
Singapore< 0.010.04

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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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