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Where does China get its polypropylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $4.7 billion of polypropylene (4 million tonnes), 10.4% of the world total. Its main sources were South Korea (22%), Singapore (15%) and the United Arab Emirates (12%). China was the world’s largest importer of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$4.7billion
Tonnes
4million tonnes
Share of world total
10.4%
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
South Korea1Tonnes: 805,483USD per tonne: $1,28221.9%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.72Tonnes: 623,864USD per tonne: $1,15415.3%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.54Tonnes: 574,033USD per tonne: $94611.5%Sea
Taiwan0.43Tonnes: 356,090USD per tonne: $1,2089.1%Sea
Japan0.43Tonnes: 331,835USD per tonne: $1,2909.1%Sea
United States0.25Tonnes: 84,789USD per tonne: $2,9625.3%Sea
Malaysia0.2Tonnes: 246,271USD per tonne: $7994.2%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.2Tonnes: 189,995USD per tonne: $1,0274.1%Sea
Thailand0.19Tonnes: 194,572USD per tonne: $9994.1%Sea
France0.13Tonnes: 39,920USD per tonne: $3,2032.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.09Tonnes: 44,435USD per tonne: $1,9841.9%Sea
Russia0.09Tonnes: 105,449USD per tonne: $8341.9%Sea
Kazakhstan0.08Tonnes: 116,734USD per tonne: $6481.6%Land
Germany0.07Tonnes: 23,221USD per tonne: $3,1641.6%Sea
Vietnam0.07Tonnes: 91,790USD per tonne: $7161.4%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.05Tonnes: 22,838USD per tonne: $2,3011.1%Sea
India0.02Tonnes: 20,090USD per tonne: $1,0670.45%Sea
Brazil0.02Tonnes: 15,345USD per tonne: $1,1040.36%Sea
Spain0.02Tonnes: 8,547USD per tonne: $1,9180.35%Sea
Indonesia0.01Tonnes: 27,303USD per tonne: $5460.32%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

South Korea was its main source throughout the period

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

  • South Korea 1
  • Singapore 0.72
  • United Arab Emirates 0.54
  • Taiwan 0.43
  • Japan 0.43

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
South Korea0.331
Singapore0.040.72
United Arab Emirates< 0.010.54
Taiwan0.110.43
Japan0.150.43

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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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