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Where does France get its polyethylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $1.9 billion of polyethylene (1.2 million tonnes), 2.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (22%), Germany (16%) and the Netherlands (13%). France was the world’s 12th-largest importer of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
1.2million tonnes
Share of world total
2.2%
World rank
12th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Belgium re-exports407Tonnes: 281,562USD per tonne: $1,44521.8%Land
Germany307Tonnes: 202,448USD per tonne: $1,51916.5%Land
Netherlands re-exports249Tonnes: 164,511USD per tonne: $1,51613.4%Sea
Spain246Tonnes: 178,892USD per tonne: $1,37713.2%Land
Italy111Tonnes: 69,488USD per tonne: $1,5925.9%Land
United States105Tonnes: 61,900USD per tonne: $1,6895.6%Sea
Austria85.9Tonnes: 41,414USD per tonne: $2,0744.6%Sea
United Kingdom65.6Tonnes: 33,446USD per tonne: $1,9633.5%Sea
Saudi Arabia53.4Tonnes: 40,252USD per tonne: $1,3252.9%Sea
Egypt36.4Tonnes: 24,221USD per tonne: $1,5022%Sea
Poland27Tonnes: 19,721USD per tonne: $1,3701.5%Sea
Qatar19.2Tonnes: 16,280USD per tonne: $1,1801%Sea
Sweden16.1Tonnes: 10,611USD per tonne: $1,5130.86%Sea
Finland12.4Tonnes: 8,868USD per tonne: $1,4020.67%Sea
Portugal11.4Tonnes: 10,155USD per tonne: $1,1230.61%Sea
Norway10.4Tonnes: 6,031USD per tonne: $1,7250.56%Sea
Czechia10.2Tonnes: 8,195USD per tonne: $1,2430.55%Sea
Israel10Tonnes: 2,877USD per tonne: $3,4810.54%Sea
China7.9Tonnes: 4,041USD per tonne: $1,9440.42%Sea
Kuwait7.6Tonnes: 7,590USD per tonne: $1,0060.41%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Belgium 407
  • Germany 307
  • Netherlands 249
  • Spain 246
  • Italy 111

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium258407
Germany220307
Netherlands180249
Spain43.4246
Italy52.9111

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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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