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Who buys Saudi Arabia’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Saudi Arabia exported $11 billion of polyethylene (10.4 million tonnes), 12.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (21%), Singapore (10%) and India (7%). Saudi Arabia was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$11billion
Tonnes
10.4million tonnes
Share of world total
12.9%
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 billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.3Tonnes: 2,357,717USD per tonne: $97821%Sea
Singapore re-exports1.1Tonnes: 1,107,021USD per tonne: $9649.7%Sea
India0.76Tonnes: 700,960USD per tonne: $1,0866.9%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.62Tonnes: 590,249USD per tonne: $1,0535.7%Sea
Egypt0.6Tonnes: 480,749USD per tonne: $1,2495.5%Sea
Turkey0.56Tonnes: 558,371USD per tonne: $1,0115.1%Sea
Vietnam0.42Tonnes: 424,246USD per tonne: $9963.8%Sea
Algeria0.4Tonnes: 363,925USD per tonne: $1,1103.7%Sea
Malaysia0.3Tonnes: 265,264USD per tonne: $1,1222.7%Sea
Jordan0.29Tonnes: 272,875USD per tonne: $1,0552.6%Sea
Pakistan0.23Tonnes: 218,519USD per tonne: $1,0522.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.18Tonnes: 190,637USD per tonne: $9681.7%Sea
Spain0.17Tonnes: 151,684USD per tonne: $1,0941.5%Sea
Morocco0.17Tonnes: 142,644USD per tonne: $1,1601.5%Sea
South Africa0.15Tonnes: 149,780USD per tonne: $1,0321.4%Sea
Poland0.15Tonnes: 135,218USD per tonne: $1,1201.4%Sea
Yemen0.13Tonnes: 108,992USD per tonne: $1,1691.2%Land
Indonesia0.12Tonnes: 117,073USD per tonne: $1,0471.1%Sea
United Kingdom0.12Tonnes: 86,772USD per tonne: $1,3331.1%Sea
Thailand0.11Tonnes: 103,009USD per tonne: $1,0861%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • China 2.3
  • Singapore 1.1
  • India 0.76
  • United Arab Emirates 0.62
  • Egypt 0.6

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.122.3
Singapore0.031.1
India0.060.76
United Arab Emirates0.030.62
Egypt0.070.6

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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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