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Who buys Qatar’s crude oil? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Qatar exported $21.1 billion of crude oil (33.6 million tonnes), 1.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (28%), South Korea (21%) and Singapore (15%). Qatar was the world’s 18th-largest exporter of crude oil.

Summary

Value
$21.1billion
Tonnes
33.6million tonnes
Share of world total
1.6%
World rank
18th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 16 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China5.9Tonnes: 9,448,668USD per tonne: $62027.7%Sea
South Korea4.5Tonnes: 6,487,963USD per tonne: $69621.4%Sea
Singapore re-exports3.2Tonnes: 5,034,038USD per tonne: $63715.2%Sea
Japan2.8Tonnes: 4,606,657USD per tonne: $61713.4%Sea
Taiwan1.1Tonnes: 2,185,914USD per tonne: $5245.4%Sea
Thailand1Tonnes: 1,641,476USD per tonne: $6274.9%Sea
India0.93Tonnes: 1,417,770USD per tonne: $6594.4%Sea
Myanmar0.84Tonnes: 1,357,009USD per tonne: $6194%Sea
Malaysia0.57Tonnes: 1,020,945USD per tonne: $5612.7%Sea
Pakistan0.1Tonnes: 172,486USD per tonne: $5680.46%Sea
Brunei0.07Tonnes: 124,690USD per tonne: $5640.33%Sea
Philippines0.04Tonnes: 68,470USD per tonne: $5610.18%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 32USD per tonne: $8310%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $9,8200%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $1,3650%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $6280%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • China 5.9
  • South Korea 4.5
  • Singapore 3.2
  • Japan 2.8
  • Taiwan 1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China05.9
South Korea0.194.5
Singapore0.293.2
Japan1.92.8
Taiwan01.1

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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