# Oxide Sinters And Other Intermediate buyer markets and demand...

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $4.8B.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $4.8B | +32.1% | 26 | Indonesia |
| Japan | $477.2M | -2.1% | 8 | Philippines |
| Canada | $441.9M | +0.3% | 14 | Cuba |
| Republic of Korea | $70.9M | +5.7% | 17 | Indonesia |
| United Kingdom | $57.6M | -34.5% | 17 | Indonesia |
| Netherlands | $41.7M | +0.9% | 14 | Cuba |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $33.7M | +273.2% | 4 | Cuba |
| Germany | $25.8M | +119.3% | 17 | Cuba |
| Cyprus | $25.0M | +1,529.3% | 2 | Cuba |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $23.0M | +479.2% | 2 | Cuba |
| USA | $22.4M | +42.5% | 15 | Canada |
| China, Macao SAR | $22.0M | 0% | 1 | Cuba |
| India | $19.4M | +122.8% | 12 | Turkey |
| Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea | $19.1M | -9.4% | 1 | Netherlands |
| Cuba | $13.1M | +12.6% | 53 | USA |
| Singapore | $13.1M | +52.2% | 7 | Cuba |
| Iran | $11.6M | +271.7% | 2 | Cuba |
| Belgium | $11.0M | +101.9% | 12 | Cuba |
| Russia | $9.5M | +328.2% | 1 | Cuba |
| Taiwan | $9.5M | -9.7% | 7 | Cuba |
| Sweden | $9.0M | +19.3% | 5 | Germany |
| Turkey | $8.9M | +125.1% | 6 | Cuba |
| Slovenia | $8.0M | +212% | 3 | Cuba |
| United Arab Emirates | $7.7M | +222.1% | 8 | Cuba |
| Thailand | $7.2M | +59.4% | 7 | Cuba |
| Luxembourg | $7.1M | +702% | 3 | Cuba |
| Australia | $6.8M | +268.5% | 2 | Cuba |
| Portugal | $5.2M | +1,627.7% | 4 | Cuba |
| Poland | $5.0M | +139% | 1 | Cuba |
| Norway | $4.6M | +35% | 8 | Belgium |
| Czechia | $4.3M | +405.1% | 1 | Cuba |
| Italy | $3.4M | +571.5% | 7 | Cuba |
| Serbia | $2.8M | +578.1% | 1 | Cuba |
| France | $2.3M | +21.2% | 8 | Denmark |
| Spain | $1.9M | +17% | 9 | Netherlands |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $4.5B | $3,291.14 |
| Japan | 2023 | $766.0M | $8,538.4 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $379.7M | $8,238.44 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $140.8M | $3,638.68 |
| Canada | 2023 | $46.5M | $2,201.66 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $16.6M | $19,524.62 |
| Sweden | 2023 | $12.0M | $6,082.21 |
| Norway | 2023 | $10.1M | $4,761.53 |
| Cuba | 2023 | $9.3M | $19,620.05 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $6.5M | $5,087.64 |
| South Africa | 2023 | $4.7M | $977.23 |
| USA | 2023 | $4.4M | $10,663.98 |
| Laos | 2023 | $3.8M | $7,176.99 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $2.9M | $9,385.77 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $1.8M | $10,877.41 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $1.6M | $16,731.73 |
| Cyprus | 2023 | $1.5M | $2,957 |
| Denmark | 2023 | $1.2M | $13,941.27 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $1.1M | $39,384.62 |
| France | 2023 | $1.1M | $17,155.03 |

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