Acrylics (PMMA): Movement

Gulf and Chinese monomer flowing into India

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 390610

World exports $1.25 bn 77 reporting exporters · about 532k t Largest exporter South Korea 22.8% of world exports Largest importer China 23.9% of world imports India imports $92.6 m
exports $6.24 m #2 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 390610: 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 390610: largest exporters

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
South Korea	22.8%	$286.0 m	121k
Singapore	13%	$163.1 m	74k
Saudi Arabia	12.5%	$156.2 m	89k
United States	10.5%	$131.7 m	43k
Japan	9.8%	$122.3 m	42k
China	9.5%	$119.5 m	54k
Italy	5.9%	$73.9 m	18k
Malaysia	3.3%	$40.8 m	29k

HS 390610: largest importers

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
China	23.9%	$361.7 m	163k
India	6.1%	$92.6 m	39k
Mexico	5.7%	$85.7 m	20k
Germany	4.6%	$69.2 m	19k
Malaysia	4.2%	$63.0 m	30k
United States	4.2%	$63.0 m	16k
Türkiye	3.6%	$55.0 m	20k
Indonesia	2.9%	$43.8 m	16k

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	MMA and PMMA are widely traded; about 25-35% of MMA crosses borders (indicative)
How it moves	MMA moves as a stabilised liquid in ISO tanks, drums and parcel tankers; PMMA as pellets in bags or as sheet on pallets.
Routes and chokepoints	Intra-Asia; Gulf and China to India; Europe and US regional trade.
India	India imports MMA and PMMA mainly from China, Taiwan, Korea and Saudi Arabia (indicative). HS 390610: India imported $93 million (6.1% of world imports, rank 2) and exported $6 million (0.5% of world exports, rank 16) (UN Comtrade 2024).
Handling in transit	MMA monomer is UN1247, Class 3 flammable liquid, stabilised against polymerisation; must be kept cool. PMMA polymer is not dangerous goods.