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Where does Turkey get its polyethylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Turkey imported $2.8 billion of polyethylene (2.4 million tonnes), 3.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Saudi Arabia (20%), the United States (19%) and Iran (10%). Turkey was the world’s 6th-largest importer of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$2.8billion
Tonnes
2.4million tonnes
Share of world total
3.3%
World rank
6th
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
Saudi Arabia565Tonnes: 558,371USD per tonne: $1,01120.2%Sea
United States534Tonnes: 482,194USD per tonne: $1,10719.1%Sea
Iran291Tonnes: 289,068USD per tonne: $1,00710.4%Sea
South Korea128Tonnes: 89,678USD per tonne: $1,4264.6%Sea
Spain126Tonnes: 86,757USD per tonne: $1,4534.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports105Tonnes: 73,228USD per tonne: $1,4283.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports104Tonnes: 61,093USD per tonne: $1,6953.7%Sea
Germany97.1Tonnes: 50,377USD per tonne: $1,9273.5%Sea
Qatar91.7Tonnes: 83,067USD per tonne: $1,1043.3%Sea
Uzbekistan86.9Tonnes: 110,371USD per tonne: $7873.1%Sea
United Arab Emirates75.8Tonnes: 63,482USD per tonne: $1,1932.7%Sea
Italy75Tonnes: 40,087USD per tonne: $1,8712.7%Sea
France63.8Tonnes: 43,723USD per tonne: $1,4592.3%Sea
Russia56Tonnes: 63,546USD per tonne: $8812%Sea
Sweden53.9Tonnes: 30,988USD per tonne: $1,7401.9%Sea
China52.3Tonnes: 34,314USD per tonne: $1,5261.9%Sea
Oman41.5Tonnes: 39,177USD per tonne: $1,0591.5%Sea
Finland41.3Tonnes: 23,660USD per tonne: $1,7461.5%Sea
Egypt30.6Tonnes: 28,484USD per tonne: $1,0761.1%Sea
Austria29.4Tonnes: 20,338USD per tonne: $1,4441.1%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Saudi Arabia has been its main source since 2001

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

  • Saudi Arabia 565
  • United States 534
  • Iran 291
  • South Korea 128
  • Spain 126

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Saudi Arabia7.7565
United States18.8534
Iran0291
South Korea3.7128
Spain6.8126

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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