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Who buys China’s polypropylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $2.7 billion of polypropylene (2.2 million tonnes), 6% of the world total. Its main destinations were Vietnam (16%), Indonesia (12%) and Thailand (5%). China was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
2.2million tonnes
Share of world total
6%
World rank
6th
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
Vietnam440Tonnes: 386,648USD per tonne: $1,13816.3%Sea
Indonesia321Tonnes: 189,039USD per tonne: $1,69611.9%Sea
Thailand138Tonnes: 125,225USD per tonne: $1,0995.1%Sea
Peru133Tonnes: 133,180USD per tonne: $1,0025%Sea
Bangladesh131Tonnes: 133,203USD per tonne: $9874.9%Sea
Brazil125Tonnes: 116,909USD per tonne: $1,0714.6%Sea
India120Tonnes: 104,918USD per tonne: $1,1454.5%Sea
Russia87.1Tonnes: 41,835USD per tonne: $2,0823.2%Land
Pakistan81.7Tonnes: 83,076USD per tonne: $9833%Sea
Nigeria80.7Tonnes: 64,077USD per tonne: $1,2603%Sea
Japan59.6Tonnes: 37,093USD per tonne: $1,6072.2%Sea
Mexico59.1Tonnes: 49,626USD per tonne: $1,1902.2%Sea
Malaysia56.9Tonnes: 43,369USD per tonne: $1,3122.1%Sea
United Arab Emirates44.3Tonnes: 38,986USD per tonne: $1,1361.6%Sea
Cambodia44.1Tonnes: 36,195USD per tonne: $1,2191.6%Sea
Tanzania43.8Tonnes: 40,871USD per tonne: $1,0711.6%Sea
Philippines41.9Tonnes: 47,668USD per tonne: $8791.6%Sea
Kenya38.5Tonnes: 40,726USD per tonne: $9441.4%Sea
Guatemala38.3Tonnes: 36,092USD per tonne: $1,0621.4%Sea
Uzbekistan38.2Tonnes: 32,472USD per tonne: $1,1771.4%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Vietnam has been its main destination since 2007

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

  • Vietnam 440
  • Indonesia 321
  • Thailand 138
  • Peru 133
  • Bangladesh 131

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Vietnam0.36440
Indonesia0.37321
Thailand0.03138
Peru0133
Bangladesh0.08131

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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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