# Unsaturated buyer markets and demand | HS 290122 | Yugalinks

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $1.6B.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $1.6B | -9.7% | 15 | Republic of Korea |
| Germany | $621.9M | -6.7% | 26 | Netherlands |
| Belgium | $484.9M | -2.7% | 16 | Netherlands |
| Netherlands | $400.1M | -4% | 33 | Germany |
| France | $312.5M | +0.4% | 18 | Germany |
| Taiwan | $247.0M | +4.6% | 10 | Republic of Korea |
| Mexico | $241.9M | -3.5% | 18 | USA |
| Indonesia | $230.7M | +22.8% | 15 | Malaysia |
| Colombia | $190.3M | -5.7% | 36 | USA |
| Republic of Korea | $98.9M | -4.2% | 5 | Japan |
| Slovakia | $96.4M | -4.1% | 6 | Hungary |
| Poland | $91.7M | -6.6% | 15 | Germany |
| Japan | $82.1M | +14.8% | 6 | Republic of Korea |
| USA | $67.5M | -18.8% | 9 | Canada |
| Malaysia | $66.2M | +23.8% | 11 | Singapore |
| Egypt | $61.8M | -2% | 8 | Italy |
| Greece | $51.7M | +3.6% | 9 | Turkey |
| Czechia | $41.6M | +3.4% | 9 | Germany |
| United Kingdom | $39.4M | -11% | 20 | Lithuania |
| Singapore | $38.4M | -10.8% | 12 | Malaysia |
| Thailand | $36.3M | +6.2% | 4 | Malaysia |
| Viet Nam | $31.4M | +198.5% | 9 | Malaysia |
| Latvia | $30.7M | +12.7% | 10 | Lithuania |
| Romania | $25.5M | +5.1% | 15 | Germany |
| Turkey | $20.2M | +61.1% | 9 | Italy |
| Spain | $20.0M | -21% | 11 | Italy |
| Belarus | $11.7M | -16.1% | 4 | Russia |
| World excl. EU | $7.9M | -5.9% | 8 | Italy |
| Italy | $6.2M | -35.9% | 9 | Germany |
| Brazil | $4.3M | +11.6% | 4 | China |
| Serbia | $3.6M | -6.5% | 8 | Germany |
| Saudi Arabia | $3.5M | -28.1% | 7 | Libya |
| Hungary | $3.4M | +22.2% | 10 | Slovakia |
| Yemen | $3.0M | +322.2% | 3 | Saudi Arabia |
| Canada | $3.0M | +0.3% | 5 | USA |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $2.0B | $826.3 |
| Germany | 2023 | $634.1M | $1,066.33 |
| France | 2023 | $308.8M | $967.06 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $305.7M | $965.34 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $302.0M | $920.38 |
| Colombia | 2023 | $290.4M | $999.61 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $243.4M | $912.04 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $192.6M | $905.71 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $147.3M | $874.67 |
| Poland | 2023 | $128.2M | $994.45 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $108.2M | $820.37 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $92.9M | $914.08 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $87.4M | $1,061.4 |
| Slovakia | 2023 | $85.7M | $1,182.32 |
| Greece | 2023 | $69.7M | $974.94 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $59.0M | $913.66 |
| Egypt | 2023 | $53.9M | $824.67 |
| Japan | 2023 | $42.4M | $888.9 |
| Czechia | 2023 | $41.4M | $920.57 |
| Latvia | 2023 | $37.5M | $986.23 |

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