Polypropylene: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. Saudi Arabia$5 billion · 11%
   see destinations
2. South Korea$4.6 billion · 10.2%
   see destinations
3. United States$4.2 billion · 9.2%
   see destinations
4. Belgium$3.3 billion · 7.3%
   re-exports · see destinations
5. Germany$2.9 billion · 6.4%
   see destinations
6. China$2.7 billion · 6%
   see destinations
7. Singapore$2.3 billion · 5.2%
   re-exports · see destinations
8. United Arab Emirates$1.9 billion · 4.3%
   see destinations
9. Netherlands$1.8 billion · 4%
   re-exports · see destinations
10. France$1.7 billion · 3.6%
    see destinations
11. Spain$1.1 billion · 2.4%
12. Austria$1 billion · 2.3%
13. Thailand$1 billion · 2.3%
14. Japan$988 million · 2.2%
15. Taiwan$814 million · 1.8%
16. Italy$813 million · 1.8%
17. Malaysia$799 million · 1.8%
18. Vietnam$722 million · 1.6%
19. Canada$652 million · 1.4%
20. Russia$500 million · 1.1%

Saudi Arabia went from 1.6% to 11% of world exports of polypropylene

In 2024, Saudi Arabia accounted for 11% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 30.4%. HHI: 558 out of 10,000; equivalent to 18 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 Saudi Arabia sells more than half of what they buy

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

• Egypt: 56.3% of its purchases · Dependence of Egypt on Saudi Arabia
• Algeria: 86.2% of its purchases · Dependence of Algeria on Saudi Arabia
• Jordan: 98.4% of its purchases · Dependence of Jordan on Saudi Arabia
• Djibouti: 66.4% of its purchases
• Tunisia: 53% of its purchases
• Guinea: 88.2% of its purchases
• Iraq: 77.5% of its purchases · Dependence of Iraq on Saudi Arabia
• Lebanon: 52.2% of its purchases
• Comoros: 100% of its purchases
• Libya: 53.5% of its purchases

1. China$4.7 billion · 10.4%
   see sources
2. Turkey$2.9 billion · 6.4%
   see sources
3. Germany$2.8 billion · 6.2%
   see sources
4. Italy$2.2 billion · 4.9%
   see sources
5. Mexico$2.2 billion · 4.9%
   see sources
6. India$1.9 billion · 4.2%
   see sources
7. Indonesia$1.8 billion · 4%
   see sources
8. France$1.5 billion · 3.3%
   see sources
9. Poland$1.5 billion · 3.2%
   see sources
10. United States$1.4 billion · 3.2%
    see sources
11. Vietnam$1.4 billion · 3.1%
12. Brazil$989 million · 2.2%
13. Czechia$951 million · 2.1%
14. Canada$938 million · 2.1%
15. Belgium$915 million · 2%
    re-exports
16. Egypt$839 million · 1.9%
17. Spain$824 million · 1.8%
18. United Kingdom$814 million · 1.8%
19. Pakistan$722 million · 1.6%
20. Netherlands$691 million · 1.5%
    re-exports

Propylene and other olefin polymers in primary forms.

• 3902 · Polypropylene

Products in the same chapter

• Other plastic articles
• Polyethylene
• Plastic packaging
• Plastic sheets and film
• Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins
• Plastic pipes and hoses
• Other plastic sheets
• Self-adhesive plastic sheets

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.