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Who buys South Korea’s polypropylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, South Korea exported $4.6 billion of polypropylene (3.7 million tonnes), 10.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (22%), Vietnam (10%) and Turkey (8%). South Korea was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$4.6billion
Tonnes
3.7million tonnes
Share of world total
10.2%
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
China1Tonnes: 805,483USD per tonne: $1,28222.4%Sea
Vietnam0.47Tonnes: 457,508USD per tonne: $1,02710.2%Sea
Turkey0.36Tonnes: 302,028USD per tonne: $1,1927.8%Sea
United States0.28Tonnes: 186,620USD per tonne: $1,4966.1%Sea
Indonesia0.2Tonnes: 182,029USD per tonne: $1,0864.3%Sea
Japan0.18Tonnes: 143,114USD per tonne: $1,2784%Sea
India0.14Tonnes: 92,708USD per tonne: $1,4652.9%Sea
Italy0.14Tonnes: 113,815USD per tonne: $1,1872.9%Sea
Poland0.12Tonnes: 84,117USD per tonne: $1,4752.7%Sea
Thailand0.11Tonnes: 81,358USD per tonne: $1,3032.3%Sea
Mexico0.1Tonnes: 58,689USD per tonne: $1,7492.2%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.1Tonnes: 57,903USD per tonne: $1,7392.2%Sea
Czechia0.08Tonnes: 51,059USD per tonne: $1,5531.7%Sea
Brazil0.08Tonnes: 57,656USD per tonne: $1,3691.7%Sea
Nigeria0.08Tonnes: 70,876USD per tonne: $1,0931.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.07Tonnes: 73,839USD per tonne: $9071.5%Sea
Peru0.05Tonnes: 45,248USD per tonne: $1,2081.2%Sea
Russia0.05Tonnes: 37,741USD per tonne: $1,4061.2%Sea
Spain0.05Tonnes: 41,327USD per tonne: $1,2081.1%Sea
Egypt0.05Tonnes: 30,724USD per tonne: $1,5691%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 1
  • Vietnam 0.47
  • Turkey 0.36
  • United States 0.28
  • Indonesia 0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.331
Vietnam0.030.47
Turkey0.020.36
United States< 0.010.28
Indonesia0.050.2

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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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