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Republic of Korea is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $234.2M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Republic of Korea | $234.2M | +26.7% | 21 | Australia |
| Belgium | $88.9M | +2.4% | 36 | Germany |
| Sweden | $88.3M | +5.9% | 6 | Germany |
| Spain | $57.2M | +4.2% | 15 | Belgium |
| Germany | $53.2M | -5.9% | 47 | Netherlands |
| Morocco | $22.0M | +535% | 1 | Chile |
| Canada | $18.6M | -15.7% | 6 | USA |
| Cambodia | $15.8M | +102.9% | 3 | Chile |
| Japan | $13.8M | +15% | 9 | Taiwan |
| Philippines | $11.5M | +52.5% | 4 | Mexico |
| United Arab Emirates | $6.9M | +2.6% | 4 | Oman |
| Austria | $6.8M | +3.6% | 27 | Germany |
| Georgia | $6.3M | +210% | 1 | USA |
| Italy | $6.1M | +23.9% | 20 | Greece |
| Thailand | $5.3M | +92.8% | 9 | South Africa |
| India | $4.8M | +10.3% | 13 | United Arab Emirates |
| Turkey | $4.6M | +13.3% | 17 | Romania |
| Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea | $4.5M | +297.3% | 1 | India |
| USA | $4.2M | -0.5% | 6 | Canada |
| Netherlands | $3.8M | -15.6% | 29 | Finland |
| Poland | $3.7M | +61.6% | 9 | USA |
| Finland | $3.6M | +93.8% | 3 | Sweden |
| Slovakia | $1.7M | -27.3% | 7 | USA |
| Portugal | $1.5M | +0.2% | 3 | Spain |
| China | $1.4M | -3.2% | 6 | South Africa |
| Sri Lanka | $1.3M | +3.8% | 2 | South Africa |
| Qatar | $1.3M | +4.7% | 2 | India |
| South Africa | $1.2M | +26.5% | 5 | United Arab Emirates |
| Saudi Arabia | $1.0M | +10.4% | 2 | Oman |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $731.9K | +132.3% | 4 | United Kingdom |
| Nigeria | $527.1K | +60.1% | 4 | United Arab Emirates |
| Malaysia | $445.3K | -21.1% | 5 | Viet Nam |
| Kenya | $394.1K | +4.8% | 3 | Japan |
| Bahrain | $340.4K | +38.5% | 5 | Japan |
| United Kingdom | $321.0K | -4% | 8 | Belgium |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 2023 | $200.6M | $38,943.79 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $148.2M | $7,185.58 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $92.9M | $2,280.25 |
| Spain | 2023 | $67.6M | $1,977.99 |
| Germany | 2023 | $61.2M | $2,038.25 |
| Sweden | 2023 | $46.7M | $1,058.13 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $38.1M | $346.93 |
| Cambodia | 2023 | $31.3M | $2,629.06 |
| Morocco | 2023 | $22.0M | $2,116.49 |
| Italy | 2023 | $18.2M | $3,837.52 |
| Japan | 2023 | $14.9M | $593.07 |
| Austria | 2023 | $14.3M | $10,897.46 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $14.1M | $164.47 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $13.6M | $1,425.55 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $10.3M | $23.63 |
| Poland | 2023 | $8.0M | $4,766.51 |
| France | 2023 | $4.2M | $9,553.41 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $4.0M | $1,648.98 |
| USA | 2023 | $3.9M | $4,252.08 |
| Slovakia | 2023 | $3.7M | $4,938.49 |

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