# Containing By Weight More Than 50% O buyer markets and demand...

USA is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $30.3M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $30.3M | +9% | 28 | Mexico |
| Republic of Korea | $14.2M | -7.5% | 20 | Japan |
| Germany | $11.9M | +6% | 42 | USA |
| Indonesia | $10.0M | +48.9% | 20 | China |
| China | $7.0M | -17% | 20 | Republic of Korea |
| Taiwan | $4.9M | -8.2% | 14 | Japan |
| Italy | $4.8M | +6.6% | 25 | USA |
| Mexico | $3.6M | -5% | 20 | USA |
| Canada | $3.4M | +4.5% | 16 | USA |
| India | $2.9M | -14.7% | 18 | China |
| Malaysia | $2.8M | +9.5% | 16 | USA |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $2.7M | +7.8% | 15 | Italy |
| Japan | $2.7M | -0.4% | 12 | USA |
| France | $2.4M | -8.9% | 28 | Belgium |
| United Arab Emirates | $2.3M | +5.1% | 23 | Italy |
| Viet Nam | $2.2M | +4.2% | 14 | China |
| Turkey | $2.2M | +7.3% | 19 | Italy |
| Thailand | $2.1M | -3.3% | 16 | Italy |
| Spain | $2.0M | +0.4% | 21 | France |
| Netherlands | $1.9M | -7.9% | 34 | France |
| Brazil | $1.8M | -0.3% | 19 | Germany |
| Slovenia | $1.5M | +76.8% | 16 | Spain |
| United Kingdom | $1.3M | -3.9% | 23 | USA |
| Belgium | $1.3M | -8% | 16 | France |
| Portugal | $1.2M | -8% | 13 | Spain |
| Peru | $1.2M | +2.5% | 13 | Brazil |
| Saudi Arabia | $1.0M | +24.6% | 25 | China |
| Austria | $915.6K | +5.2% | 19 | Germany |
| South Africa | $909.7K | +9% | 15 | India |
| Egypt | $893.1K | -21.5% | 19 | Italy |
| Poland | $840.9K | +11% | 23 | France |
| Pakistan | $812.7K | +1.9% | 9 | China |
| Sweden | $809.6K | +15.2% | 21 | Republic of Korea |
| Norway | $774.6K | +8.6% | 18 | France |
| Australia | $712.9K | -12.2% | 13 | Italy |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $24.9M | $20,014.92 |
| USA | 2023 | $19.4M | $4,455.11 |
| China | 2023 | $14.1M | $170,049.82 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $7.1M | $10,991.04 |
| Italy | 2023 | $6.0M | $43,684.19 |
| Germany | 2023 | $5.5M | $11,173.39 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $3.9M | $7,308.78 |
| Spain | 2023 | $3.8M | $19,953.46 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $3.7M | $7,178.87 |
| Canada | 2023 | $3.6M | $3,972.34 |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | 2023 | $3.4M | $48,047.46 |
| France | 2023 | $3.0M | $32,030.65 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $2.7M | $18,054.63 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $2.3M | $6,926.36 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $2.2M | $11,785.77 |
| India | 2023 | $2.2M | $756.49 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $2.1M | $32,281.69 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $2.1M | $3,277.27 |
| Japan | 2023 | $2.0M | $67,487.63 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $2.0M | $3,075.01 |

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