# Eels buyer markets and demand | HS 160417 | Yugalinks

Japan is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $419.3M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | $419.3M | +2.1% | 2 | China |
| Russia | $81.9M | +7% | 3 | China |
| USA | $73.2M | -3.7% | 12 | China |
| Malaysia | $29.3M | +19.7% | 6 | China |
| Republic of Korea | $25.9M | +4.8% | 6 | China |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $23.6M | -13.2% | 8 | China |
| Ukraine | $17.8M | +5.9% | 1 | China |
| Taiwan | $16.4M | -0.4% | 3 | China |
| Kazakhstan | $12.3M | +17.8% | 2 | China |
| Netherlands | $9.8M | -0.6% | 16 | China |
| Canada | $9.4M | -7.4% | 8 | China |
| Thailand | $9.3M | -3.5% | 3 | China |
| Australia | $7.8M | +2% | 6 | China |
| Belarus | $7.2M | -22.2% | 3 | China |
| Singapore | $6.9M | -6.6% | 12 | China |
| Germany | $6.2M | +0.2% | 18 | China |
| Viet Nam | $4.9M | +10.7% | 5 | China |
| Poland | $3.9M | +12.8% | 12 | China |
| United Kingdom | $3.0M | +4.1% | 8 | China |
| Spain | $2.7M | +26.7% | 9 | Netherlands |
| Indonesia | $2.2M | +28.2% | 4 | China |
| Italy | $1.9M | +7.2% | 10 | Netherlands |
| France | $1.7M | +8.7% | 9 | Netherlands |
| China, Macao SAR | $1.6M | +1.5% | 8 | China |
| Mexico | $1.5M | -6.7% | 5 | China |
| Uzbekistan | $1.1M | +20.4% | 1 | China |
| Philippines | $961.0K | -0.6% | 3 | China |
| Portugal | $942.7K | +64.4% | 6 | China |
| Belgium | $843.1K | -4.8% | 8 | Netherlands |
| Lithuania | $837.3K | -27.8% | 6 | Latvia |
| Latvia | $808.7K | +2.4% | 8 | Netherlands |
| United Arab Emirates | $766.1K | +4.4% | 6 | China |
| New Zealand | $730.0K | +2.8% | 3 | China |
| Czechia | $710.9K | +16% | 6 | China |
| Romania | $598.4K | +36.4% | 10 | China |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 2023 | $334.7M | $18,455.84 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $130.5M | $16,636.59 |
| USA | 2023 | $91.7M | $16,683.01 |
| Russia | 2023 | $37.0M | $12,105.51 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $26.1M | $17,016.21 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $19.3M | $19,400.21 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $18.6M | $13,348.5 |
| Ukraine | 2023 | $11.9M | $9,242.06 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $11.1M | $10,583.88 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $9.4M | $18,583.05 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $8.2M | $18,638.05 |
| Canada | 2023 | $7.5M | $13,454.73 |
| Kazakhstan | 2023 | $7.5M | $16,149.76 |
| Australia | 2023 | $7.2M | $20,363.29 |
| Germany | 2023 | $5.4M | $16,850.69 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $3.4M | $17,743.14 |
| Poland | 2023 | $3.1M | $23,890.41 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $2.8M | $19,777.96 |
| China, Macao SAR | 2023 | $2.5M | $20,476 |
| Italy | 2023 | $1.8M | $24,504.94 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._