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Where does the United States get its polypropylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $1.4 billion of polypropylene (857 thousand tonnes), 3.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Canada (32%), South Korea (20%) and Singapore (10%). The United States was the world’s 10th-largest importer of polypropylene.

Summary

Value
$1.4billion
Tonnes
857thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.2%
World rank
10th
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
Canada463Tonnes: 369,237USD per tonne: $1,25332.3%Land
South Korea279Tonnes: 186,620USD per tonne: $1,49619.5%Sea
Singapore re-exports142Tonnes: 64,029USD per tonne: $2,2119.9%Sea
Germany107Tonnes: 37,951USD per tonne: $2,8137.5%Sea
Japan91.2Tonnes: 24,841USD per tonne: $3,6706.4%Sea
France61.3Tonnes: 25,186USD per tonne: $2,4324.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports44.9Tonnes: 19,590USD per tonne: $2,2913.1%Sea
Brazil30.4Tonnes: 16,529USD per tonne: $1,8402.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports30Tonnes: 10,813USD per tonne: $2,7702.1%Sea
Saudi Arabia25.5Tonnes: 25,474USD per tonne: $1,0001.8%Sea
Mexico22.2Tonnes: 15,586USD per tonne: $1,4261.6%Land
Taiwan19.1Tonnes: 7,242USD per tonne: $2,6411.3%Sea
Austria16.3Tonnes: 6,410USD per tonne: $2,5421.1%Sea
China15.4Tonnes: 9,740USD per tonne: $1,5831.1%Sea
Italy13.4Tonnes: 4,334USD per tonne: $3,0960.94%Sea
Argentina11.1Tonnes: 6,198USD per tonne: $1,7840.77%Sea
Finland9.3Tonnes: 2,703USD per tonne: $3,4370.65%Sea
Israel8.1Tonnes: 5,841USD per tonne: $1,3780.56%Sea
Spain7.3Tonnes: 3,496USD per tonne: $2,0740.51%Sea
United Kingdom6.9Tonnes: 1,733USD per tonne: $3,9860.48%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Canada has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Canada 463
  • South Korea 279
  • Singapore 142
  • Germany 107
  • Japan 91.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada143463
South Korea0.46279
Singapore< 0.01142
Germany59.1107
Japan56.991.2

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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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