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Who buys Saudi Arabia’s liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane)? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Saudi Arabia exported $4.5 billion of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane) (6.9 million tonnes), 5.2% of the world total. India bought 53% of the total, followed by China (20%) and Indonesia (9%). Saudi Arabia was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane).

Summary

Value
$4.5billion
Tonnes
6.9million tonnes
Share of world total
5.2%
World rank
4th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 15 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
India2.4Tonnes: 3,696,127USD per tonne: $64853.4%Sea
China0.91Tonnes: 1,393,355USD per tonne: $65520.4%Sea
Indonesia0.38Tonnes: 612,529USD per tonne: $6238.5%Sea
South Korea0.2Tonnes: 318,994USD per tonne: $6314.5%Sea
Philippines0.17Tonnes: 245,403USD per tonne: $6883.8%Sea
Egypt0.11Tonnes: 155,601USD per tonne: $7082.5%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.11Tonnes: 163,494USD per tonne: $6452.4%Sea
Taiwan0.08Tonnes: 118,425USD per tonne: $6791.8%Sea
Thailand0.08Tonnes: 116,599USD per tonne: $6661.7%Sea
Malaysia0.03Tonnes: 45,668USD per tonne: $6180.63%Sea
Japan0.02Tonnes: 22,692USD per tonne: $6650.34%Sea
Tanzania< 0.01Tonnes: 8,218USD per tonne: $5730.1%Sea
Mauritius< 0.01Tonnes: 6,558USD per tonne: $7000.1%Sea
Zimbabwe< 0.01Tonnes: 98USD per tonne: $7800%Sea
Pakistan< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $28,0000%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

India has been its main destination since 2010

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

  • India 2.4
  • China 0.91
  • Indonesia 0.38
  • South Korea 0.2
  • Philippines 0.17

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India0.092.4
China0.110.91
Indonesia0.010.38
South Korea0.520.2
Philippines00.17

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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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