Peat: Movement

How Baltic peat is repackaged by Dutch and German firms

What this tab covers How it flows between countries: the largest bilateral trade routes drawn on a world map, 2024 UN Comtrade export and import values with the top exporters and importers by share, plus shipping routes, chokepoints and trade restrictions.

Comtrade records peat under HS 2703, worth $1.8 billion of exports in 2024. Canada leads with 25%, then Latvia (20%), Estonia (12%), the Netherlands (11%) and Germany (10%). The Dutch and German shares reflect blending and re-export of Baltic peat as growing media. The United States takes 26% of imports, and Canada supplied 95% of US imports in 2021–24, mostly by rail and truck. The Netherlands (10%) and China (8%) follow. Belarus opened a new briquette plant in 2025 aimed at China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey.

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. Bubbles: shares of reported world exports and imports for the main traded form. Country-to-country route lines are not available for this commodity yet. Hover a circle for values.

Peat · HS 2703

World exports 2024 $1.80 bn sum of 40 reporting countries World imports 2024 $1.83 bn sum of 40 reporting countries Top exporters, share of value Canada 25.4% Latvia 20.4% Estonia 11.6% Netherlands 10.8% Germany 9.5% Lithuania 6.1% Top importers, share of value United States 26.3% Netherlands 9.6% China 8% Germany 5.8% France 5.2% Italy 4.4% UN Comtrade, reporter declarations to the world, US$. Exports and imports are reported separately, so totals differ. Re-exporting hubs (Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE) can appear large.