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Who buys Singapore’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Singapore exported $3.4 billion of polyethylene (3 million tonnes), 4% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (39%), Vietnam (14%) and India (9%). Singapore was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$3.4billion
Tonnes
3million tonnes
Share of world total
4%
World rank
7th
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
China1.3Tonnes: 1,210,704USD per tonne: $1,10939.4%Sea
Vietnam0.49Tonnes: 447,017USD per tonne: $1,08814.3%Sea
India0.32Tonnes: 256,172USD per tonne: $1,2409.3%Sea
Indonesia0.31Tonnes: 276,297USD per tonne: $1,1169.1%Sea
Malaysia0.19Tonnes: 170,179USD per tonne: $1,1455.7%Sea
Bangladesh0.14Tonnes: 137,435USD per tonne: $1,0364.2%Sea
Japan0.1Tonnes: 63,589USD per tonne: $1,6033%Sea
Australia0.1Tonnes: 86,571USD per tonne: $1,1252.9%Sea
Thailand0.1Tonnes: 79,754USD per tonne: $1,2012.8%Sea
Philippines0.04Tonnes: 42,267USD per tonne: $1,0541.3%Sea
United States0.04Tonnes: 16,575USD per tonne: $2,4311.2%Sea
Taiwan0.03Tonnes: 23,768USD per tonne: $1,3030.91%Sea
New Zealand0.03Tonnes: 24,435USD per tonne: $1,2170.87%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 5,567USD per tonne: $2,2940.37%Sea
Tanzania0.01Tonnes: 8,087USD per tonne: $1,5780.37%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.01Tonnes: 10,021USD per tonne: $1,2090.36%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.01Tonnes: 7,585USD per tonne: $1,4810.33%Sea
South Africa0.01Tonnes: 8,808USD per tonne: $1,2260.32%Sea
Cambodia0.01Tonnes: 6,030USD per tonne: $1,6960.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.01Tonnes: 10,320USD per tonne: $9840.3%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 1997

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

  • China 1.3
  • Vietnam 0.49
  • India 0.32
  • Indonesia 0.31
  • Malaysia 0.19

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.041.3
Vietnam0.010.49
India0.010.32
Indonesia0.030.31
Malaysia0.070.19

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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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