# Commercial Alkali Metal Silicates trade prices and signals...

The featured reported corridor is China to Saudi Arabia, with a unit value of $2,416.57 per metric ton.

## Latest corridor price evidence

| Year | Route | USD per ton | Market median | Difference | Quantity |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | China to South Africa | $549.38 | $3,435.19 | -84% | 19,244.8 t |
| 2023 | Canada to USA | $1,313.09 | $2,468.89 | -46.8% | 7,527.7 t |
| 2023 | USA to Mexico | $3,100.06 | $3,100.06 | 0% | 2,707 t |
| 2023 | USA to Canada | $3,967.93 | $4,556.27 | -12.9% | 1,971.4 t |
| 2023 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein to Germany | $1,487.15 | $2,619.14 | -43.2% | 5,126.1 t |
| 2023 | China to Russia | $3,094.34 | $3,698.68 | -16.3% | 1,741.8 t |
| 2023 | China to Saudi Arabia | $719.06 | $1,991.82 | -63.9% | 7,250.9 t |
| 2023 | Netherlands to Germany | $1,599.15 | $2,619.14 | -38.9% | 2,962.6 t |
| 2023 | Thailand to Turkey | $1,474.33 | $2,529.95 | -41.7% | 3,084 t |
| 2023 | Spain to Mexico | $2,283.84 | $3,100.06 | -26.3% | 1,511.8 t |
| 2023 | Luxembourg to Netherlands | $1,966.32 | $3,637.55 | -45.9% | 1,744.6 t |
| 2023 | China to Japan | $1,279.59 | $2,765.65 | -53.7% | 2,625.9 t |
| 2023 | China to Indonesia | $1,141.7 | $4,413.67 | -74.1% | 2,745.1 t |
| 2023 | Japan to Poland | $13,721.28 | $2,894.25 | +374.1% | 224.7 t |
| 2023 | China to Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $1,206.24 | $2,692.17 | -55.2% | 2,472.7 t |
| 2023 | Germany to Austria | $946.16 | $2,825.93 | -66.5% | 3,009.2 t |
| 2023 | China to Philippines | $2,969.57 | $2,536.22 | +17.1% | 925.3 t |
| 2023 | Netherlands to Denmark | $1,557.22 | $1,833.33 | -15.1% | 1,650.9 t |
| 2023 | Germany to Netherlands | $2,750.49 | $3,637.55 | -24.4% | 913.7 t |
| 2023 | Republic of Korea to China | $1,995.94 | $2,506.63 | -20.4% | 1,254.8 t |
| 2023 | Poland to Germany | $1,171.98 | $2,619.14 | -55.3% | 2,124 t |
| 2023 | Czechia to Germany | $1,827.5 | $2,619.14 | -30.2% | 1,331.6 t |
| 2023 | Thailand to Viet Nam | $1,616.98 | $2,500.08 | -35.3% | 1,492.1 t |
| 2023 | Belgium to Netherlands | $3,952.07 | $3,637.55 | +8.6% | 601.9 t |
| 2023 | Netherlands to China | $4,792.37 | $2,506.63 | +91.2% | 495.7 t |
| 2023 | China to Viet Nam | $2,147.33 | $2,500.08 | -14.1% | 1,085 t |
| 2023 | USA to Germany | $10,548.28 | $2,619.14 | +302.7% | 220.8 t |
| 2023 | Other Asia, nes to Bangladesh | $2,280.5 | $1,061.76 | +114.8% | 1,013.5 t |
| 2023 | Mexico to USA | $598.97 | $2,468.89 | -75.7% | 3,666.8 t |
| 2023 | China to France | $2,001.95 | $2,133.65 | -6.2% | 1,031.1 t |
| 2023 | Japan to Republic of Korea | $5,378.17 | $5,378.17 | 0% | 383.7 t |
| 2023 | Netherlands to Romania | $1,765.82 | $1,534.49 | +15.1% | 1,164.2 t |
| 2023 | China to United Rep. of Tanzania | $1,918.79 | $785.98 | +144.1% | 1,053.9 t |
| 2023 | China to India | $1,130.19 | $4,716.82 | -76% | 1,726 t |
| 2023 | Thailand to Pakistan | $1,952.22 | $2,408.03 | -18.9% | 975 t |

## Featured corridor trade history

| Year | Route trade | Year-on-year change | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | $155.3K | +18.5% | +35.6% |
| 2010 | $214.1K | +37.8% | +41.4% |
| 2011 | $12.8K | -94% | -54% |
| 2012 | $173.4K | +1,257.3% | +3.7% |
| 2014 | $71.4K | -58.8% | -30.6% |
| 2015 | $9.7K | -86.4% | -8.6% |
| 2016 | $69.2K | +610.3% | -26.4% |
| 2017 | $143.3K | +107.1% | +26.1% |
| 2018 | $172.2K | +20.2% | +160.5% |
| 2019 | $376.8K | +118.8% | +75.9% |
| 2020 | $4.8M | +1,182% | +223.1% |
| 2021 | $5.6M | +16.6% | +219.8% |
| 2022 | $15.3M | +171.5% | +243.6% |
| 2023 | $13.4M | -12.6% | +40.4% |
| 2024 | $18.1M | +35.9% | +47.7% |

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