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Where does Vietnam get its polyethylene? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Vietnam imported $3.2 billion of polyethylene (2.8 million tonnes), 3.8% of the world total. Its main sources were South Korea (21%), Singapore (15%) and Saudi Arabia (13%). Vietnam was the world’s 5th-largest importer of polyethylene.

Summary

Value
$3.2billion
Tonnes
2.8million tonnes
Share of world total
3.8%
World rank
5th
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
South Korea674Tonnes: 583,337USD per tonne: $1,15621%Sea
Singapore re-exports486Tonnes: 447,017USD per tonne: $1,08815.1%Sea
Saudi Arabia423Tonnes: 424,246USD per tonne: $99613.1%Sea
China260Tonnes: 159,453USD per tonne: $1,6298.1%Land
United States257Tonnes: 269,662USD per tonne: $9538%Sea
Thailand244Tonnes: 210,786USD per tonne: $1,1567.6%Sea
Malaysia243Tonnes: 234,566USD per tonne: $1,0357.5%Sea
Taiwan210Tonnes: 152,981USD per tonne: $1,3746.5%Sea
Kuwait150Tonnes: 153,011USD per tonne: $9794.7%Sea
India73.4Tonnes: 78,063USD per tonne: $9402.3%Sea
Japan56.5Tonnes: 38,817USD per tonne: $1,4561.8%Sea
Brazil37.9Tonnes: 12,734USD per tonne: $2,9751.2%Sea
Spain24.4Tonnes: 7,945USD per tonne: $3,0670.76%Sea
Canada23.4Tonnes: 23,643USD per tonne: $9890.73%Sea
Netherlands re-exports15.3Tonnes: 9,144USD per tonne: $1,6710.47%Sea
Indonesia14.2Tonnes: 11,608USD per tonne: $1,2200.44%Sea
Belgium re-exports7.4Tonnes: 2,493USD per tonne: $2,9810.23%Sea
Philippines5.2Tonnes: 5,474USD per tonne: $9510.16%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports5Tonnes: 2,537USD per tonne: $1,9540.15%Sea
France2.8Tonnes: 2,534USD per tonne: $1,1000.09%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

South Korea has been its main source since 2024

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

  • South Korea 0.67
  • Singapore 0.49
  • Saudi Arabia 0.42
  • China 0.26
  • United States 0.26

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
South Korea0.030.67
Singapore0.010.49
Saudi Arabia0.010.42
China< 0.010.26
United States< 0.010.26

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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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