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USA is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $87.0M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $87.0M | -1.1% | 79 | France |
| China | $71.4M | +10.7% | 50 | France |
| France | $63.3M | -5.2% | 87 | Italy |
| Italy | $56.6M | +1.9% | 76 | Tunisia |
| Republic of Korea | $48.2M | +19.7% | 63 | Italy |
| Japan | $48.2M | +7.4% | 42 | France |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $33.2M | -3.3% | 41 | France |
| United Arab Emirates | $28.0M | +5.6% | 63 | India |
| Germany | $24.4M | -5.3% | 87 | France |
| United Kingdom | $22.5M | -6.8% | 63 | Italy |
| Singapore | $16.2M | -8.4% | 42 | France |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $15.3M | -11.7% | 69 | Italy |
| Spain | $12.7M | -0.5% | 61 | France |
| China, Macao SAR | $10.6M | +6.8% | 36 | France |
| Canada | $9.2M | -4% | 66 | Italy |
| Australia | $8.5M | +5% | 44 | France |
| Taiwan | $8.2M | +5.9% | 32 | France |
| Turkey | $7.2M | +7.4% | 32 | Italy |
| Netherlands | $6.4M | -9.9% | 71 | France |
| Austria | $6.2M | -4.9% | 68 | Italy |
| Thailand | $6.1M | +9.9% | 45 | Italy |
| Malaysia | $5.5M | +8.7% | 39 | Singapore |
| Poland | $4.3M | +10.5% | 50 | Italy |
| Viet Nam | $4.3M | +28.9% | 20 | Italy |
| Russia | $3.7M | -13.6% | 25 | Italy |
| Belgium | $3.5M | -6.7% | 54 | France |
| Madagascar | $3.5M | -17.8% | 9 | France |
| Kuwait | $3.1M | -0.7% | 34 | Italy |
| Qatar | $3.0M | +15.3% | 24 | Italy |
| India | $2.7M | +22.1% | 29 | United Arab Emirates |
| Mexico | $2.6M | +0.5% | 50 | France |
| Greece | $2.5M | +4.4% | 31 | France |
| Saudi Arabia | $2.4M | -1% | 35 | Italy |
| Portugal | $2.3M | +0.3% | 50 | France |
| Norway | $2.3M | +6.4% | 48 | Italy |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| France | 2023 | $82.1M | $325,532.89 |
| China | 2023 | $71.0M | $807,953.35 |
| USA | 2023 | $68.1M | $162,575.86 |
| Italy | 2023 | $64.2M | $366,079.35 |
| Japan | 2023 | $41.1M | $725,225.94 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $32.7M | $349,356.79 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $31.9M | $320,736.04 |
| Germany | 2023 | $28.0M | $314,718.25 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $25.7M | $90,158.69 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $23.2M | $159,802.58 |
| India | 2023 | $21.2M | $353,370.92 |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | 2023 | $18.4M | $690,715.76 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $14.9M | $295,589.37 |
| Spain | 2023 | $12.4M | $241,048.84 |
| China, Macao SAR | 2023 | $12.3M | $788,162.84 |
| Australia | 2023 | $10.9M | $272,269.59 |
| Canada | 2023 | $9.5M | $300,986.04 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $8.4M | $568,750.71 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $7.3M | $251,223.71 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $7.0M | $157,539.79 |

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