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Who buys Thailand’s polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Thailand exported $3.2 billion of polyethylene (2.6 million tonnes), 3.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (38%), Indonesia (12%) and Japan (9%). Thailand was the world’s 10th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$3.2billion
Tonnes
2.6million tonnes
Share of world total
3.7%
World rank
10th
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
China1.2Tonnes: 930,903USD per tonne: $1,31038.4%Sea
Indonesia0.38Tonnes: 342,134USD per tonne: $1,11212%Sea
Japan0.29Tonnes: 240,502USD per tonne: $1,2059.1%Sea
Vietnam0.24Tonnes: 210,786USD per tonne: $1,1567.7%Sea
Australia0.23Tonnes: 205,830USD per tonne: $1,1237.3%Sea
India0.16Tonnes: 114,303USD per tonne: $1,4165.1%Sea
Malaysia0.1Tonnes: 85,885USD per tonne: $1,1583.1%Sea
Philippines0.08Tonnes: 81,544USD per tonne: $1,0422.7%Sea
Myanmar0.08Tonnes: 70,969USD per tonne: $1,1382.5%Sea
New Zealand0.04Tonnes: 30,900USD per tonne: $1,2661.2%Sea
Taiwan0.03Tonnes: 24,882USD per tonne: $1,2460.98%Sea
Bangladesh0.02Tonnes: 21,989USD per tonne: $1,1030.76%Sea
Cambodia0.02Tonnes: 15,041USD per tonne: $1,4730.7%Land
Russia0.02Tonnes: 16,794USD per tonne: $1,1280.6%Sea
South Korea0.02Tonnes: 12,669USD per tonne: $1,4840.59%Sea
Laos0.02Tonnes: 14,832USD per tonne: $1,1830.55%Land
South Africa0.01Tonnes: 10,742USD per tonne: $1,3450.45%Sea
Nigeria0.01Tonnes: 11,429USD per tonne: $9780.35%Sea
Turkey0.01Tonnes: 8,677USD per tonne: $1,0840.3%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.01Tonnes: 7,935USD per tonne: $1,1490.29%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 1.2
  • Indonesia 0.38
  • Japan 0.29
  • Vietnam 0.24
  • Australia 0.23

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.031.2
Indonesia0.010.38
Japan< 0.010.29
Vietnam0.010.24
Australia< 0.010.23

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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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