Hydrogen peroxide: Movement

Why peroxide rarely travels more than a day's drive

Why peroxide rarely travels more than a day's drive 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 284700

World exports $828.9 m 86 reporting exporters · about 1.29 m t Largest exporter Belgium 16% of world exports Largest importer Germany 10% of world imports India imports $15.8 m
exports $11.4 m #21 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 284700: 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 284700: largest exporters

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
Belgium	16%	$132.3 m	234k
Netherlands	11.6%	$96.4 m	179k
South Korea	9.3%	$77.4 m	184k
Germany	7.9%	$65.4 m	116k
Brazil	7.4%	$61.2 m	128k
Thailand	6.5%	$54.1 m	–
Sweden	6.3%	$52.3 m	126k
Canada	5.2%	$43.4 m	102k

HS 284700: largest importers

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
Germany	10%	$91.4 m	345k
United States	6%	$54.2 m	–
Italy	5.1%	$46.8 m	–
France	4.6%	$42.0 m	62k
Israel	4.3%	$38.8 m	63k
United Kingdom	3.7%	$33.9 m	–
Austria	2.9%	$26.7 m	–
Netherlands	2.9%	$26.5 m	46k

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	small; peroxide is mostly made within a day's drive of users (indicative)
How it moves	Stabilised 35-70% solutions in aluminium or stainless road tankers, ISO tanks and vented IBCs; pipelines to captive HPPO units. Decomposition risk and water content make long-distance shipping costly.
Routes and chokepoints	Short-sea routes within Asia (Korea, Thailand, Taiwan to South Asia), intra-European road and rail.
India	India imported about 20% of demand before 2017 duties and has been a net surplus producer since late 2022 (Chemical Market Analytics, 2023); in 2024 it imported $15.8 million (about 46 kt) and exported $11.4 million under HS 284700 (UN Comtrade).
Handling in transit	UN2014 (20-60%) and UN2015 (over 60%), class 5.1 oxidiser with subsidiary class 8; UN2984 (8-20%) class 5.1. Vented containers needed; decomposition releases oxygen and heat.