# Containing By Weight More Than 97% O buyer markets and demand...

USA is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $150.5M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $150.5M | +6.9% | 13 | Mexico |
| India | $122.0M | +11.5% | 12 | South Africa |
| Italy | $78.5M | +0.8% | 11 | Mexico |
| Netherlands | $37.0M | -2% | 11 | South Africa |
| Germany | $33.9M | -7.1% | 23 | Spain |
| United Arab Emirates | $31.8M | +9% | 12 | South Africa |
| Luxembourg | $26.0M | +247.1% | 3 | South Africa |
| China | $15.3M | -17% | 13 | Mongolia |
| Japan | $14.5M | -16.6% | 10 | Viet Nam |
| Norway | $11.4M | +42.3% | 3 | Spain |
| Tunisia | $8.1M | -1.2% | 4 | Mexico |
| Canada | $4.0M | -21% | 6 | Viet Nam |
| Czechia | $3.9M | -4.1% | 8 | Netherlands |
| Belgium | $2.9M | +12.8% | 4 | Germany |
| Poland | $2.9M | +6.3% | 9 | Germany |
| France | $2.2M | +2% | 9 | Germany |
| Austria | $1.6M | +15.4% | 7 | Germany |
| Sweden | $1.6M | +32.5% | 5 | Czechia |
| Taiwan | $1.3M | -3.2% | 2 | China |
| Turkey | $1.1M | -4.7% | 13 | Germany |
| Slovakia | $1.0M | +0.2% | 4 | Germany |
| Republic of Korea | $896.7K | -32.7% | 6 | China |
| Brazil | $856.0K | +12.1% | 6 | Mexico |
| Indonesia | $563.5K | -5.7% | 5 | India |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $533.3K | +6.7% | 2 | South Africa |
| Honduras | $520.1K | +735% | 1 | Mexico |
| Romania | $477.9K | +24.3% | 5 | Germany |
| Israel | $437.7K | -0.9% | 4 | Czechia |
| Latvia | $413.8K | +0.9% | 4 | Czechia |
| Thailand | $343.5K | +23.5% | 5 | China |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $278.3K | +323.5% | 1 | USA |
| Philippines | $266.9K | +0.1% | 1 | China |
| Haiti | $247.7K | +873.9% | 1 | Mexico |
| Egypt | $228.2K | +1% | 3 | Mexico |
| Colombia | $224.7K | -3.2% | 1 | Mexico |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 2023 | $162.8M | $455.48 |
| Italy | 2023 | $88.2M | $429.94 |
| Germany | 2023 | $71.4M | $580.02 |
| India | 2023 | $68.7M | $461.85 |
| Luxembourg | 2023 | $35.0M | $442.51 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $31.3M | $515.72 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $29.4M | $641.82 |
| China | 2023 | $22.7M | $408.61 |
| Ukraine | 2023 | $19.6M | $450.39 |
| Japan | 2023 | $17.9M | $604.32 |
| Canada | 2023 | $17.7M | $560.95 |
| Tunisia | 2023 | $17.3M | $488.75 |
| Norway | 2023 | $15.1M | $570.63 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $12.9M | $478.73 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $8.6M | $461.16 |
| Czechia | 2023 | $6.3M | $642.43 |
| France | 2023 | $3.6M | $563.37 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $3.2M | $411.01 |
| Poland | 2023 | $2.9M | $606.08 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $2.7M | $730.5 |

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