Acrylonitrile: Movement

Inhibited cargoes from Northeast Asia to India and Turkey

What this tab covers How it moves between countries: share of output traded, physical form and transport, the largest exporters and importers, main routes, India's trade, and handling rules in transit.

Trade in 2024 UN Comtrade, HS 292610

World exports $1.17 bn 31 reporting exporters · about 866k t Largest exporter United States 23% of world exports Largest importer India 17.4% of world imports India imports $254.7 m
exports $10.9 m #1 importer · #9 exporter

Where it is exported from and imported to, 2024

Chart: World map of the largest trade flows

Exporter (size = share of world exports) Importer (share of world imports) Shipping chokepoint UN Comtrade 2024, HS 292610: shares of reported world exports and imports by value. Country-to-country route lines are not available for this commodity yet. Hover a circle for values.

HS 292610: largest exporters

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
United States	23%	$269.6 m	197k
China	21.9%	$256.6 m	227k
South Korea	18.6%	$218.2 m	176k
Germany	17.7%	$207.3 m	125k
Netherlands	10.9%	$127.8 m	77k
Japan	3.4%	$40.3 m	33k
Thailand	1.9%	$22.1 m	18k
Belgium	1.7%	$20.4 m	13k

HS 292610: largest importers

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
India	17.4%	$254.7 m	203k
South Korea	14.9%	$218.4 m	–
Malaysia	10.6%	$155.8 m	119k
France	10.1%	$148.7 m	83k
Netherlands	8.3%	$121.1 m	81k
United Kingdom	4.8%	$70.2 m	41k
China	4.7%	$68.6 m	60k
Mexico	4.1%	$60.7 m	42k

UN Comtrade 2024, reported by each country (exports by exporters, imports by importers), all partners. Some countries (for example Russia and Iran) do not report, so their shares are missing. HS codes can be broader than the tile: check the code before reading a share as the whole market.

How it moves

Measure	Figure
Share traded	about 20-25% of output (indicative)
How it moves	Liquid in stainless-steel or coated chemical tankers and ISO tanks under nitrogen, inhibited to prevent polymerisation
Routes and chokepoints	NE Asia to India and Turkey; US Gulf to Asia and Europe; Saudi Arabia to India from 2027.
India	India imports almost all its ACN (Indianpetrochem 2026); volumes not retrieved here (HS 292610).
Handling in transit	UN1093 (acrylonitrile, stabilised), class 3 flammable liquid with subsidiary 6.1 toxic, packing group I.