Methanol: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. Trinidad and Tobago$1.9 billion · 14.9%
   see destinations
2. Oman$1.6 billion · 12.4%
   see destinations
3. Saudi Arabia$1.6 billion · 12.3%
   see destinations
4. United States$1.2 billion · 9.4%
5. United Arab Emirates$932 million · 7.2%
6. Iran$886 million · 6.9%
7. Malaysia$501 million · 3.9%
8. Netherlands$490 million · 3.8%
   re-exports
9. Venezuela$445 million · 3.4%
10. Chile$378 million · 2.9%
11. Belgium$303 million · 2.3%
    re-exports
12. Russia$280 million · 2.2%
13. Egypt$258 million · 2%
14. Qatar$238 million · 1.8%
15. Equatorial Guinea$225 million · 1.7%
16. Brunei$205 million · 1.6%
17. New Zealand$192 million · 1.5%
18. Germany$179 million · 1.4%
19. Azerbaijan$148 million · 1.1%
20. Canada$143 million · 1.1%

Trinidad and Tobago went from 7.9% to 14.9% of world exports of methanol

In 2024, Trinidad and Tobago accounted for 14.9% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 39.6%. HHI: 795 out of 10,000; equivalent to 13 exporters of the same size.

Share of recorded exports, not of production: a country that produces a lot and consumes almost all of it may export little

Countries where Trinidad and Tobago sells more than half of what they buy

Countries that buy more than half of this product from its largest exporter, with its share.

• North Korea: 99.6% of its purchases
• Portugal: 69.5% of its purchases
• Colombia: 58.6% of its purchases
• Ireland: 59.8% of its purchases

1. China$3.9 billion · 29.8%
   see sources
2. Netherlands$962 million · 7.4%
   re-exports
3. India$876 million · 6.8%
4. Brazil$683 million · 5.3%
5. South Korea$667 million · 5.2%
6. Germany$645 million · 5%
7. Japan$472 million · 3.7%
8. Belgium$423 million · 3.3%
   re-exports
9. Taiwan$391 million · 3%
10. United States$388 million · 3%
11. Indonesia$378 million · 2.9%
12. France$235 million · 1.8%
13. Thailand$230 million · 1.8%
14. Poland$228 million · 1.8%
15. Spain$211 million · 1.6%
16. Malaysia$206 million · 1.6%
17. Singapore$196 million · 1.5%
    re-exports
18. Turkey$167 million · 1.3%
19. United Kingdom$156 million · 1.2%
20. Italy$124 million · 0.96%

• 290511 · subheading of heading 2905: Alcohols

Products in the same chapter

• Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds
• Cyclic hydrocarbons
• Hormones
• Alcohols
• Nucleic acids and other heterocycles
• Open-chain hydrocarbons
• Polycarboxylic acids
• Ethers and organic peroxides

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

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.