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Where does India get its polypropylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, India imported $1.9 billion of polypropylene (1.6 million tonnes), 4.2% of the world total. Its main sources were the United Arab Emirates (21%), Singapore (20%) and Saudi Arabia (20%). India was the world’s 6th-largest importer of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
1.6million tonnes
Share of world total
4.2%
World rank
6th
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
United Arab Emirates390Tonnes: 389,995USD per tonne: $1,00120.7%Sea
Singapore re-exports378Tonnes: 297,882USD per tonne: $1,27020.1%Sea
Saudi Arabia376Tonnes: 374,526USD per tonne: $1,00420%Sea
Thailand144Tonnes: 111,977USD per tonne: $1,2897.7%Sea
South Korea136Tonnes: 92,708USD per tonne: $1,4657.2%Sea
China120Tonnes: 104,918USD per tonne: $1,1456.4%Sea
United States65.4Tonnes: 53,077USD per tonne: $1,2333.5%Sea
Japan55.7Tonnes: 37,045USD per tonne: $1,5053%Sea
Malaysia54.6Tonnes: 43,179USD per tonne: $1,2662.9%Sea
Oman40.3Tonnes: 42,108USD per tonne: $9572.1%Sea
Kuwait32.4Tonnes: 33,373USD per tonne: $9711.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports17.3Tonnes: 6,961USD per tonne: $2,4900.92%Sea
Taiwan14.3Tonnes: 10,000USD per tonne: $1,4350.76%Sea
Germany10.2Tonnes: 3,028USD per tonne: $3,3780.54%Sea
France7.7Tonnes: 2,800USD per tonne: $2,7340.41%Sea
Netherlands re-exports7.6Tonnes: 3,739USD per tonne: $2,0390.4%Sea
Finland5Tonnes: 1,407USD per tonne: $3,5810.27%Sea
Italy4.4Tonnes: 1,559USD per tonne: $2,8100.23%Sea
Vietnam4.4Tonnes: 4,369USD per tonne: $1,0000.23%Sea
Canada3Tonnes: 1,488USD per tonne: $2,0330.16%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United Arab Emirates has been its main source since 2024

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

  • United Arab Emirates 390
  • Singapore 378
  • Saudi Arabia 376
  • Thailand 144
  • South Korea 136

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Arab Emirates1.5390
Singapore7378
Saudi Arabia26.7376
Thailand24.7144
South Korea57.6136

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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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