Rubber chemicals: Movement

How rubber chemicals flow from China to tyre plants

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 381210

World exports $886.6 m 62 reporting exporters · about 258k t Largest exporter China 57.1% of world exports Largest importer Thailand 13.7% of world imports India imports $94.1 m
exports $27.1 m #2 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 381210: 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 381210: largest exporters

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
China	57.1%	$506.5 m	174k
Italy	8.3%	$73.5 m	20k
United States	7.9%	$69.9 m	6,688
Germany	4.9%	$43.4 m	6,447
Malaysia	4.7%	$41.5 m	19k
India	3.1%	$27.1 m	6,655
Japan	2.8%	$24.6 m	2,856
Spain	2%	$18.1 m	5,472

HS 381210: largest importers

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
Thailand	13.7%	$107.1 m	45k
India	12%	$94.1 m	30k
Indonesia	9.8%	$76.9 m	29k
Germany	7.7%	$60.6 m	15k
China	7.3%	$57.5 m	15k
United States	4.1%	$32.1 m	–
South Korea	3.7%	$28.8 m	6,097
Poland	3.5%	$27.5 m	6,991

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	high from China (indicative)
How it moves	Powders, granules and pastilles in bags by container
Routes and chokepoints	China to India, South-East Asia, Europe and the Americas; Korea and Thailand to India.
India	India imports from China, Korea, Thailand and the EU (CARE Ratings). HS 381210: India imported $94 million (12.0% of world imports, rank 2) and exported $27 million (3.1% of world exports, rank 6) (UN Comtrade 2024).
Handling in transit	Many are marine pollutants (UN3077, class 9); 6PPD is very toxic to aquatic life.