# Stearic Acid buyer markets and demand | HS 382311 | Yugalinks

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $241.5M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $241.5M | +3% | 19 | Indonesia |
| Germany | $98.3M | +14.1% | 26 | Netherlands |
| Netherlands | $95.1M | +13.6% | 31 | Malaysia |
| USA | $82.3M | +24.8% | 20 | Indonesia |
| Republic of Korea | $76.6M | +10% | 11 | Indonesia |
| Turkey | $72.5M | +12.7% | 19 | Malaysia |
| Malaysia | $62.7M | +47% | 10 | Indonesia |
| Viet Nam | $56.8M | +19.2% | 14 | Indonesia |
| Mexico | $52.5M | +15.1% | 33 | Indonesia |
| India | $50.7M | -6.8% | 23 | Indonesia |
| Thailand | $46.0M | +10.3% | 18 | Indonesia |
| Japan | $42.3M | +6.2% | 11 | Malaysia |
| Singapore | $40.6M | +6.6% | 9 | Malaysia |
| Iran | $37.3M | +15.8% | 17 | Indonesia |
| Poland | $31.6M | +11.7% | 23 | Sweden |
| Taiwan | $29.3M | +0.1% | 11 | Indonesia |
| Brazil | $26.3M | +11% | 14 | Argentina |
| Russia | $23.8M | +9.9% | 18 | Indonesia |
| Italy | $23.6M | +21.9% | 20 | Netherlands |
| Belgium | $21.5M | +13% | 14 | Netherlands |
| France | $20.6M | +10.7% | 21 | Belgium |
| Canada | $19.7M | +3.6% | 14 | USA |
| Bangladesh | $15.6M | +14.5% | 10 | Indonesia |
| United Kingdom | $15.0M | +3.8% | 22 | Malaysia |
| Spain | $14.5M | +11.2% | 20 | Malaysia |
| Egypt | $13.7M | +6.7% | 15 | Malaysia |
| Denmark | $10.7M | +6.5% | 14 | Netherlands |
| United Arab Emirates | $9.4M | +16.2% | 21 | Malaysia |
| South Africa | $7.2M | +4.9% | 17 | Malaysia |
| Austria | $6.6M | +5% | 17 | Italy |
| Latvia | $6.4M | +15.5% | 15 | Sweden |
| Czechia | $6.4M | +3% | 21 | Italy |
| Indonesia | $5.9M | +0.7% | 20 | Malaysia |
| Saudi Arabia | $5.8M | +14.2% | 19 | Malaysia |
| Portugal | $5.3M | +36.5% | 12 | Spain |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $354.0M | $976.84 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $83.6M | $1,227.16 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $76.2M | $1,168.54 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $69.6M | $996.01 |
| Germany | 2023 | $69.2M | $1,604.42 |
| USA | 2023 | $64.6M | $1,200.31 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $49.7M | $1,082.35 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $47.4M | $1,328.99 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $46.2M | $914.36 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $41.3M | $1,085.6 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $37.8M | $1,081.05 |
| Japan | 2023 | $37.1M | $1,113.2 |
| India | 2023 | $33.6M | $1,055.35 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $32.9M | $1,060.8 |
| Brazil | 2023 | $30.7M | $1,354.27 |
| Poland | 2023 | $30.7M | $1,486.65 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $23.7M | $1,553.11 |
| Russia | 2023 | $23.0M | $1,149.08 |
| Iran | 2023 | $21.6M | $414.24 |
| Canada | 2023 | $21.0M | $2,018.68 |

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