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Who buys France’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $1.6 billion of polyethylene (1.1 million tonnes), 1.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (21%), Italy (16%) and Spain (9%). France was the world’s 15th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
1.1million tonnes
Share of world total
1.9%
World rank
15th
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
Germany345Tonnes: 235,702USD per tonne: $1,46421.3%Land
Italy264Tonnes: 197,133USD per tonne: $1,34116.3%Land
Spain142Tonnes: 109,113USD per tonne: $1,3048.8%Land
Poland107Tonnes: 65,656USD per tonne: $1,6286.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports98.7Tonnes: 73,021USD per tonne: $1,3526.1%Land
United Kingdom77.5Tonnes: 51,221USD per tonne: $1,5134.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports72.7Tonnes: 57,349USD per tonne: $1,2674.5%Sea
Turkey63.8Tonnes: 43,723USD per tonne: $1,4593.9%Sea
China56.3Tonnes: 26,961USD per tonne: $2,0893.5%Sea
Algeria33.4Tonnes: 21,046USD per tonne: $1,5892.1%Sea
Switzerland30.8Tonnes: 16,154USD per tonne: $1,9101.9%Land
India23.9Tonnes: 17,109USD per tonne: $1,4001.5%Sea
Austria22.5Tonnes: 14,621USD per tonne: $1,5361.4%Sea
Finland18Tonnes: 9,889USD per tonne: $1,8161.1%Sea
Greece17.5Tonnes: 12,720USD per tonne: $1,3781.1%Sea
Denmark15.9Tonnes: 10,851USD per tonne: $1,4610.98%Sea
United States13.2Tonnes: 8,110USD per tonne: $1,6240.81%Sea
Czechia12.9Tonnes: 7,767USD per tonne: $1,6560.79%Sea
Hungary12.7Tonnes: 8,169USD per tonne: $1,5550.78%Sea
Brazil12.4Tonnes: 6,970USD per tonne: $1,7850.77%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany has been its main destination since 2007

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

  • Germany 345
  • Italy 264
  • Spain 142
  • Poland 107
  • Belgium 98.7

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany229345
Italy194264
Spain83.4142
Poland2.6107
Belgium10698.7

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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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