# Disodium Tetraborate (Refined Borax) buyer markets and demand...

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $521.8M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $521.8M | +15.8% | 17 | Turkey |
| India | $72.2M | +19.9% | 19 | Turkey |
| USA | $65.5M | +7.7% | 22 | Turkey |
| Canada | $39.1M | +13.1% | 14 | Turkey |
| Netherlands | $35.8M | +20.6% | 25 | Turkey |
| Brazil | $27.0M | +16% | 12 | USA |
| Malaysia | $25.4M | +2.2% | 21 | USA |
| Germany | $25.1M | +4.7% | 25 | Turkey |
| France | $17.7M | +20.2% | 19 | Turkey |
| Indonesia | $17.1M | -10.2% | 12 | USA |
| Mexico | $13.9M | +9.2% | 18 | USA |
| Japan | $13.1M | +5.6% | 8 | USA |
| Republic of Korea | $12.9M | +6.2% | 14 | Turkey |
| Belgium | $12.6M | +20.8% | 12 | Netherlands |
| Poland | $12.0M | -6.9% | 23 | Turkey |
| Slovenia | $11.8M | +15.2% | 15 | Turkey |
| Thailand | $10.6M | +11% | 12 | USA |
| Spain | $10.3M | +1.9% | 15 | Turkey |
| Sweden | $9.6M | +5.3% | 7 | Turkey |
| Russia | $8.7M | -7.6% | 13 | Turkey |
| Colombia | $7.0M | +17% | 9 | Turkey |
| Viet Nam | $6.1M | +4.6% | 15 | USA |
| Italy | $5.2M | -0.7% | 12 | Turkey |
| Finland | $5.2M | +13.5% | 11 | Turkey |
| United Kingdom | $5.2M | -13.2% | 16 | Turkey |
| Pakistan | $4.3M | +13.1% | 8 | Turkey |
| Norway | $3.7M | +11.9% | 6 | Sweden |
| Czechia | $3.5M | -7.9% | 17 | Turkey |
| Denmark | $3.2M | +9.8% | 11 | Netherlands |
| Romania | $2.7M | +11.6% | 15 | Luxembourg |
| Taiwan | $2.7M | +4.8% | 14 | Turkey |
| Guatemala | $2.6M | +14% | 7 | Turkey |
| Portugal | $2.3M | +14.6% | 8 | France |
| Bangladesh | $2.2M | +24.2% | 10 | USA |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $2.2M | +5.2% | 13 | Italy |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $449.9M | $633.07 |
| USA | 2023 | $91.9M | $601.21 |
| India | 2023 | $85.1M | $718.62 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $57.4M | $700.86 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $55.0M | $604.94 |
| Germany | 2023 | $38.7M | $609.45 |
| Guatemala | 2023 | $34.9M | $703.07 |
| Canada | 2023 | $34.0M | $599.48 |
| Brazil | 2023 | $28.7M | $1,194.06 |
| France | 2023 | $24.5M | $586.71 |
| Poland | 2023 | $21.4M | $589.15 |
| Czechia | 2023 | $19.5M | $864.48 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $18.7M | $619.29 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $18.7M | $694.9 |
| Japan | 2023 | $17.8M | $730.86 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $17.2M | $753.35 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $14.7M | $682.06 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $13.3M | $628.47 |
| Slovenia | 2023 | $13.1M | $3,032.26 |
| Spain | 2023 | $12.1M | $596.92 |

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