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Where does the United States get its natural rubber? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $1.8 billion of natural rubber (915 thousand tonnes), 10.9% of the world total. Its main sources were Indonesia (41%), Thailand (31%) and Côte d'Ivoire (11%). The United States was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of natural rubber.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
915thousand tonnes
Share of world total
10.9%
World rank
2nd
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
Indonesia755Tonnes: 376,178USD per tonne: $2,00841.5%Sea
Thailand573Tonnes: 264,538USD per tonne: $2,16431.5%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire193Tonnes: 117,520USD per tonne: $1,64210.6%Sea
Malaysia73.5Tonnes: 35,607USD per tonne: $2,0654%Sea
Liberia63Tonnes: 36,532USD per tonne: $1,7233.5%Sea
Vietnam54.6Tonnes: 29,205USD per tonne: $1,8693%Sea
Ghana30.8Tonnes: 14,706USD per tonne: $2,0971.7%Sea
Guatemala28Tonnes: 16,471USD per tonne: $1,6991.5%Sea
Nigeria11.7Tonnes: 5,073USD per tonne: $2,3060.64%Sea
Cameroon7.4Tonnes: 4,768USD per tonne: $1,5540.41%Sea
India4.7Tonnes: 1,930USD per tonne: $2,4470.26%Sea
Canada3.4Tonnes: 2,409USD per tonne: $1,4160.19%Sea
Cambodia3.4Tonnes: 1,267USD per tonne: $2,6840.19%Sea
Sri Lanka3Tonnes: 484USD per tonne: $6,2200.17%Sea
Singapore re-exports2.6Tonnes: 2,230USD per tonne: $1,1680.14%Sea
Guinea2.2Tonnes: 1,169USD per tonne: $1,8510.12%Sea
France1.4Tonnes: 811USD per tonne: $1,6680.07%Sea
Taiwan1.3Tonnes: 465USD per tonne: $2,7340.07%Sea
Mexico0.97Tonnes: 204USD per tonne: $4,7520.05%Land
Democratic Republic of the Congo0.96Tonnes: 403USD per tonne: $2,3740.05%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Indonesia was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Indonesia 0.76
  • Thailand 0.57
  • Côte d'Ivoire 0.19
  • Malaysia 0.07
  • Liberia 0.06

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Indonesia10.76
Thailand0.480.57
Côte d'Ivoire0.020.19
Malaysia0.220.07
Liberia< 0.010.06

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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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