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Where does Indonesia get its polyethylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Indonesia imported $1.8 billion of polyethylene (1.6 million tonnes), 2.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Thailand (21%), Malaysia (20%) and Singapore (17%). Indonesia was the world’s 14th-largest importer of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
1.6million tonnes
Share of world total
2.2%
World rank
14th
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
Thailand380Tonnes: 342,134USD per tonne: $1,11220.7%Sea
Malaysia365Tonnes: 332,515USD per tonne: $1,09719.9%Sea
Singapore re-exports308Tonnes: 276,297USD per tonne: $1,11616.8%Sea
South Korea127Tonnes: 90,274USD per tonne: $1,4086.9%Sea
Saudi Arabia123Tonnes: 117,073USD per tonne: $1,0476.7%Sea
United States88.4Tonnes: 79,049USD per tonne: $1,1184.8%Sea
China68.3Tonnes: 53,657USD per tonne: $1,2723.7%Sea
United Arab Emirates51.9Tonnes: 47,932USD per tonne: $1,0832.8%Sea
Japan50.2Tonnes: 27,493USD per tonne: $1,8242.7%Sea
Kuwait47.2Tonnes: 47,663USD per tonne: $9912.6%Sea
Taiwan44.3Tonnes: 32,170USD per tonne: $1,3772.4%Sea
Vietnam43.8Tonnes: 24,317USD per tonne: $1,8012.4%Sea
Philippines28Tonnes: 28,569USD per tonne: $9791.5%Sea
Qatar25.2Tonnes: 24,274USD per tonne: $1,0381.4%Sea
Brazil23.7Tonnes: 8,453USD per tonne: $2,8091.3%Sea
Spain17.6Tonnes: 5,608USD per tonne: $3,1440.96%Sea
Oman11Tonnes: 10,941USD per tonne: $1,0030.6%Sea
Canada8.3Tonnes: 8,228USD per tonne: $1,0120.45%Sea
Belgium re-exports7.7Tonnes: 2,715USD per tonne: $2,8260.42%Sea
Germany4.8Tonnes: 2,826USD per tonne: $1,6910.26%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Thailand has been its main source since 2020

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

  • Thailand 380
  • Malaysia 365
  • Singapore 308
  • South Korea 127
  • Saudi Arabia 123

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Thailand6.9380
Malaysia1.5365
Singapore26.9308
South Korea36.5127
Saudi Arabia38.5123

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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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