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Where does Mexico get its polyethylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Mexico imported $2.5 billion of polyethylene (2.1 million tonnes), 3% of the world total. The United States sold 88% of the total, followed by Canada (7%) and South Korea (1%). Mexico was the world’s 8th-largest importer of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
2.1million tonnes
Share of world total
3%
World rank
8th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States2.2Tonnes: 1,886,324USD per tonne: $1,17387.8%Land
Canada0.18Tonnes: 129,515USD per tonne: $1,4107.3%Sea
South Korea0.03Tonnes: 17,964USD per tonne: $1,6391.2%Sea
China0.02Tonnes: 22,206USD per tonne: $9120.8%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 3,285USD per tonne: $2,7640.36%Sea
Taiwan0.01Tonnes: 5,379USD per tonne: $1,4680.31%Sea
Sweden0.01Tonnes: 2,352USD per tonne: $2,4290.23%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 3,805USD per tonne: $1,4610.22%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.01Tonnes: 2,255USD per tonne: $2,3230.21%Sea
Israel< 0.01Tonnes: 2,197USD per tonne: $1,7950.16%Sea
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 1,174USD per tonne: $3,2190.15%Sea
Indonesia< 0.01Tonnes: 4,322USD per tonne: $8260.14%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 2,844USD per tonne: $1,1840.13%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 2,821USD per tonne: $1,1050.12%Sea
Portugal< 0.01Tonnes: 1,147USD per tonne: $2,6290.12%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 1,127USD per tonne: $2,4490.11%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 1,758USD per tonne: $1,5410.11%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 1,920USD per tonne: $1,2340.09%Sea
Austria< 0.01Tonnes: 1,269USD per tonne: $1,6510.08%Sea
Luxembourg< 0.01Tonnes: 351USD per tonne: $4,7910.07%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

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

  • United States 2.2
  • Canada 0.18
  • South Korea 0.03
  • China 0.02
  • Germany 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.262.2
Canada0.010.18
South Korea< 0.010.03
China< 0.010.02
Germany< 0.010.01

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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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