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Where does France get its polypropylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $1.5 billion of polypropylene (837 thousand tonnes), 3.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (30%), Germany (19%) and Spain (13%). France was the world’s 8th-largest importer of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
837thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.3%
World rank
8th
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-exports445Tonnes: 273,012USD per tonne: $1,63030.2%Land
Germany273Tonnes: 163,116USD per tonne: $1,67318.5%Land
Spain198Tonnes: 127,992USD per tonne: $1,54613.5%Land
Netherlands re-exports118Tonnes: 64,121USD per tonne: $1,8448%Sea
United States108Tonnes: 34,682USD per tonne: $3,1017.3%Sea
Italy65.5Tonnes: 37,990USD per tonne: $1,7244.5%Land
Austria53.3Tonnes: 29,361USD per tonne: $1,8173.6%Sea
United Kingdom53.1Tonnes: 27,881USD per tonne: $1,9053.6%Sea
Japan23.4Tonnes: 5,661USD per tonne: $4,1341.6%Sea
Saudi Arabia21.7Tonnes: 16,274USD per tonne: $1,3351.5%Sea
South Korea17.6Tonnes: 9,180USD per tonne: $1,9221.2%Sea
Singapore re-exports17Tonnes: 5,536USD per tonne: $3,0751.2%Sea
Poland13.2Tonnes: 9,500USD per tonne: $1,3850.89%Sea
Hungary7.8Tonnes: 5,342USD per tonne: $1,4630.53%Sea
Israel7.1Tonnes: 2,766USD per tonne: $2,5840.49%Sea
Portugal6.8Tonnes: 2,678USD per tonne: $2,5290.46%Sea
Czechia6.6Tonnes: 4,213USD per tonne: $1,5690.45%Sea
Slovakia6.4Tonnes: 4,545USD per tonne: $1,4130.44%Sea
Switzerland5.8Tonnes: 618USD per tonne: $9,3110.39%Land
Egypt4Tonnes: 3,049USD per tonne: $1,3040.27%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium has been its main source since 2012

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

  • Belgium 445
  • Germany 273
  • Spain 198
  • Netherlands 118
  • United States 108

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium152445
Germany134273
Spain27.8198
Netherlands74.6118
United States20.7108

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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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