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Who buys Germany’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $3.4 billion of polyethylene (2.2 million tonnes), 4% of the world total. Its main destinations were Italy (11%), Poland (9%) and France (9%). Germany was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$3.4billion
Tonnes
2.2million tonnes
Share of world total
4%
World rank
8th
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
Italy376Tonnes: 292,493USD per tonne: $1,28411.2%Sea
Poland319Tonnes: 222,318USD per tonne: $1,4339.5%Land
France307Tonnes: 202,448USD per tonne: $1,5199.2%Land
China227Tonnes: 124,669USD per tonne: $1,8236.8%Sea
United Kingdom192Tonnes: 96,432USD per tonne: $1,9945.7%Sea
Netherlands re-exports177Tonnes: 131,455USD per tonne: $1,3435.3%Land
Spain161Tonnes: 110,257USD per tonne: $1,4594.8%Sea
Belgium re-exports161Tonnes: 124,038USD per tonne: $1,2954.8%Land
Austria119Tonnes: 76,641USD per tonne: $1,5553.6%Land
Czechia106Tonnes: 75,294USD per tonne: $1,4053.2%Land
India102Tonnes: 63,385USD per tonne: $1,6173.1%Sea
Turkey97.1Tonnes: 50,377USD per tonne: $1,9272.9%Sea
Switzerland92.2Tonnes: 53,432USD per tonne: $1,7262.7%Land
Hungary90.3Tonnes: 48,456USD per tonne: $1,8632.7%Sea
Sweden84.8Tonnes: 51,399USD per tonne: $1,6502.5%Sea
Denmark60.4Tonnes: 29,622USD per tonne: $2,0381.8%Land
United States49.3Tonnes: 19,879USD per tonne: $2,4811.5%Sea
Luxembourg43.5Tonnes: 25,436USD per tonne: $1,7121.3%Land
Saudi Arabia43.1Tonnes: 17,144USD per tonne: $2,5151.3%Sea
Romania39.2Tonnes: 26,888USD per tonne: $1,4561.2%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Italy has been its main destination since 2014

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

  • Italy 376
  • Poland 319
  • France 307
  • China 227
  • United Kingdom 192

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Italy196376
Poland17.3319
France220307
China25.2227
United Kingdom150192

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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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