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Where does Singapore get its polyethylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Singapore imported $1.6 billion of polyethylene (1.5 million tonnes), 1.9% of the world total. Saudi Arabia sold 67% of the total, followed by the United States (15%) and Malaysia (6%). Singapore was the world’s 16th-largest importer of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
1.5million tonnes
Share of world total
1.9%
World rank
16th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Saudi Arabia1.1Tonnes: 1,107,021USD per tonne: $96467.3%Sea
United States0.24Tonnes: 227,944USD per tonne: $1,05715.2%Sea
Malaysia0.09Tonnes: 88,741USD per tonne: $9955.6%Sea
Canada0.04Tonnes: 40,217USD per tonne: $9732.5%Sea
Spain0.03Tonnes: 16,219USD per tonne: $2,1572.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.02Tonnes: 11,668USD per tonne: $2,1131.6%Sea
Japan0.02Tonnes: 10,602USD per tonne: $2,2861.5%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 6,494USD per tonne: $1,8460.76%Sea
France0.01Tonnes: 6,875USD per tonne: $1,2880.56%Sea
Kuwait0.01Tonnes: 7,497USD per tonne: $1,0060.48%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 5,679USD per tonne: $1,1860.42%Sea
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 3,522USD per tonne: $1,8890.42%Sea
China0.01Tonnes: 3,655USD per tonne: $1,6330.38%Sea
Indonesia< 0.01Tonnes: 1,270USD per tonne: $2,5830.21%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 3,265USD per tonne: $9860.2%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 1,216USD per tonne: $2,0360.16%Sea
Qatar< 0.01Tonnes: 2,017USD per tonne: $1,0410.13%Sea
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 877USD per tonne: $2,0090.11%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 1,019USD per tonne: $1,6780.11%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 307USD per tonne: $3,8120.07%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Saudi Arabia has been its main source since 2010

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

  • Saudi Arabia 1.1
  • United States 0.24
  • Malaysia 0.09
  • Canada 0.04
  • Spain 0.03

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Saudi Arabia0.031.1
United States0.030.24
Malaysia0.010.09
Canada< 0.010.04
Spain< 0.010.03

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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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