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Who buys Oman’s methanol? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Oman exported $1.6 billion of methanol (5.2 million tonnes), 12.4% of the world total. China bought 62% of the total, followed by Malaysia (10%) and Indonesia (6%). Oman was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of methanol.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
5.2million tonnes
Share of world total
12.4%
World rank
2nd
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
China996Tonnes: 3,397,742USD per tonne: $29362.2%Sea
Malaysia156Tonnes: 465,390USD per tonne: $3359.7%Sea
Indonesia92.8Tonnes: 287,181USD per tonne: $3235.8%Sea
South Korea65.7Tonnes: 199,755USD per tonne: $3294.1%Sea
Taiwan64.6Tonnes: 170,777USD per tonne: $3794%Sea
Netherlands re-exports61.9Tonnes: 205,072USD per tonne: $3023.9%Sea
Thailand52.3Tonnes: 152,724USD per tonne: $3433.3%Sea
Singapore re-exports45Tonnes: 142,089USD per tonne: $3172.8%Sea
India39.5Tonnes: 134,290USD per tonne: $2942.5%Sea
Japan12.2Tonnes: 38,546USD per tonne: $3160.76%Sea
Belgium re-exports5Tonnes: 15,000USD per tonne: $3320.31%Sea
Italy4.1Tonnes: 11,484USD per tonne: $3570.26%Sea
Pakistan2Tonnes: 6,602USD per tonne: $3010.12%Sea
Turkey1.7Tonnes: 5,056USD per tonne: $3320.1%Sea
Poland1.3Tonnes: 4,131USD per tonne: $3180.08%Sea
Germany0.39Tonnes: 1,042USD per tonne: $3720.02%Sea
Kenya0.34Tonnes: 571USD per tonne: $5900.02%Sea
Tanzania0.23Tonnes: 448USD per tonne: $5160.01%Sea
Czechia0.21Tonnes: 578USD per tonne: $3690.01%Sea
Uganda0.15Tonnes: 309USD per tonne: $4890.01%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • China 996
  • Malaysia 156
  • Indonesia 92.8
  • South Korea 65.7
  • Taiwan 64.6

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0996
Malaysia0156
Indonesia092.8
South Korea065.7
Taiwan064.6

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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