Fatty alcohols: Movement

Heated tanks and bags of flakes: half of output travels

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 382370

World exports $3.90 bn 69 reporting exporters · about 2.19 m t Largest exporter Indonesia 32.9% of world exports Largest importer China 27% of world imports India imports $202.1 m
exports $93.5 m #6 importer · #6 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 382370: 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 382370: largest exporters

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
Indonesia	32.9%	$1.28 bn	839k
Malaysia	21.1%	$822.1 m	531k
Netherlands	13.6%	$529.3 m	292k
Germany	11.2%	$436.1 m	188k
United States	7.9%	$308.9 m	167k
India	2.4%	$93.5 m	41k
South Africa	2.3%	$89.2 m	61k
Thailand	2.3%	$87.7 m	–

HS 382370: largest importers

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
China	27%	$1.07 bn	645k
Netherlands	9.7%	$382.7 m	223k
United States	7.7%	$304.4 m	155k
Malaysia	5.3%	$210.2 m	123k
Germany	5.2%	$206.4 m	105k
India	5.1%	$202.1 m	118k
Singapore	5%	$196.5 m	114k
Belgium	4%	$157.5 m	79k

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 half of output (derived: 2.19 Mt of HS 382370 exports in UN Comtrade 2024 against about 4.3 Mt demand)
How it moves	Liquid in heated ISO tanks and chemical tankers (C12-C14), flakes in bags (C16-C18).
Routes and chokepoints	Indonesia and Malaysia to China, India, Europe and the US through the Malacca Strait; intra-European trade via Rotterdam.
India	India imported 118 kt of fatty alcohols worth $202 million and exported 41 kt worth $94 million in 2024 (UN Comtrade, HS 382370).
Handling in transit	Generally not dangerous goods; some C8-C12 alcohols are marine pollutants in bulk under MARPOL Annex II (indicative).