Comex Reports South Africa 39 - plastics and articles thereof 3901 - ethylene polymers

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Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Annual FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Saudi Arabia 82.956.489 161.873.890 240.400.492 105.463.192 167.672.962 112.926.692
United States 51.120.080 20.934.438 11.062.855 31.422.914 31.391.812
Thailand 13.182.047 20.860.774 21.302.550 20.771.068 15.169.435 7.443.976
China 5.957.291 16.573.077 19.353.227 17.970.904 22.856.285 15.532.849
South Korea 8.026.242 16.315.384 18.552.304 17.047.966 22.808.575 9.186.329
United Arab Emirates 8.237.483 15.462.976 13.113.041 11.925.378 21.032.306 22.122.004
Qatar 5.689.503 23.262.160 28.387.516 8.903.396 12.302.130 12.975.754
Germany 6.356.309 8.408.483 9.927.767 14.963.963 18.973.049 12.396.959
Belgium 6.805.774 7.790.598 8.821.685 8.595.642 13.554.843 10.062.893
Netherlands 6.567.773 7.911.527 7.463.842 9.608.159 9.023.165 10.535.366
Others 47.118.150 82.191.897 103.999.423 59.781.959 73.843.505 43.656.254
Total 242,017,141 381,585,202 482,384,702 306,454,540 408,628,066 256,839,077

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 03 - 2025 04 - 2025 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025
Saudi Arabia 9.857.670 15.246.225 14.605.097 19.920.584 17.939.284 11.718.494
United Arab Emirates 2.752.935 2.605.348 2.856.789 515.749 4.852.514 2.123.358
China 2.217.595 1.411.094 1.885.636 1.984.843 1.932.524 2.670.491
Germany 526.816 414.891 1.935.266 3.103.497 1.780.892 2.274.756
Qatar 1.477.569 2.365.366 2.956.742 1.668.454 333.606 946.791
Netherlands 432.156 1.074.929 2.239.560 2.073.087 1.246.225 1.322.240
South Korea 202.970 470.629 425.203 1.197.106 4.102.194 1.953.745
Belgium 813.579 717.241 954.076 1.524.940 1.732.566 1.754.531
Oman 549.103 689.295 1.891.433 810.827 2.438.912 600.203
Thailand 637.154 739.729 712.107 1.166.365 1.881.591 878.294
Others 3.089.078 4.802.056 4.063.752 4.818.600 8.096.179 3.668.163
Total 22,556,625 30,536,802 34,525,661 38,784,053 46,336,489 29,911,066

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Annual FOB USD

Date
Import Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Zimbabwe 22.850.034 38.624.779 41.370.677 34.308.156 45.775.394 37.388.942
Zambia 18.197.933 36.528.980 38.479.413 34.162.016 40.965.383 31.101.196
Botswana 10.094.209 17.400.915 23.394.680 16.684.533 21.454.958 18.920.200
Malawi 11.108.425 16.458.958 15.210.260 16.961.644 16.499.518 10.858.620
Namibia 8.810.867 16.502.746 17.513.311 11.678.700 13.451.641 9.058.197
Mozambique 6.687.923 11.573.800 9.773.130 8.766.089 7.315.746 7.809.026
China 23.554.880 4.119.144 9.789.801 7.563.769 3.138.356 1.808.209
Swaziland 3.562.179 7.791.025 7.846.217 4.920.353 5.582.575 4.461.232
Niger 1.387.661 110.206 2.647.274 2.784.631 8.192.702 8.117.678
Democratic Republic... 1.799.302 3.477.514 4.697.804 4.040.754 5.710.837 3.147.522
Others 25.769.272 29.811.169 37.806.995 42.254.380 23.588.838 39.142.777
Total 133,822,685 182,399,237 208,529,560 184,125,026 191,675,947 171,813,600

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Import Countries
 03 - 2025 04 - 2025 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025
Zimbabwe 3.562.997 3.407.573 4.815.398 5.726.873 5.179.146 6.741.467
Zambia 3.384.379 3.554.348 5.121.204 3.182.528 5.838.210 4.422.889
Botswana 2.451.283 1.919.732 2.653.473 2.491.330 2.417.531 3.024.734
Malawi 804.058 761.716 1.469.586 1.766.909 1.995.392 1.995.697
Namibia 1.222.250 969.575 1.033.294 873.642 1.483.766 1.480.579
Mozambique 847.360 789.304 936.981 1.404.120 1.276.182 794.609
Niger 1.381.354 1.355.340 475.862 985.975 1.203.557
Swaziland 485.370 339.455 682.268 629.364 643.231 745.416
Belgium 551.211 683.725 872.518 768.627
Unknown 684.425 474.048 215.652 824.917 289.290 215
Others 3.382.636 2.976.772 2.240.169 8.000.564 7.127.282 4.092.368
Total 18,206,111 17,099,074 19,168,025 26,059,833 28,108,523 25,270,157

