# Synthetic Filament Tow buyer markets and demand | HS 550130...

Iran is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $176.6M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Iran | $176.6M | +11.8% | 11 | Turkey |
| Turkey | $53.5M | -5.3% | 14 | China |
| Indonesia | $47.0M | -8.4% | 15 | Thailand |
| USA | $46.4M | -13.2% | 23 | Japan |
| China | $45.7M | -1.8% | 16 | Republic of Korea |
| Bangladesh | $39.6M | +6.8% | 7 | Japan |
| Senegal | $39.3M | +2.2% | 4 | Japan |
| Nigeria | $25.9M | -14.5% | 8 | Japan |
| Togo | $24.2M | -3.2% | 3 | Japan |
| India | $20.0M | -11.2% | 13 | China |
| South Africa | $18.5M | +8.2% | 12 | Turkey |
| Mozambique | $17.7M | +34.8% | 5 | Japan |
| Pakistan | $15.6M | -8.5% | 8 | Thailand |
| Kenya | $15.1M | -0.3% | 14 | Japan |
| Japan | $13.7M | -11.2% | 10 | Malaysia |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | $12.9M | +37.8% | 1 | Japan |
| Cameroon | $10.7M | +6% | 7 | Japan |
| Italy | $9.7M | -9.3% | 21 | Turkey |
| Romania | $9.5M | -6% | 8 | Turkey |
| Egypt | $9.2M | -4.8% | 6 | Thailand |
| Germany | $9.0M | +45.1% | 22 | Japan |
| Zambia | $8.9M | +21% | 9 | Republic of Korea |
| United Kingdom | $8.7M | -24.4% | 12 | Portugal |
| Russia | $8.4M | -1.3% | 3 | Belarus |
| Côte d\'Ivoire | $7.8M | +4.1% | 6 | Japan |
| Malaysia | $6.8M | +73.7% | 9 | Thailand |
| Ecuador | $6.6M | -6.4% | 6 | Peru |
| Hungary | $6.4M | +24.7% | 3 | Mexico |
| United Arab Emirates | $6.1M | +14.9% | 12 | China |
| Ghana | $6.0M | -0.8% | 3 | Japan |
| United Rep. of Tanzania | $6.0M | +14.8% | 7 | Japan |
| Peru | $4.0M | +7.4% | 2 | Thailand |
| Morocco | $3.9M | -10.3% | 3 | Portugal |
| Uganda | $3.8M | +0.8% | 7 | Japan |
| Spain | $3.2M | -23.5% | 9 | Turkey |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 2023 | $97.5M | $3,809.85 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $58.0M | $2,071.34 |
| Nigeria | 2023 | $55.8M | $4,858.34 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $47.7M | $1,975.55 |
| Bangladesh | 2023 | $41.7M | $3,251.33 |
| China | 2023 | $40.5M | $2,265.08 |
| Senegal | 2023 | $38.7M | $5,839.14 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $23.5M | $3,550.6 |
| Togo | 2023 | $22.1M | $5,155.82 |
| Hungary | 2023 | $22.0M | $4,432.82 |
| India | 2023 | $21.0M | $1,788.5 |
| Pakistan | 2023 | $16.5M | $1,873.8 |
| Romania | 2023 | $14.5M | $2,399.15 |
| Germany | 2023 | $13.8M | $3,652.89 |
| Kenya | 2023 | $13.6M | $3,606.27 |
| Mozambique | 2023 | $13.0M | $4,638.45 |
| South Africa | 2023 | $12.1M | $3,255.86 |
| Zambia | 2023 | $11.8M | $3,120.15 |
| Italy | 2023 | $11.4M | $2,896.5 |
| Ecuador | 2023 | $10.9M | $2,318.73 |

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