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Who buys the Netherlands’ polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $3.3 billion of polyethylene (2.2 million tonnes), 3.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (22%), Belgium (9%) and Poland (8%). The Netherlands was the world’s 9th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$3.3billion
Tonnes
2.2million tonnes
Share of world total
3.8%
World rank
9th
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
Germany711Tonnes: 493,901USD per tonne: $1,43921.7%Land
Belgium re-exports288Tonnes: 212,597USD per tonne: $1,3568.8%Land
Poland265Tonnes: 205,837USD per tonne: $1,2898.1%Sea
France249Tonnes: 164,511USD per tonne: $1,5167.6%Sea
Italy236Tonnes: 167,651USD per tonne: $1,4077.2%Sea
United Kingdom165Tonnes: 119,983USD per tonne: $1,3755.1%Sea
Spain154Tonnes: 101,231USD per tonne: $1,5254.7%Sea
Turkey105Tonnes: 73,228USD per tonne: $1,4283.2%Sea
Sweden99.7Tonnes: 69,675USD per tonne: $1,4313.1%Sea
China88.1Tonnes: 60,540USD per tonne: $1,4552.7%Sea
Denmark83Tonnes: 47,929USD per tonne: $1,7332.5%Sea
Finland75.3Tonnes: 45,257USD per tonne: $1,6652.3%Sea
Czechia72.4Tonnes: 44,418USD per tonne: $1,6302.2%Sea
Croatia60.3Tonnes: 48,216USD per tonne: $1,2501.8%Sea
Hungary51Tonnes: 32,407USD per tonne: $1,5741.6%Sea
Austria50.8Tonnes: 30,802USD per tonne: $1,6501.6%Sea
Romania50Tonnes: 36,278USD per tonne: $1,3771.5%Sea
Israel35.2Tonnes: 24,433USD per tonne: $1,4411.1%Sea
India35.1Tonnes: 24,259USD per tonne: $1,4471.1%Sea
Switzerland33.4Tonnes: 19,308USD per tonne: $1,7281%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany has been its main destination since 2004

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

  • Germany 0.71
  • Belgium 0.29
  • Poland 0.27
  • France 0.25
  • Italy 0.24

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.310.71
Belgium0.260.29
Poland0.010.27
France0.180.25
Italy0.10.24

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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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