Specialty amines and ethanolamines: Movement
How much crosses borders, and what India imports
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 292211
World exports $409.7 m 63 reporting exporters · about 274k t Largest exporter Saudi Arabia 25% of world exports Largest importer Canada 18.5% of world imports India imports $42.8 mexports $24.5 m #3 importer · #4 exporter
Where it is exported from and imported to, 2024
Chart: World map of the largest trade flows
Exporter (size = share of world exports) Importer (share of world imports) Shipping chokepoint UN Comtrade 2024, HS 292211: shares of reported world exports and imports by value. Country-to-country route lines are not available for this commodity yet. Hover a circle for values.HS 292211: largest exporters
| Country | Share | Value (US$) | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 25% | $102.3 m | 82k |
| United States | 23.4% | $96.0 m | 60k |
| China | 18.6% | $76.3 m | 63k |
| India | 6% | $24.5 m | – |
| Malaysia | 5.6% | $23.1 m | 22k |
| Belgium | 3.5% | $14.4 m | – |
| Thailand | 3.3% | $13.6 m | 12k |
| Sweden | 2.9% | $11.7 m | 8,154 |
HS 292211: largest importers
| Country | Share | Value (US$) | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 18.5% | $94.5 m | 55k |
| United States | 14.1% | $72.3 m | 49k |
| India | 8.3% | $42.8 m | – |
| Belgium | 5.5% | $28.1 m | 20k |
| United Kingdom | 5.2% | $26.7 m | – |
| France | 4.9% | $24.9 m | – |
| Brazil | 3.8% | $19.3 m | – |
| Netherlands | 3.2% | $16.2 m | – |
HS 292119: largest exporters
| Country | Share | Value (US$) | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 34.7% | $429.2 m | 197k |
| United States | 17.5% | $216.1 m | 24k |
| Germany | 16.5% | $204.9 m | 62k |
| Philippines | 8.4% | $103.6 m | 51k |
| Belgium | 6.9% | $84.9 m | 25k |
| France | 3.1% | $38.7 m | 9,136 |
| India | 2.3% | $28.2 m | 3,380 |
| Japan | 2.1% | $25.4 m | 2,421 |
HS 292119: largest importers
| Country | Share | Value (US$) | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14.3% | $163.1 m | – |
| South Korea | 9.8% | $112.4 m | – |
| Japan | 8.5% | $97.0 m | 19k |
| Germany | 7.4% | $84.3 m | 28k |
| Brazil | 5.8% | $66.0 m | 24k |
| China | 5.4% | $61.4 m | 5,616 |
| Italy | 4.9% | $56.0 m | 13k |
| India | 4.5% | $51.2 m | 18k |
How it moves
| Measure | Figure | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Share traded | moderate: perhaps 20-30% of output crosses borders (indicative) | ||
| How it moves | Anhydrous methylamines as pressurised liquefied gas in tank cars and ISO tanks; aqueous solutions, ethanolamines and ethyleneamines in heated ISO tanks, drums and road tankers. | ||
| Routes and chokepoints | Gulf (Jubail) to India and Asia for ethanolamines; China to India and Southeast Asia for methylamines and DMF; US and Europe intra-regional. | ||
| India | India imports ethanolamines and some methylamine derivatives and exports alkylamines and derivatives. HS 292211: India imported $43 million (8.3% of world imports, rank 3) and exported $24 million (6.0% of world exports, rank 4); HS 292119: India imported $51 million (4.5% of world imports, rank 8) and exported $28 million (2.3% of world exports, rank 7) (UN Comtrade 2024). | ||
| Handling in transit | Anhydrous MMA UN1061, DMA UN1032, TMA UN1083 (class 2.1 flammable gas); aqueous methylamine UN1235 (class 3, sub 8); MEA UN2491 and EDA UN1604 (class 8 corrosive). |