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Republic of Korea is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $830.9M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Republic of Korea | $830.9M | +7% | 21 | China |
| USA | $588.3M | -5.7% | 58 | Brazil |
| Japan | $246.8M | -9.9% | 25 | China |
| Germany | $179.8M | -7.3% | 64 | Italy |
| Viet Nam | $120.6M | -3.3% | 19 | India |
| Poland | $96.1M | +0% | 47 | India |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $77.1M | -1.7% | 46 | Italy |
| France | $65.7M | -2% | 50 | China |
| Morocco | $60.6M | +12.1% | 18 | Spain |
| Taiwan | $58.9M | +13.4% | 17 | China |
| Mexico | $47.7M | +0.5% | 26 | Brazil |
| United Kingdom | $44.9M | -8.7% | 38 | China |
| Australia | $44.0M | +0.8% | 29 | China |
| Russia | $43.9M | +4.4% | 24 | China |
| Netherlands | $37.3M | -9.5% | 54 | China |
| Austria | $33.8M | -3.4% | 44 | Italy |
| Belgium | $32.2M | -6.9% | 35 | China |
| Romania | $31.4M | -1.4% | 31 | China |
| Turkey | $30.3M | -7.8% | 26 | India |
| Malaysia | $30.0M | +0.5% | 17 | China |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $28.3M | +0% | 17 | China |
| Canada | $25.2M | -6.5% | 43 | China |
| China | $21.7M | +32.1% | 41 | Cambodia |
| Singapore | $20.6M | -5% | 28 | China |
| Norway | $20.0M | -2.8% | 27 | China |
| Ireland | $19.9M | +4.9% | 29 | China |
| Israel | $19.6M | -14.3% | 15 | China |
| Philippines | $19.1M | +4.6% | 14 | China |
| Thailand | $18.6M | -2.6% | 28 | China |
| Kazakhstan | $18.6M | -8.1% | 14 | China |
| Italy | $18.5M | -7.3% | 36 | India |
| United Arab Emirates | $16.6M | -6.1% | 31 | China |
| Hungary | $16.0M | -4% | 32 | China |
| Croatia | $14.2M | +0.5% | 26 | Italy |
| Indonesia | $12.9M | +0.4% | 16 | China |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 2023 | $720.2M | $736.35 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $393.7M | $281.23 |
| Japan | 2023 | $317.8M | $1,177.56 |
| Germany | 2023 | $177.2M | $479.28 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $114.9M | $752.99 |
| Poland | 2023 | $108.9M | $685.43 |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | 2023 | $88.5M | $1,464.52 |
| France | 2023 | $72.3M | $1,009.08 |
| Morocco | 2023 | $61.2M | $498.71 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $60.8M | $619.34 |
| Russia | 2023 | $47.0M | $488.22 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $46.6M | $1,046.91 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $44.1M | $994.16 |
| Italy | 2023 | $43.2M | $591.65 |
| Romania | 2023 | $43.1M | $425.12 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $42.7M | $237.17 |
| Australia | 2023 | $39.2M | $777.88 |
| Austria | 2023 | $33.8M | $602.54 |
| Canada | 2023 | $28.2M | $273.32 |
| Norway | 2023 | $27.1M | $1,012.5 |

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