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Who buys Spain’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Spain exported $1.9 billion of polyethylene (1.2 million tonnes), 2.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (16%), France (13%) and Italy (12%). Spain was the world’s 14th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
1.2million tonnes
Share of world total
2.2%
World rank
14th
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
China302Tonnes: 166,008USD per tonne: $1,82116.3%Sea
France246Tonnes: 178,892USD per tonne: $1,37713.3%Land
Italy224Tonnes: 168,617USD per tonne: $1,32912.1%Sea
Germany176Tonnes: 102,145USD per tonne: $1,7269.5%Sea
Portugal143Tonnes: 92,571USD per tonne: $1,5487.7%Land
Turkey126Tonnes: 86,757USD per tonne: $1,4536.8%Sea
India47.1Tonnes: 32,313USD per tonne: $1,4572.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports41.9Tonnes: 27,504USD per tonne: $1,5222.3%Sea
Greece40.8Tonnes: 28,166USD per tonne: $1,4502.2%Sea
United Kingdom38.6Tonnes: 22,290USD per tonne: $1,7342.1%Sea
Singapore re-exports35Tonnes: 16,219USD per tonne: $2,1571.9%Sea
Poland28.9Tonnes: 20,892USD per tonne: $1,3811.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports28.7Tonnes: 16,431USD per tonne: $1,7451.5%Sea
Vietnam24.4Tonnes: 7,945USD per tonne: $3,0671.3%Sea
South Korea22.6Tonnes: 8,813USD per tonne: $2,5641.2%Sea
Japan22.1Tonnes: 10,997USD per tonne: $2,0121.2%Sea
Hungary20.2Tonnes: 11,085USD per tonne: $1,8221.1%Sea
Sweden18.6Tonnes: 10,133USD per tonne: $1,8391%Sea
Indonesia17.6Tonnes: 5,608USD per tonne: $3,1440.95%Sea
Brazil15.8Tonnes: 10,875USD per tonne: $1,4570.85%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • China 302
  • France 246
  • Italy 224
  • Germany 176
  • Portugal 143

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China4.3302
France43.4246
Italy99.9224
Germany41.8176
Portugal37.2143

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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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