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Where does Spain get its polyethylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Spain imported $1.8 billion of polyethylene (1.4 million tonnes), 2.2% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (17%), Belgium (11%) and Saudi Arabia (9%). Spain was the world’s 13th-largest importer of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
1.4million tonnes
Share of world total
2.2%
World rank
13th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States320Tonnes: 312,668USD per tonne: $1,02217.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports201Tonnes: 125,894USD per tonne: $1,59310.9%Sea
Saudi Arabia166Tonnes: 151,684USD per tonne: $1,0949%Sea
Germany161Tonnes: 110,257USD per tonne: $1,4598.7%Sea
Portugal156Tonnes: 110,282USD per tonne: $1,4148.4%Land
Netherlands re-exports154Tonnes: 101,231USD per tonne: $1,5258.4%Sea
France142Tonnes: 109,113USD per tonne: $1,3047.7%Land
Italy88.8Tonnes: 61,152USD per tonne: $1,4524.8%Sea
South Korea85.6Tonnes: 67,774USD per tonne: $1,2624.6%Sea
Qatar69.6Tonnes: 65,215USD per tonne: $1,0683.8%Sea
Egypt42Tonnes: 37,564USD per tonne: $1,1192.3%Sea
Austria33.8Tonnes: 18,543USD per tonne: $1,8231.8%Sea
Mexico23.4Tonnes: 22,601USD per tonne: $1,0371.3%Sea
Israel21.7Tonnes: 7,915USD per tonne: $2,7411.2%Sea
Brazil20Tonnes: 11,788USD per tonne: $1,6931.1%Sea
Canada17.6Tonnes: 10,811USD per tonne: $1,6280.95%Sea
Sweden16.5Tonnes: 11,327USD per tonne: $1,4540.89%Sea
Poland15.1Tonnes: 12,454USD per tonne: $1,2140.82%Sea
United Kingdom13Tonnes: 7,880USD per tonne: $1,6560.71%Sea
China11.9Tonnes: 8,307USD per tonne: $1,4320.64%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2022

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

  • United States 320
  • Belgium 201
  • Saudi Arabia 166
  • Germany 161
  • Portugal 156

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States9.8320
Belgium78.6201
Saudi Arabia15.3166
Germany51.1161
Portugal46.2156

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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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