# Containing By Weight Less Than 99.99 buyer markets and demand...

Germany is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $580.3M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | $580.3M | +2% | 42 | Norway |
| USA | $504.2M | +8% | 34 | Brazil |
| Japan | $366.8M | +0.5% | 24 | China |
| Thailand | $232.7M | +10.7% | 14 | China |
| Netherlands | $184.0M | -2.8% | 36 | China |
| Republic of Korea | $165.8M | -3.9% | 23 | China |
| India | $165.0M | +12.6% | 24 | China |
| Malaysia | $162.8M | +11% | 19 | China |
| United Kingdom | $157.6M | -5.7% | 25 | Brazil |
| United Arab Emirates | $129.9M | +3.8% | 9 | China |
| China | $125.8M | +108.8% | 27 | South Africa |
| Italy | $115.2M | +2.4% | 32 | Netherlands |
| France | $83.2M | +3.7% | 31 | Norway |
| Mexico | $71.5M | +7.7% | 46 | China |
| Bahrain | $70.9M | +22% | 11 | China |
| Poland | $64.0M | +3.4% | 32 | Malaysia |
| Qatar | $46.3M | +6.4% | 7 | China |
| Canada | $44.8M | +3.6% | 25 | Brazil |
| Viet Nam | $38.3M | +23% | 10 | China |
| Spain | $36.2M | +9.5% | 37 | China |
| Indonesia | $33.2M | +3.3% | 11 | China |
| Turkey | $28.1M | +8.5% | 17 | China |
| Belgium | $22.3M | +3% | 21 | Netherlands |
| Taiwan | $21.8M | +4% | 12 | China |
| Sweden | $17.3M | +6.5% | 19 | Norway |
| Brazil | $16.5M | +74.1% | 13 | China |
| Norway | $15.1M | -12.4% | 23 | China |
| Czechia | $13.9M | +0.9% | 20 | Poland |
| Finland | $12.9M | +20.3% | 12 | Sweden |
| Austria | $10.9M | +1.9% | 31 | Germany |
| Hungary | $9.8M | -3.2% | 17 | Poland |
| Argentina | $7.6M | +1.4% | 6 | Brazil |
| Slovenia | $6.3M | -8.5% | 20 | China |
| Romania | $5.9M | +9.8% | 21 | Croatia |
| South Africa | $5.6M | +22.7% | 11 | China |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2023 | $758.4M | $3,337.76 |
| Japan | 2023 | $411.1M | $2,583.64 |
| USA | 2023 | $402.4M | $4,077.66 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $237.6M | $3,493 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $199.0M | $2,346.36 |
| India | 2023 | $194.8M | $2,335.19 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $194.3M | $2,700.01 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $170.1M | $3,644.56 |
| Italy | 2023 | $159.5M | $2,959.25 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $123.9M | $2,456.94 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $106.4M | $2,548.49 |
| France | 2023 | $94.8M | $3,195.9 |
| Norway | 2023 | $86.9M | $3,034.09 |
| Poland | 2023 | $82.9M | $2,452.24 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $57.3M | $2,056.09 |
| Qatar | 2023 | $52.9M | $2,879.38 |
| Bahrain | 2023 | $48.5M | $2,953.65 |
| Spain | 2023 | $48.4M | $2,361.49 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $46.3M | $2,827.31 |
| China | 2023 | $40.6M | $3,525.59 |

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