# Plates buyer markets and demand | HS 790500 | Yugalinks

Germany is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $120.5M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | $120.5M | +1% | 40 | France |
| France | $113.6M | +3.5% | 26 | Spain |
| Belgium | $63.2M | +8.8% | 12 | France |
| Thailand | $30.7M | +2.2% | 13 | Japan |
| Italy | $28.1M | -1.4% | 16 | Spain |
| Poland | $24.0M | +10.9% | 20 | Germany |
| United Kingdom | $23.3M | +12.7% | 24 | France |
| Mexico | $17.5M | +2.2% | 11 | USA |
| Netherlands | $16.1M | -5.1% | 31 | Belgium |
| China | $13.9M | +9.5% | 26 | Mexico |
| Denmark | $12.7M | +7.6% | 15 | France |
| Portugal | $12.6M | +1.1% | 13 | Spain |
| Spain | $12.3M | +21.9% | 16 | France |
| Austria | $11.2M | -2.6% | 17 | Germany |
| USA | $9.5M | -2.2% | 23 | Germany |
| Turkey | $6.1M | +0.9% | 17 | France |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $5.9M | +0.6% | 16 | France |
| Republic of Korea | $5.6M | -5.6% | 15 | France |
| India | $5.5M | +15.8% | 18 | France |
| Hungary | $5.0M | -1.6% | 14 | Germany |
| Laos | $4.9M | +10.3% | 31 | China |
| Czechia | $4.7M | -4.7% | 17 | Austria |
| Slovakia | $4.3M | +0.8% | 14 | France |
| Brazil | $3.8M | +4.9% | 12 | Peru |
| Luxembourg | $3.6M | -6.4% | 9 | Belgium |
| Romania | $3.1M | +8.8% | 16 | Austria |
| Chad | $2.9M | +9.6% | 1 | Cameroon |
| Norway | $2.7M | +4.6% | 14 | Germany |
| Taiwan | $2.4M | +12% | 14 | USA |
| Canada | $2.2M | +6.5% | 19 | USA |
| Japan | $2.2M | -10.2% | 14 | USA |
| Bangladesh | $2.1M | +23.7% | 2 | China |
| Sweden | $1.9M | +13.5% | 14 | Romania |
| Australia | $1.7M | +0.6% | 14 | France |
| Haiti | $1.6M | +48.7% | 1 | Dominican Republic |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2023 | $143.8M | $3,889.86 |
| France | 2023 | $128.4M | $4,129.73 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $62.1M | $4,517.02 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $41.4M | $4,911.18 |
| Poland | 2023 | $34.9M | $1,841.38 |
| Italy | 2023 | $33.0M | $4,318.19 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $21.5M | $7,016.96 |
| China | 2023 | $16.9M | $6,029.34 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $16.2M | $7,160.32 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $15.4M | $4,267.78 |
| Austria | 2023 | $15.4M | $4,179.72 |
| Denmark | 2023 | $12.9M | $4,350.52 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $10.6M | $5,532.9 |
| USA | 2023 | $10.5M | $5,765.81 |
| Portugal | 2023 | $9.0M | $4,021.77 |
| Spain | 2023 | $8.8M | $4,284.77 |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | 2023 | $7.3M | $4,263.88 |
| India | 2023 | $6.5M | $6,426.87 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $6.3M | $5,108.85 |
| Czechia | 2023 | $4.6M | $3,406.82 |

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