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Annual FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Importaciones
Saudi Arabia 82.956.489 161.873.890 240.400.492 105.463.192 167.672.962 112.926.692
United States 51.120.080 20.934.438 11.062.855 31.422.914 31.391.812
Thailand 13.182.047 20.860.774 21.302.550 20.771.068 15.169.435 7.443.976
China 5.957.291 16.573.077 19.353.227 17.970.904 22.856.285 15.532.849
South Korea 8.026.242 16.315.384 18.552.304 17.047.966 22.808.575 9.186.329
United Arab Emirates 8.237.483 15.462.976 13.113.041 11.925.378 21.032.306 22.122.004
Qatar 5.689.503 23.262.160 28.387.516 8.903.396 12.302.130 12.975.754
Germany 6.356.309 8.408.483 9.927.767 14.963.963 18.973.049 12.396.959
Belgium 6.805.774 7.790.598 8.821.685 8.595.642 13.554.843 10.062.893
Netherlands 6.567.773 7.911.527 7.463.842 9.608.159 9.023.165 10.535.366
Others 47.118.150 82.191.897 103.999.423 59.781.959 73.843.505 43.656.254
Total 242,017,141 381,585,202 482,384,702 306,454,540 408,628,066 256,839,077

Date
Import Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Exportaciones
Zimbabwe 22.850.034 38.624.779 41.370.677 34.308.156 45.775.394 37.388.942
Zambia 18.197.933 36.528.980 38.479.413 34.162.016 40.965.383 31.101.196
Botswana 10.094.209 17.400.915 23.394.680 16.684.533 21.454.958 18.920.200
Malawi 11.108.425 16.458.958 15.210.260 16.961.644 16.499.518 10.858.620
Namibia 8.810.867 16.502.746 17.513.311 11.678.700 13.451.641 9.058.197
Mozambique 6.687.923 11.573.800 9.773.130 8.766.089 7.315.746 7.809.026
China 23.554.880 4.119.144 9.789.801 7.563.769 3.138.356 1.808.209
Swaziland 3.562.179 7.791.025 7.846.217 4.920.353 5.582.575 4.461.232
Niger 1.387.661 110.206 2.647.274 2.784.631 8.192.702 8.117.678
Democratic Republic... 1.799.302 3.477.514 4.697.804 4.040.754 5.710.837 3.147.522
Others 25.769.272 29.811.169 37.806.995 42.254.380 23.588.838 39.142.777
Total 133,822,685 182,399,237 208,529,560 184,125,026 191,675,947 171,813,600

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ethylene polymers - polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 03 - 2025 04 - 2025 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025
Importaciones
Saudi Arabia 9.857.670 15.246.225 14.605.097 19.920.584 17.939.284 11.718.494
United Arab Emirates 2.752.935 2.605.348 2.856.789 515.749 4.852.514 2.123.358
China 2.217.595 1.411.094 1.885.636 1.984.843 1.932.524 2.670.491
Germany 526.816 414.891 1.935.266 3.103.497 1.780.892 2.274.756
Qatar 1.477.569 2.365.366 2.956.742 1.668.454 333.606 946.791
Netherlands 432.156 1.074.929 2.239.560 2.073.087 1.246.225 1.322.240
South Korea 202.970 470.629 425.203 1.197.106 4.102.194 1.953.745
Belgium 813.579 717.241 954.076 1.524.940 1.732.566 1.754.531
Oman 549.103 689.295 1.891.433 810.827 2.438.912 600.203
Thailand 637.154 739.729 712.107 1.166.365 1.881.591 878.294
Others 3.089.078 4.802.056 4.063.752 4.818.600 8.096.179 3.668.163
Total 22,556,625 30,536,802 34,525,661 38,784,053 46,336,489 29,911,066

Date
Import Countries
 03 - 2025 04 - 2025 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025
Exportaciones
Zimbabwe 3.562.997 3.407.573 4.815.398 5.726.873 5.179.146 6.741.467
Zambia 3.384.379 3.554.348 5.121.204 3.182.528 5.838.210 4.422.889
Botswana 2.451.283 1.919.732 2.653.473 2.491.330 2.417.531 3.024.734
Malawi 804.058 761.716 1.469.586 1.766.909 1.995.392 1.995.697
Namibia 1.222.250 969.575 1.033.294 873.642 1.483.766 1.480.579
Mozambique 847.360 789.304 936.981 1.404.120 1.276.182 794.609
Niger 1.381.354 1.355.340 475.862 985.975 1.203.557
Swaziland 485.370 339.455 682.268 629.364 643.231 745.416
Belgium 551.211 683.725 872.518 768.627
Unknown 684.425 474.048 215.652 824.917 289.290 215
Others 3.382.636 2.976.772 2.240.169 8.000.564 7.127.282 4.092.368
Total 18,206,111 17,099,074 19,168,025 26,059,833 28,108,523 25,270,157