# Railway Or Tramway Sleepers (Cross-T buyer markets and demand...

Canada is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $106.0M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | $106.0M | -0.3% | 1 | USA |
| Mexico | $13.7M | +203.3% | 11 | USA |
| Austria | $9.7M | +2.9% | 10 | Czechia |
| Germany | $8.3M | +15.5% | 16 | France |
| Brazil | $7.0M | +9.3% | 1 | USA |
| Croatia | $6.5M | +18.1% | 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| France | $6.1M | +0.5% | 5 | Belgium |
| Slovakia | $6.0M | +4.4% | 7 | Poland |
| Hungary | $4.5M | -12.6% | 7 | Slovakia |
| Serbia | $4.3M | +0.1% | 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Spain | $3.6M | +0.9% | 6 | Portugal |
| Czechia | $3.1M | +0.4% | 7 | Poland |
| USA | $3.1M | +7.2% | 3 | Canada |
| Belgium | $2.6M | +51.9% | 8 | France |
| United Kingdom | $2.5M | +17.3% | 8 | Belgium |
| Denmark | $2.5M | +38.3% | 3 | Germany |
| Slovenia | $2.0M | +7.3% | 4 | Czechia |
| Netherlands | $1.9M | +17.7% | 20 | Romania |
| Norway | $1.8M | -7.7% | 5 | Germany |
| Japan | $1.6M | +146.5% | 2 | Malaysia |
| Mauritania | $1.5M | +285.5% | 1 | Gabon |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $1.3M | -7.9% | 5 | France |
| Algeria | $814.9K | -14.2% | 1 | Spain |
| Romania | $793.8K | -4.1% | 6 | France |
| Luxembourg | $740.1K | -14.1% | 4 | Belgium |
| Turkey | $688.5K | +73.6% | 2 | Romania |
| Lithuania | $672.0K | +38.4% | 6 | Latvia |
| Montenegro | $502.1K | -20.1% | 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Estonia | $445.8K | +18.7% | 6 | Poland |
| Jamaica | $323.8K | +6.5% | 3 | Guyana |
| Latvia | $291.3K | +1.7% | 4 | Estonia |
| Portugal | $250.3K | +77.7% | 3 | Belgium |
| Israel | $240.6K | -14.7% | 7 | USA |
| United Rep. of Tanzania | $226.6K | +303% | 1 | China |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | $207.7K | +67.4% | 2 | Serbia |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 2023 | $106.0M | $872.44 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $16.5M | $972.95 |
| Germany | 2023 | $8.2M | $836.01 |
| Spain | 2023 | $7.7M | $552.09 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $7.5M | $585.22 |
| Austria | 2023 | $7.2M | $2,291.85 |
| Brazil | 2023 | $6.5M | $816.03 |
| Croatia | 2023 | $6.0M | $952.96 |
| France | 2023 | $5.8M | $697.79 |
| Japan | 2023 | $3.4M | $844.74 |
| Serbia | 2023 | $3.2M | $1,191.27 |
| Slovenia | 2023 | $3.0M | $985.06 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $2.8M | $309.3 |
| USA | 2023 | $2.7M | $881.04 |
| Czechia | 2023 | $2.7M | $809.72 |
| Slovakia | 2023 | $2.1M | $872.42 |
| Denmark | 2023 | $2.0M | $1,151.18 |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | 2023 | $1.8M | $904.33 |
| Norway | 2023 | $1.7M | $1,955.42 |
| Latvia | 2023 | $1.6M | $655.98 |

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