# Of Sodium buyer markets and demand | HS 283010 | Yugalinks

Democratic Republic of the Congo is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $61.3M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | $61.3M | +45.2% | 8 | China |
| Peru | $41.6M | -3% | 5 | USA |
| Chile | $30.6M | +3.4% | 3 | China |
| Russia | $21.6M | +11.4% | 9 | China |
| USA | $14.7M | +7.7% | 11 | Mexico |
| Mexico | $13.7M | +1% | 20 | USA |
| Brazil | $12.0M | +7.7% | 10 | China |
| Armenia | $9.2M | +7.9% | 4 | Iran |
| United Rep. of Tanzania | $9.1M | +189.8% | 9 | China |
| Republic of Korea | $8.9M | +2.4% | 12 | China |
| Pakistan | $8.1M | +13.8% | 6 | China |
| Kazakhstan | $8.1M | +2.4% | 4 | China |
| Finland | $6.8M | +9.3% | 11 | Italy |
| Turkey | $5.4M | -5.5% | 14 | Iran |
| Zambia | $5.3M | +31.4% | 11 | China |
| Mongolia | $5.1M | +4.6% | 1 | China |
| Morocco | $5.0M | +16.3% | 11 | China |
| Madagascar | $4.7M | +228.3% | 1 | China |
| Canada | $4.4M | -3.6% | 9 | USA |
| Indonesia | $3.8M | -6.5% | 7 | China |
| Thailand | $3.5M | +2.3% | 9 | China |
| South Africa | $3.3M | +14.1% | 10 | China |
| Bangladesh | $3.1M | -12.4% | 8 | China |
| Belgium | $2.6M | -16.6% | 8 | Germany |
| Nigeria | $2.6M | +14.2% | 2 | China |
| Italy | $2.5M | +2.4% | 12 | China |
| Namibia | $2.5M | +14.5% | 4 | Panama |
| Australia | $2.4M | +11% | 5 | China |
| Argentina | $2.3M | +0.3% | 9 | China |
| Norway | $2.1M | +4.9% | 8 | Germany |
| Malaysia | $2.1M | +39.4% | 8 | China |
| Germany | $1.7M | -7.1% | 22 | France |
| Viet Nam | $1.6M | +4.3% | 3 | China |
| France | $1.3M | +8.5% | 11 | Germany |
| United Kingdom | $1.3M | +5.1% | 9 | Germany |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peru | 2023 | $52.4M | $705.86 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2023 | $43.5M | $678.85 |
| Zambia | 2023 | $33.6M | $1,339.63 |
| Chile | 2023 | $31.9M | $1,018.22 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $16.3M | $874.46 |
| Brazil | 2023 | $16.0M | $850.83 |
| Armenia | 2023 | $15.7M | $981.58 |
| Russia | 2023 | $14.4M | $646.68 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $12.8M | $522.1 |
| Kazakhstan | 2023 | $12.5M | $936.43 |
| Pakistan | 2023 | $12.3M | $591.39 |
| USA | 2023 | $11.1M | $1,119.98 |
| Finland | 2023 | $10.0M | $1,333.15 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $9.9M | $769.65 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $7.3M | $967.77 |
| Italy | 2023 | $6.0M | $928.92 |
| Bangladesh | 2023 | $5.4M | $564.64 |
| Morocco | 2023 | $5.3M | $890.62 |
| Canada | 2023 | $4.2M | $595.18 |
| Argentina | 2023 | $4.2M | $1,077.53 |

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