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Who buys Iran’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Iran exported $1.9 billion of polyethylene (1.9 million tonnes), 2.2% of the world total. China bought 71% of the total, followed by Turkey (15%) and Uzbekistan (2%). Iran was the world’s 13th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
1.9million tonnes
Share of world total
2.2%
World rank
13th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.3Tonnes: 1,330,012USD per tonne: $1,00971.3%Sea
Turkey0.29Tonnes: 289,068USD per tonne: $1,00715.5%Sea
Uzbekistan0.04Tonnes: 75,895USD per tonne: $5552.2%Sea
Pakistan0.03Tonnes: 52,506USD per tonne: $6601.8%Sea
Kazakhstan0.03Tonnes: 37,012USD per tonne: $7921.6%Sea
Azerbaijan0.03Tonnes: 27,275USD per tonne: $1,0261.5%Land
Georgia0.02Tonnes: 21,145USD per tonne: $1,1161.3%Sea
India0.02Tonnes: 17,845USD per tonne: $1,1321.1%Sea
Armenia0.01Tonnes: 11,487USD per tonne: $1,1750.72%Land
Italy0.01Tonnes: 10,741USD per tonne: $1,0240.58%Sea
Bulgaria0.01Tonnes: 8,232USD per tonne: $1,2320.54%Sea
Serbia0.01Tonnes: 8,189USD per tonne: $1,1940.52%Sea
Spain0.01Tonnes: 7,281USD per tonne: $1,0050.39%Sea
North Macedonia0.01Tonnes: 4,416USD per tonne: $1,2390.29%Sea
Czechia< 0.01Tonnes: 2,575USD per tonne: $1,2650.17%Sea
Kyrgyzstan< 0.01Tonnes: 2,952USD per tonne: $7890.12%Sea
Romania< 0.01Tonnes: 1,764USD per tonne: $1,1630.11%Sea
Slovakia< 0.01Tonnes: 916USD per tonne: $1,2950.06%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 816USD per tonne: $1,2630.05%Sea
Greece< 0.01Tonnes: 890USD per tonne: $1,1410.05%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2008

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

  • China 1.3
  • Turkey 0.29
  • Uzbekistan 0.04
  • Pakistan 0.03
  • Kazakhstan 0.03

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.011.3
Turkey00.29
Uzbekistan00.04
Pakistan00.03
Kazakhstan00.03

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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