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Who buys Qatar’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Qatar exported $2 billion of polyethylene (1.8 million tonnes), 2.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (22%), India (12%) and Pakistan (7%). Qatar was the world’s 12th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
1.8million tonnes
Share of world total
2.3%
World rank
12th
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
China438Tonnes: 414,808USD per tonne: $1,05522.3%Sea
India243Tonnes: 230,277USD per tonne: $1,05512.4%Sea
Pakistan130Tonnes: 121,890USD per tonne: $1,0656.6%Sea
Italy97.8Tonnes: 91,686USD per tonne: $1,0665%Sea
Malaysia92.2Tonnes: 89,714USD per tonne: $1,0284.7%Sea
Turkey91.7Tonnes: 83,067USD per tonne: $1,1044.7%Sea
Taiwan76.3Tonnes: 71,788USD per tonne: $1,0633.9%Sea
Spain69.6Tonnes: 65,215USD per tonne: $1,0683.6%Sea
Nigeria68.9Tonnes: 58,456USD per tonne: $1,1783.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports60.6Tonnes: 53,915USD per tonne: $1,1233.1%Sea
Thailand48.6Tonnes: 45,613USD per tonne: $1,0652.5%Sea
Morocco42.4Tonnes: 39,096USD per tonne: $1,0842.2%Sea
Japan36.2Tonnes: 35,024USD per tonne: $1,0351.9%Sea
Kenya26.6Tonnes: 23,716USD per tonne: $1,1231.4%Sea
Indonesia25.2Tonnes: 24,274USD per tonne: $1,0381.3%Sea
Philippines24.3Tonnes: 24,076USD per tonne: $1,0111.2%Sea
South Korea23.4Tonnes: 22,360USD per tonne: $1,0481.2%Sea
Ukraine22.7Tonnes: 18,090USD per tonne: $1,2571.2%Sea
Germany20.5Tonnes: 17,293USD per tonne: $1,1871.1%Sea
Portugal19.7Tonnes: 18,041USD per tonne: $1,0921%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 438
  • India 243
  • Pakistan 130
  • Italy 97.8
  • Malaysia 92.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China25.4438
India8.1243
Pakistan0130
Italy097.8
Malaysia7.992.2

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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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