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Plastic baths, sinks and sanitary ware: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in plastic baths, sinks and sanitary ware totaled $5.3 billion (851 thousand tonnes). The top exporters were China (31%), Germany (17%) and Poland (5%); the top importers were the United States (12%), Germany (9%) and France (7%). Compared with 2019, the value rose 20%.

Summary

World trade
$5.3billion
Tonnes
851thousand tonnes
Price per tonne
$6,258
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. China$1.6 billion · 30.6%
  2. Germany$895 million · 16.8%
  3. Poland$269 million · 5.1%
  4. Spain$245 million · 4.6%
  5. Italy$241 million · 4.5%
  6. Turkey$162 million · 3%
  7. Netherlands$124 million · 2.3%
    re-exports
  8. Canada$124 million · 2.3%
  9. United States$114 million · 2.1%
  10. Czechia$110 million · 2.1%
  11. Bulgaria$106 million · 2%
  12. Egypt$99 million · 1.9%
  13. France$79 million · 1.5%
  14. Slovenia$76 million · 1.4%
  15. Slovakia$71 million · 1.3%
  16. Portugal$71 million · 1.3%
  17. Philippines$64 million · 1.2%
  18. Austria$62 million · 1.2%
  19. Mexico$60 million · 1.1%
  20. Belgium$55 million · 1%
    re-exports

Top importers

  1. United States$652 million · 12.2%
  2. Germany$463 million · 8.7%
  3. France$391 million · 7.3%
  4. United Kingdom$262 million · 4.9%
  5. Italy$251 million · 4.7%
  6. Netherlands$189 million · 3.6%
    re-exports
  7. Poland$163 million · 3.1%
  8. Belgium$159 million · 3%
    re-exports
  9. Canada$134 million · 2.5%
  10. Switzerland$113 million · 2.1%
  11. Australia$113 million · 2.1%
  12. Spain$110 million · 2.1%
  13. Austria$103 million · 1.9%
  14. Czechia$97 million · 1.8%
  15. India$95 million · 1.8%
  16. Japan$94 million · 1.8%
  17. United Arab Emirates$78 million · 1.5%
  18. Saudi Arabia$77 million · 1.5%
  19. Romania$73 million · 1.4%
  20. Russia$65 million · 1.2%

Trend

Who sells it

China has been the top exporter since 2008

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

  • China 1.6
  • Germany 0.89
  • Poland 0.27
  • Spain 0.24
  • Italy 0.24

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
China0.021.6
Germany0.20.89
Poland< 0.010.27
Spain0.030.24
Italy0.180.24

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne stayed close to $6,258 since 1995

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

  • 2024: $6,258

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$6,432
1996$6,226
1997$5,814
1998$5,693
1999$5,205
2000$5,427
2001$5,158
2002$5,235
2003$5,664
2004$4,499
2005$5,611
2006$5,534
2007$5,828
2008$6,225
2009$5,777
2010$5,452
2011$6,119
2012$6,165
2013$6,100
2014$5,753
2015$5,522
2016$5,603
2017$5,449
2018$5,880
2019$5,690
2020$5,685
2021$6,298
2022$6,222
2023$6,258
2024$6,258

What it includes

  • 3922 · Plastic baths, sinks and sanitary ware

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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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