# Mixtures Of Natural And Synthetic Ru buyer markets and demand...

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $5.5B.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $5.5B | +8.2% | 19 | Thailand |
| India | $54.3M | +49.2% | 18 | Thailand |
| Italy | $40.2M | +13.6% | 14 | Romania |
| Luxembourg | $31.8M | +7.9% | 6 | Czechia |
| Viet Nam | $29.7M | +58.2% | 14 | Laos |
| Laos | $7.6M | +1,563.4% | 2 | China |
| Indonesia | $6.5M | +12.6% | 16 | Viet Nam |
| Slovenia | $6.0M | +108.6% | 10 | Czechia |
| Portugal | $4.5M | +22.2% | 10 | Spain |
| Malaysia | $2.8M | +16.5% | 14 | Japan |
| Thailand | $2.6M | +24.5% | 9 | Myanmar |
| Romania | $2.3M | +24.7% | 9 | Spain |
| Belgium | $1.4M | -13.2% | 14 | France |
| France | $1.2M | -7.5% | 11 | Germany |
| USA | $1.2M | -23.6% | 20 | France |
| Germany | $1.2M | -4.4% | 26 | Czechia |
| Uzbekistan | $1.1M | +187.2% | 1 | China |
| Poland | $767.3K | -30.3% | 15 | France |
| Netherlands | $674.5K | -20% | 22 | Belgium |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $606.1K | -21.4% | 12 | Spain |
| Bulgaria | $595.4K | -0.2% | 7 | Italy |
| Canada | $579.4K | +0.7% | 13 | Belgium |
| Republic of Korea | $568.3K | -6.6% | 8 | Indonesia |
| Albania | $560.3K | +18.9% | 26 | Italy |
| Cambodia | $515.4K | -36.4% | 4 | China |
| Dominican Republic | $510.1K | +48.8% | 3 | China |
| Spain | $458.4K | +1.2% | 11 | Belgium |
| United Kingdom | $406.8K | -29.9% | 16 | Belgium |
| Saudi Arabia | $388.2K | +29% | 7 | Germany |
| Mexico | $309.0K | -16.5% | 13 | USA |
| United Arab Emirates | $279.6K | -17.8% | 8 | India |
| Taiwan | $238.6K | -20% | 8 | Malaysia |
| Serbia | $233.5K | +294.9% | 6 | France |
| Czechia | $226.0K | -9.4% | 10 | Belgium |
| Norway | $213.0K | +33.7% | 11 | Sweden |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $4.9B | $1,345.29 |
| Italy | 2023 | $49.7M | $3,739.16 |
| Luxembourg | 2023 | $35.6M | $2,822.24 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $33.2M | $1,974.63 |
| India | 2023 | $15.3M | $1,413.38 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $8.8M | $4,033.19 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $6.4M | $3,748.44 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $4.5M | $3,926.53 |
| Portugal | 2023 | $3.8M | $5,712.97 |
| Poland | 2023 | $3.1M | $2,581.82 |
| USA | 2023 | $2.7M | $5,658.4 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $2.6M | $6,133.94 |
| Laos | 2023 | $1.9M | $1,189.79 |
| Slovenia | 2023 | $1.8M | $5,896.09 |
| Germany | 2023 | $1.7M | $5,981.76 |
| Romania | 2023 | $1.2M | $5,036.54 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $1.1M | $7,489.96 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $1.1M | $828.85 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $1.0M | $4,170.07 |
| France | 2023 | $713.8K | $1,243.76 |

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