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Drawn and blown sheet glass: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in drawn and blown sheet glass totaled $2.3 billion (477 thousand tonnes). The top exporters were South Korea (29%), Hong Kong (28%) and China (15%); China accounted for 65% of imports, followed by Hong Kong (14%) and South Korea (7%). Compared with 2019, the value rose 206%.

Summary

World trade
$2.3billion
Tonnes
477thousand tonnes
Price per tonne
$4,879
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. South Korea$663 million · 28.5%
  2. Hong Kong$657 million · 28.2%
    re-exports
  3. China$339 million · 14.6%
  4. Japan$335 million · 14.4%
  5. Taiwan$218 million · 9.4%
  6. Germany$27 million · 1.2%
  7. United Kingdom$18 million · 0.76%
  8. United States$17 million · 0.71%
  9. Malaysia$12 million · 0.5%
  10. Belgium$6 million · 0.25%
    re-exports
  11. Saudi Arabia$4 million · 0.19%
  12. Thailand$3 million · 0.12%
  13. Philippines$2 million · 0.1%
  14. Italy$2 million · 0.1%
  15. India$2 million · 0.09%
  16. Russia$2 million · 0.08%
  17. Netherlands$2 million · 0.07%
    re-exports
  18. Turkey$2 million · 0.07%
  19. Vietnam$1 million · 0.06%
  20. Czechia$1 million · 0.05%

Top importers

  1. China$1.5 billion · 65.5%
  2. Hong Kong$316 million · 13.6%
    re-exports
  3. South Korea$163 million · 7%
  4. Taiwan$111 million · 4.8%
  5. United States$75 million · 3.2%
  6. Thailand$31 million · 1.4%
  7. Vietnam$13 million · 0.54%
  8. Germany$9 million · 0.38%
  9. India$9 million · 0.38%
  10. Japan$7 million · 0.32%
  11. Dominican Republic$7 million · 0.29%
  12. Peru$6 million · 0.26%
  13. Egypt$4 million · 0.19%
  14. Malaysia$4 million · 0.18%
  15. France$3 million · 0.12%
  16. United Kingdom$2 million · 0.1%
  17. Laos$2 million · 0.1%
  18. Netherlands$2 million · 0.07%
    re-exports
  19. Canada$1 million · 0.05%
  20. Italy$1 million · 0.05%

Trend

Who sells it

South Korea has been the top exporter since 2023

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

  • South Korea 0.66
  • Hong Kong 0.66
  • China 0.34
  • Japan 0.34
  • Taiwan 0.22

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
South Korea< 0.010.66
Hong Kong< 0.010.66
China0.030.34
Japan0.020.34
Taiwan< 0.010.22

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne rose 731% since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $4,879

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$587
1996$536
1997$622
1998$619
1999$709
2000$752
2001$814
2002$757
2003$971
2004$1,178
2005$1,043
2006$2,005
2007$2,373
2008$3,484
2009$4,158
2010$4,636
2011$4,543
2012$4,492
2013$3,175
2014$2,973
2015$3,834
2016$2,769
2017$1,989
2018$2,449
2019$1,850
2020$1,682
2021$2,408
2022$2,320
2023$2,866
2024$4,879

What it includes

  • 7004 · Drawn and blown sheet glass

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Sources and methodology

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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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