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Who buys Saudi Arabia’s polypropylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Saudi Arabia exported $5 billion of polypropylene (4.5 million tonnes), 11% of the world total. Its main destinations were Turkey (18%), Egypt (9%) and India (8%). Saudi Arabia was the world’s largest exporter of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$5billion
Tonnes
4.5million tonnes
Share of world total
11%
World rank
1st
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
Turkey875Tonnes: 825,742USD per tonne: $1,05917.6%Sea
Egypt472Tonnes: 349,129USD per tonne: $1,3529.5%Sea
India376Tonnes: 374,526USD per tonne: $1,0047.6%Sea
Brazil237Tonnes: 197,944USD per tonne: $1,1984.8%Sea
Algeria221Tonnes: 179,089USD per tonne: $1,2324.4%Sea
Pakistan199Tonnes: 203,096USD per tonne: $9804%Sea
China195Tonnes: 189,995USD per tonne: $1,0273.9%Sea
Malaysia146Tonnes: 130,081USD per tonne: $1,1212.9%Sea
Nigeria139Tonnes: 131,618USD per tonne: $1,0572.8%Sea
Jordan138Tonnes: 125,216USD per tonne: $1,1022.8%Sea
Morocco129Tonnes: 116,205USD per tonne: $1,1102.6%Sea
Italy114Tonnes: 117,514USD per tonne: $9722.3%Sea
Singapore re-exports95.2Tonnes: 114,585USD per tonne: $8311.9%Sea
United Arab Emirates86.1Tonnes: 79,150USD per tonne: $1,0881.7%Sea
Poland84.5Tonnes: 80,680USD per tonne: $1,0471.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports70.1Tonnes: 74,259USD per tonne: $9431.4%Sea
Germany67.6Tonnes: 49,708USD per tonne: $1,3601.4%Sea
Indonesia66Tonnes: 63,320USD per tonne: $1,0421.3%Sea
Portugal63.7Tonnes: 64,879USD per tonne: $9821.3%Sea
Ukraine61.2Tonnes: 47,503USD per tonne: $1,2881.2%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Turkey has been its main destination since 2003

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

  • Turkey 0.87
  • Egypt 0.47
  • India 0.38
  • Brazil 0.24
  • Algeria 0.22

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Turkey< 0.010.87
Egypt0.030.47
India0.030.38
Brazil00.24
Algeria00.22

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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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