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India is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $228.6M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| India | $228.6M | +16.5% | 29 | China |
| USA | $125.0M | +10.4% | 30 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Mexico | $112.3M | +4.9% | 63 | China |
| China | $70.4M | -18.5% | 26 | Japan |
| Viet Nam | $57.8M | -4.6% | 14 | China |
| Republic of Korea | $49.9M | +8.6% | 14 | Japan |
| Indonesia | $43.2M | +6.2% | 13 | China |
| Turkey | $34.3M | +2.8% | 20 | China |
| Russia | $31.7M | -3.3% | 6 | China |
| Canada | $27.2M | +22.7% | 15 | USA |
| Iran | $25.9M | -17.2% | 19 | China |
| Taiwan | $25.8M | +4.8% | 12 | Belgium |
| Thailand | $25.0M | -5.4% | 13 | China |
| Poland | $21.2M | +3% | 13 | Italy |
| Germany | $20.9M | -15.9% | 25 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Brazil | $20.8M | -0.7% | 14 | China |
| Saudi Arabia | $15.5M | +38.8% | 16 | Italy |
| France | $14.8M | +8% | 17 | Italy |
| Malaysia | $14.6M | +14.7% | 16 | China |
| Kazakhstan | $14.2M | +37.2% | 8 | Germany |
| Egypt | $13.5M | +15.3% | 11 | Italy |
| Slovenia | $9.9M | +11% | 16 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| United Arab Emirates | $9.8M | +20.6% | 16 | Italy |
| Spain | $9.2M | -18.7% | 18 | Germany |
| Uzbekistan | $7.5M | +14.7% | 6 | China |
| Iraq | $7.4M | +54.2% | 7 | Italy |
| Japan | $6.9M | +8.3% | 7 | Finland |
| Hungary | $6.2M | -14% | 12 | Italy |
| Italy | $5.9M | -8.9% | 18 | China |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | $5.8M | +94.1% | 8 | Finland |
| Czechia | $5.7M | -17.4% | 12 | Italy |
| Austria | $5.7M | -10% | 9 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Iceland | $5.4M | +348.4% | 4 | Austria |
| Romania | $5.3M | +3.9% | 16 | Italy |
| Bangladesh | $5.1M | +27.9% | 6 | China |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | 2023 | $137.4M | $14,947.29 |
| India | 2023 | $132.7M | $6,810.72 |
| China | 2023 | $122.7M | $12,990.04 |
| USA | 2023 | $99.0M | $7,592.85 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $79.6M | $11,467.4 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $42.0M | $6,495.68 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $41.8M | $9,607.48 |
| Germany | 2023 | $38.5M | $10,536.91 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $36.6M | $5,385.29 |
| Russia | 2023 | $25.0M | $7,348.4 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $23.0M | $9,390.3 |
| Egypt | 2023 | $22.3M | $18,793.41 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $21.6M | $10,016.69 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $21.4M | $875.49 |
| Italy | 2023 | $19.2M | $6,565.81 |
| Uzbekistan | 2023 | $19.0M | $3,405.78 |
| Hungary | 2023 | $18.4M | $24,264.5 |
| Brazil | 2023 | $16.8M | $17,338.78 |
| South Africa | 2023 | $15.4M | $1,675.96 |
| Canada | 2023 | $14.2M | $1,106.95 |

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