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Who buys Malaysia’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Malaysia exported $1.6 billion of polyethylene (1.7 million tonnes), 1.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (31%), Indonesia (23%) and Vietnam (16%). Malaysia was the world’s 16th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
1.7million tonnes
Share of world total
1.8%
World rank
16th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China476Tonnes: 626,918USD per tonne: $75930.6%Sea
Indonesia365Tonnes: 332,515USD per tonne: $1,09723.4%Sea
Vietnam243Tonnes: 234,566USD per tonne: $1,03515.6%Sea
Thailand89.6Tonnes: 80,599USD per tonne: $1,1115.8%Sea
Singapore re-exports88.3Tonnes: 88,741USD per tonne: $9955.7%Sea
India77.8Tonnes: 92,333USD per tonne: $8435%Sea
Philippines75.3Tonnes: 71,431USD per tonne: $1,0544.8%Sea
Bangladesh26.7Tonnes: 21,126USD per tonne: $1,2631.7%Sea
Japan22.8Tonnes: 20,511USD per tonne: $1,1101.5%Sea
Australia19.9Tonnes: 21,674USD per tonne: $9191.3%Sea
Taiwan18.9Tonnes: 16,150USD per tonne: $1,1731.2%Sea
Sri Lanka5.9Tonnes: 5,162USD per tonne: $1,1380.38%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports5.6Tonnes: 3,395USD per tonne: $1,6470.36%Sea
Brazil4.8Tonnes: 2,857USD per tonne: $1,6670.31%Sea
South Korea4.7Tonnes: 4,783USD per tonne: $9900.3%Sea
Myanmar3.5Tonnes: 3,656USD per tonne: $9680.23%Sea
Cambodia3.4Tonnes: 2,694USD per tonne: $1,2720.22%Sea
United Arab Emirates3.4Tonnes: 2,603USD per tonne: $1,2980.22%Sea
Papua New Guinea3.3Tonnes: 2,148USD per tonne: $1,5540.21%Sea
Mexico3.1Tonnes: 2,821USD per tonne: $1,1050.2%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • China 476
  • Indonesia 365
  • Vietnam 243
  • Thailand 89.6
  • Singapore 88.3

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China23.4476
Indonesia1.5365
Vietnam2.9243
Thailand1.289.6
Singapore5.388.3

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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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