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Where does Italy get its polypropylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Italy imported $2.2 billion of polypropylene (1.7 million tonnes), 4.9% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (22%), Belgium (17%) and France (11%). Italy was the world’s 4th-largest importer of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$2.2billion
Tonnes
1.7million tonnes
Share of world total
4.9%
World rank
4th
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
Germany497Tonnes: 364,035USD per tonne: $1,36622.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports370Tonnes: 238,792USD per tonne: $1,55016.7%Sea
France241Tonnes: 185,657USD per tonne: $1,29710.9%Land
Austria158Tonnes: 111,170USD per tonne: $1,4177.1%Land
South Korea135Tonnes: 113,815USD per tonne: $1,1876.1%Sea
Spain131Tonnes: 106,448USD per tonne: $1,2295.9%Sea
Saudi Arabia114Tonnes: 117,514USD per tonne: $9725.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports105Tonnes: 62,028USD per tonne: $1,6904.7%Sea
Israel86.5Tonnes: 68,615USD per tonne: $1,2603.9%Sea
Poland57.9Tonnes: 47,944USD per tonne: $1,2082.6%Sea
Hungary46.7Tonnes: 40,144USD per tonne: $1,1632.1%Sea
Slovakia26Tonnes: 21,662USD per tonne: $1,1991.2%Sea
Czechia22.8Tonnes: 21,164USD per tonne: $1,0771%Sea
South Africa20.5Tonnes: 20,814USD per tonne: $9830.92%Sea
Egypt20.4Tonnes: 17,276USD per tonne: $1,1790.92%Sea
Finland19.8Tonnes: 14,800USD per tonne: $1,3390.89%Sea
Vietnam18.9Tonnes: 15,720USD per tonne: $1,2040.85%Sea
United States14Tonnes: 7,520USD per tonne: $1,8680.63%Sea
Greece13.9Tonnes: 12,706USD per tonne: $1,0920.63%Sea
India13.2Tonnes: 10,815USD per tonne: $1,2230.6%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2006

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

  • Germany 497
  • Belgium 370
  • France 241
  • Austria 158
  • South Korea 135

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany215497
Belgium214370
France218241
Austria57.7158
South Korea1.1135

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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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