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

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates exported $1.9 billion of polypropylene (1.8 million tonnes), 4.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (28%), India (20%) and Pakistan (10%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
1.8million tonnes
Share of world total
4.3%
World rank
8th
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
China543Tonnes: 574,033USD per tonne: $94628%Sea
India390Tonnes: 389,995USD per tonne: $1,00120.1%Sea
Pakistan200Tonnes: 186,640USD per tonne: $1,07110.3%Sea
Egypt188Tonnes: 126,759USD per tonne: $1,4829.7%Sea
Turkey122Tonnes: 98,177USD per tonne: $1,2456.3%Sea
Japan65.4Tonnes: 65,776USD per tonne: $9943.4%Sea
Kenya40.6Tonnes: 35,079USD per tonne: $1,1582.1%Sea
Israel40.1Tonnes: 26,845USD per tonne: $1,4932.1%Sea
Saudi Arabia37Tonnes: 26,824USD per tonne: $1,3791.9%Land
Indonesia34.6Tonnes: 33,780USD per tonne: $1,0251.8%Sea
Malaysia32.4Tonnes: 29,896USD per tonne: $1,0831.7%Sea
Tanzania30Tonnes: 26,439USD per tonne: $1,1361.6%Sea
Thailand29Tonnes: 28,121USD per tonne: $1,0331.5%Sea
Taiwan14.6Tonnes: 14,833USD per tonne: $9830.75%Sea
Uganda14.3Tonnes: 12,504USD per tonne: $1,1440.74%Sea
Sri Lanka14.2Tonnes: 13,327USD per tonne: $1,0620.73%Sea
Brazil9.5Tonnes: 7,571USD per tonne: $1,2580.49%Sea
New Zealand8.2Tonnes: 7,456USD per tonne: $1,0950.42%Sea
Tunisia8Tonnes: 5,342USD per tonne: $1,5040.41%Sea
Philippines7.9Tonnes: 8,473USD per tonne: $9290.41%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2010

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

  • China 543
  • India 390
  • Pakistan 200
  • Egypt 188
  • Turkey 122

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.71543
India1.5390
Pakistan0200
Egypt0188
Turkey0122

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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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