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Where does Germany get its polypropylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $2.8 billion of polypropylene (1.6 million tonnes), 6.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (27%), the Netherlands (16%) and France (10%). Germany was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$2.8billion
Tonnes
1.6million tonnes
Share of world total
6.2%
World rank
3rd
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-exports747Tonnes: 434,002USD per tonne: $1,72226.8%Land
Netherlands re-exports444Tonnes: 291,719USD per tonne: $1,52115.9%Land
France280Tonnes: 171,324USD per tonne: $1,63410%Land
Austria241Tonnes: 141,364USD per tonne: $1,7038.6%Land
Italy169Tonnes: 84,323USD per tonne: $2,0066.1%Sea
Czechia122Tonnes: 72,237USD per tonne: $1,6844.4%Land
Spain118Tonnes: 80,252USD per tonne: $1,4714.2%Sea
Poland113Tonnes: 86,261USD per tonne: $1,3094.1%Land
United States90.8Tonnes: 14,483USD per tonne: $6,2663.3%Sea
Saudi Arabia67.6Tonnes: 49,708USD per tonne: $1,3602.4%Sea
Slovakia50.8Tonnes: 36,480USD per tonne: $1,3911.8%Sea
Finland43.1Tonnes: 25,902USD per tonne: $1,6641.5%Sea
South Korea41.1Tonnes: 25,602USD per tonne: $1,6061.5%Sea
Hungary33.7Tonnes: 23,921USD per tonne: $1,4101.2%Sea
Sweden31.2Tonnes: 17,089USD per tonne: $1,8261.1%Sea
United Kingdom30Tonnes: 19,104USD per tonne: $1,5691.1%Sea
Japan28.4Tonnes: 8,830USD per tonne: $3,2141%Sea
Canada28.1Tonnes: 5,560USD per tonne: $5,0581%Sea
Israel23.3Tonnes: 6,244USD per tonne: $3,7290.83%Sea
Denmark15.7Tonnes: 8,254USD per tonne: $1,9080.56%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Belgium 0.75
  • Netherlands 0.44
  • France 0.28
  • Austria 0.24
  • Italy 0.17

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium0.340.75
Netherlands0.180.44
France0.20.28
Austria0.090.24
Italy0.090.17

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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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