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Where does Italy get its polyethylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Italy imported $2.7 billion of polyethylene (2.1 million tonnes), 3.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (16%), Germany (14%) and France (10%). Italy was the world’s 7th-largest importer of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
2.1million tonnes
Share of world total
3.2%
World rank
7th
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-exports441Tonnes: 304,114USD per tonne: $1,45016.2%Sea
Germany376Tonnes: 292,493USD per tonne: $1,28413.8%Sea
France264Tonnes: 197,133USD per tonne: $1,3419.7%Land
United States250Tonnes: 238,198USD per tonne: $1,0479.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports236Tonnes: 167,651USD per tonne: $1,4078.7%Sea
Spain224Tonnes: 168,617USD per tonne: $1,3298.2%Sea
Austria116Tonnes: 75,045USD per tonne: $1,5464.3%Land
Saudi Arabia107Tonnes: 100,344USD per tonne: $1,0673.9%Sea
Qatar97.8Tonnes: 91,686USD per tonne: $1,0663.6%Sea
South Korea95Tonnes: 73,040USD per tonne: $1,3013.5%Sea
Czechia86.5Tonnes: 60,485USD per tonne: $1,4303.2%Sea
Hungary71.6Tonnes: 58,217USD per tonne: $1,2302.6%Sea
Sweden45Tonnes: 31,723USD per tonne: $1,4191.7%Sea
Turkey43Tonnes: 32,608USD per tonne: $1,3171.6%Sea
Poland26Tonnes: 21,435USD per tonne: $1,2140.96%Sea
Israel24.7Tonnes: 17,022USD per tonne: $1,4490.91%Sea
Egypt23.6Tonnes: 20,746USD per tonne: $1,1360.87%Sea
Mexico17.3Tonnes: 15,984USD per tonne: $1,0820.64%Sea
Slovenia17Tonnes: 13,636USD per tonne: $1,2500.63%Land
China15.5Tonnes: 10,303USD per tonne: $1,5000.57%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium has been its main source since 2021

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

  • Belgium 441
  • Germany 376
  • France 264
  • United States 250
  • Netherlands 236

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium241441
Germany196376
France194264
United States2.4250
Netherlands98.6236

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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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