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Who buys the United Arab Emirates’ polyethylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates exported $4 billion of polyethylene (3.8 million tonnes), 4.7% of the world total. China bought 55% of the total, followed by India (14%) and Egypt (6%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$4billion
Tonnes
3.8million tonnes
Share of world total
4.7%
World rank
6th
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
China2.2Tonnes: 2,161,489USD per tonne: $1,01755%Sea
India0.58Tonnes: 557,628USD per tonne: $1,03214.4%Sea
Egypt0.23Tonnes: 177,351USD per tonne: $1,3015.8%Sea
Malaysia0.13Tonnes: 121,236USD per tonne: $1,0943.3%Sea
Pakistan0.1Tonnes: 93,994USD per tonne: $1,0462.5%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.09Tonnes: 65,390USD per tonne: $1,3332.2%Sea
Turkey0.08Tonnes: 63,482USD per tonne: $1,1931.9%Sea
Tanzania0.06Tonnes: 47,353USD per tonne: $1,1911.4%Sea
Indonesia0.05Tonnes: 47,932USD per tonne: $1,0831.3%Sea
Taiwan0.04Tonnes: 38,537USD per tonne: $1,0841%Sea
Thailand0.04Tonnes: 31,671USD per tonne: $1,1090.88%Sea
Kenya0.03Tonnes: 27,498USD per tonne: $1,1680.8%Sea
Israel0.03Tonnes: 21,747USD per tonne: $1,2800.7%Sea
Uganda0.03Tonnes: 22,410USD per tonne: $1,2050.68%Sea
Morocco0.02Tonnes: 18,919USD per tonne: $1,1750.56%Sea
New Zealand0.02Tonnes: 19,584USD per tonne: $1,1330.55%Sea
Germany0.02Tonnes: 17,438USD per tonne: $1,1230.49%Sea
South Africa0.02Tonnes: 16,704USD per tonne: $1,1360.47%Sea
Nigeria0.01Tonnes: 12,326USD per tonne: $1,1980.37%Sea
Brazil0.01Tonnes: 10,625USD per tonne: $1,2420.33%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2002

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

  • China 2.2
  • India 0.58
  • Egypt 0.23
  • Malaysia 0.13
  • Pakistan 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.012.2
India0.010.58
Egypt00.23
Malaysia< 0.010.13
Pakistan00.1

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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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