# (As Specified In Subheading Note 1 buyer markets and demand...

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $830.0M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $830.0M | -13% | 60 | Papua New Guinea |
| India | $295.4M | -0.1% | 42 | Ecuador |
| Viet Nam | $66.9M | -4.2% | 25 | Cameroon |
| Taiwan | $7.4M | -6% | 21 | Malaysia |
| Japan | $6.8M | -14.6% | 27 | Papua New Guinea |
| Bangladesh | $6.4M | -5.9% | 5 | Cameroon |
| Netherlands | $5.9M | -16.6% | 33 | Germany |
| France | $5.0M | -18.5% | 21 | Central African Republic |
| United Arab Emirates | $4.8M | +22.1% | 30 | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Portugal | $4.7M | -2.7% | 14 | Central African Republic |
| Indonesia | $4.6M | -29% | 6 | Malaysia |
| Turkey | $4.0M | -1.6% | 5 | Central African Republic |
| Republic of Korea | $3.8M | -17.8% | 12 | Papua New Guinea |
| USA | $3.1M | -1.6% | 19 | Guyana |
| Dominican Republic | $2.6M | -18.2% | 13 | Gabon |
| Ireland | $2.3M | +8% | 8 | Denmark |
| Spain | $2.1M | -9% | 23 | Portugal |
| Belgium | $1.8M | -22% | 23 | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Italy | $1.7M | -24.4% | 19 | Cameroon |
| Germany | $1.6M | -22% | 24 | Brazil |
| Colombia | $1.4M | +199.5% | 2 | USA |
| Pakistan | $1.1M | -6.2% | 10 | Brazil |
| Brazil | $894.7K | +67.3% | 3 | Bolivia |
| United Kingdom | $817.4K | -30.8% | 18 | Gabon |
| Malaysia | $810.5K | +18% | 11 | China |
| Denmark | $779.3K | -10.4% | 11 | Netherlands |
| World excl. EU | $734.9K | +8% | 5 | USA |
| Greece | $643.0K | -12.6% | 14 | Bulgaria |
| Philippines | $481.1K | -33.6% | 1 | Malaysia |
| Singapore | $456.2K | -32.5% | 4 | Indonesia |
| Saudi Arabia | $455.4K | +94.9% | 8 | United Arab Emirates |
| Poland | $400.7K | +21.9% | 11 | Italy |
| South Africa | $377.2K | -20.4% | 8 | Namibia |
| Slovenia | $331.9K | -12.6% | 12 | Congo, Rep. of the |
| Mauritius | $294.0K | -20.3% | 6 | Madagascar |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $827.9M | $196.17 |
| India | 2023 | $295.5M | $403.57 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $45.9M | $234.74 |
| France | 2023 | $17.1M | $702.59 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $11.7M | $502.98 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $10.8M | $292.23 |
| Japan | 2023 | $10.4M | $617.77 |
| Portugal | 2023 | $9.7M | $639.65 |
| Germany | 2023 | $7.5M | $234.88 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $7.5M | $421.12 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $7.3M | $592.27 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $7.0M | $1,416.15 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $6.2M | $723.96 |
| Italy | 2023 | $6.1M | $609.52 |
| Bangladesh | 2023 | $5.7M | $156.63 |
| Ireland | 2023 | $5.4M | $6,323.74 |
| Dominican Republic | 2023 | $4.9M | $966.9 |
| Spain | 2023 | $3.6M | $586.78 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $3.6M | $259.74 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $2.7M | $716.92 |

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