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Who buys the United States’ polypropylene? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $4.2 billion of polypropylene (2.2 million tonnes), 9.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were Mexico (42%), Canada (21%) and China (6%). The United States was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$4.2billion
Tonnes
2.2million tonnes
Share of world total
9.2%
World rank
3rd
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
Mexico1.7Tonnes: 958,874USD per tonne: $1,80941.6%Land
Canada0.88Tonnes: 509,771USD per tonne: $1,73521.2%Land
China0.25Tonnes: 84,789USD per tonne: $2,9626%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.17Tonnes: 61,644USD per tonne: $2,7614.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.12Tonnes: 76,112USD per tonne: $1,5702.9%Sea
France0.11Tonnes: 34,682USD per tonne: $3,1012.6%Sea
Germany0.09Tonnes: 14,483USD per tonne: $6,2662.2%Sea
Malaysia0.07Tonnes: 58,503USD per tonne: $1,1331.6%Sea
India0.07Tonnes: 53,077USD per tonne: $1,2331.6%Sea
Japan0.06Tonnes: 16,579USD per tonne: $3,4841.4%Sea
Colombia0.05Tonnes: 41,577USD per tonne: $1,2831.3%Sea
South Korea0.04Tonnes: 13,428USD per tonne: $3,3461.1%Sea
Brazil0.04Tonnes: 17,875USD per tonne: $2,4651.1%Sea
Peru0.04Tonnes: 33,625USD per tonne: $1,2691%Sea
Spain0.04Tonnes: 21,708USD per tonne: $1,8930.98%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.04Tonnes: 7,462USD per tonne: $5,0600.9%Sea
United Kingdom0.03Tonnes: 12,744USD per tonne: $2,7410.84%Sea
Dominican Republic0.02Tonnes: 13,418USD per tonne: $1,7270.56%Sea
Guatemala0.02Tonnes: 21,016USD per tonne: $1,0910.55%Sea
Ireland0.02Tonnes: 9,762USD per tonne: $2,1960.51%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Mexico has been its main destination since 2005

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

  • Mexico 1.7
  • Canada 0.88
  • China 0.25
  • Singapore 0.17
  • Belgium 0.12

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Mexico0.141.7
Canada0.260.88
China0.050.25
Singapore0.010.17
Belgium0.020.12

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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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