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Where does China get its natural rubber? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $3.9 billion of natural rubber (2.4 million tonnes), 23.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Thailand (37%), Côte d'Ivoire (14%) and Laos (10%). China was the world’s largest importer of natural rubber.

Summary

Value
$3.9billion
Tonnes
2.4million tonnes
Share of world total
23.3%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Thailand1.5Tonnes: 897,591USD per tonne: $1,62137.4%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire0.56Tonnes: 393,166USD per tonne: $1,43114.5%Sea
Laos0.4Tonnes: 216,110USD per tonne: $1,83010.2%Land
Malaysia0.39Tonnes: 229,000USD per tonne: $1,70110%Sea
Vietnam0.36Tonnes: 255,022USD per tonne: $1,4149.3%Land
Myanmar0.34Tonnes: 232,173USD per tonne: $1,4518.7%Land
Indonesia0.29Tonnes: 168,887USD per tonne: $1,7387.6%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.04Tonnes: 23,246USD per tonne: $1,6540.99%Sea
Philippines0.02Tonnes: 9,901USD per tonne: $1,6210.41%Sea
Liberia0.01Tonnes: 5,764USD per tonne: $1,7280.26%Sea
Cambodia0.01Tonnes: 3,057USD per tonne: $2,3670.19%Sea
Ghana< 0.01Tonnes: 2,844USD per tonne: $1,5660.11%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 2,462USD per tonne: $1,7180.11%Sea
Nigeria< 0.01Tonnes: 2,681USD per tonne: $1,5100.1%Sea
Sri Lanka< 0.01Tonnes: 902USD per tonne: $2,9850.07%Sea
Guinea< 0.01Tonnes: 862USD per tonne: $1,8440.04%Sea
Papua New Guinea< 0.01Tonnes: 680USD per tonne: $1,8590.03%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 52USD per tonne: $16,2390.02%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 281USD per tonne: $1,8710.01%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 317USD per tonne: $1,0400.01%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Thailand was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Thailand 1.5
  • Côte d'Ivoire 0.56
  • Laos 0.4
  • Malaysia 0.39
  • Vietnam 0.36

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Thailand0.211.5
Côte d'Ivoire00.56
Laos00.4
Malaysia0.130.39
Vietnam0.010.36

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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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