Epoxy resins: Movement

Korean and Taiwanese resin bound for the US

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 390730

World exports $5.76 bn 107 reporting exporters · about 1.35 m t Largest exporter Germany 16.5% of world exports Largest importer China 10.9% of world imports India imports $237.1 m
exports $64.1 m #6 importer · #16 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 390730: 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 390730: largest exporters

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
Germany	16.5%	$950.5 m	192k
United States	14.2%	$818.1 m	103k
South Korea	14.2%	$816.1 m	310k
China	9%	$518.1 m	262k
Japan	8.7%	$504.1 m	43k
Switzerland	5%	$286.9 m	37k
Netherlands	4.1%	$234.5 m	63k
Singapore	3.4%	$197.4 m	21k

HS 390730: largest importers

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
China	10.9%	$654.4 m	141k
United States	9.7%	$582.8 m	122k
Germany	8.3%	$499.6 m	114k
South Korea	4.8%	$288.2 m	25k
Mexico	4.6%	$275.1 m	40k
India	3.9%	$237.1 m	79k
United Kingdom	3.7%	$219.8 m	41k
Malaysia	3.3%	$199.9 m	35k

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	not published; a sizeable share crosses borders because capacity is concentrated in East Asia (indicative)
How it moves	Viscous liquid in drums, IBCs and ISO tanks (often heated); solid resin as flakes in bags. Shipped in containers.
Routes and chokepoints	East Asia (China, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand) to India, Europe, the US and Southeast Asia; Saudi Arabia to India.
India	India imports liquid epoxy mainly from China, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Saudi Arabia, the five countries named in DGTR's 2025 case (Indian Chemical News). India exported about $7.6 million to the US in 2023 (US ITA).
Handling in transit	Liquid epoxy resin usually ships as UN3082, environmentally hazardous liquid, class 9 (indicative). Epichlorohydrin is UN2023, class 6.1 with flammable subsidiary risk.