# Having A Specific Gravity Of 2.5 Or  buyer markets and demand...

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $190.3M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $190.3M | -9.3% | 41 | Italy |
| Italy | $61.1M | -0.5% | 47 | Namibia |
| Egypt | $35.7M | +1% | 16 | Turkey |
| India | $29.0M | -1.9% | 13 | Italy |
| Saudi Arabia | $19.4M | +23.5% | 21 | Italy |
| Taiwan | $12.7M | -13.2% | 19 | Turkey |
| Algeria | $8.1M | +1% | 5 | Greece |
| Greece | $7.0M | +20.2% | 21 | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| Thailand | $6.3M | -5.4% | 7 | Italy |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $5.2M | -14.8% | 9 | Italy |
| Tunisia | $4.8M | +3.5% | 7 | Italy |
| Spain | $4.4M | +5.4% | 21 | Italy |
| Jordan | $4.0M | +3.3% | 8 | Italy |
| Turkey | $3.9M | +11.7% | 13 | Iran |
| Germany | $3.7M | +14.6% | 28 | Namibia |
| Viet Nam | $3.3M | +3.2% | 12 | Italy |
| Morocco | $3.1M | +5.2% | 9 | Italy |
| Indonesia | $2.9M | -3% | 6 | Italy |
| Lebanon | $2.9M | -8.4% | 5 | Italy |
| USA | $2.6M | +8.1% | 15 | Italy |
| United Arab Emirates | $2.6M | -8.8% | 17 | Italy |
| Portugal | $2.0M | +2% | 18 | Spain |
| France | $1.9M | -10.2% | 32 | Italy |
| Qatar | $1.7M | +23.7% | 6 | United Arab Emirates |
| Iran | $1.7M | +11.7% | 9 | Afghanistan |
| Malaysia | $1.1M | +12.4% | 9 | Singapore |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $1.0M | +0.3% | 13 | Germany |
| Japan | $1.0M | -6.2% | 14 | Italy |
| Albania | $1.0M | -11.1% | 26 | Greece |
| Zambia | $943.4K | +268.6% | 5 | China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| Pakistan | $833.8K | -34.4% | 9 | Afghanistan |
| Bangladesh | $710.8K | -7.3% | 6 | Italy |
| Brazil | $704.0K | +6.4% | 7 | Turkey |
| Australia | $679.3K | +5.3% | 4 | Egypt |
| Canada | $633.0K | +23.5% | 11 | USA |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $73.9M | $169.5 |
| Italy | 2023 | $46.7M | $495.97 |
| Egypt | 2023 | $36.4M | $170.64 |
| India | 2023 | $21.2M | $353.4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2023 | $12.3M | $408.09 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $10.5M | $295.81 |
| Greece | 2023 | $9.1M | $185.51 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $6.8M | $466 |
| Pakistan | 2023 | $5.8M | $151.86 |
| Algeria | 2023 | $5.5M | $108.76 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $5.5M | $486.69 |
| Germany | 2023 | $5.5M | $330.15 |
| Morocco | 2023 | $4.8M | $277.73 |
| Tunisia | 2023 | $4.7M | $160.7 |
| Spain | 2023 | $4.6M | $430.91 |
| Jordan | 2023 | $4.6M | $258.11 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $4.4M | $223.72 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $2.6M | $292.34 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $2.5M | $420.1 |
| France | 2023 | $1.8M | $613.5 |

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