Mexico still top destination for US HDPE exports

10 April 2009 17:02  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS news)--Despite occasional high demand from Asian countries, Mexico remained the top destination for US exports of high density polyethylene (HDPE) in February, according to data appearing on Friday from the US International Trade Commission (ITC).

The US exported 138,818 tonnes of HDPE in February, 9% less than a year ago when 151,993 tonnes were exported, but 15% more than in January.

Canada took a distant second place with 20,614 tonnes, and China was third with 18,670 tonnes received.

All other destinations received volumes below 6,000 tonnes.

The table below shows a summary of HDPE export statistics through February.

	Feb-08	Jan-09	Feb-09	Jan-Feb 2008	Jan-Feb 2009
Total	151,993	120,517	138,818	288,642	259,335
Mexico	40,045	49,868	56,489	84,685	106,357
Canada	23,014	23,135	20,614	44,250	43,749
China	16,193	11,908	18,670	24,666	30,579
Colombia	4,558	2,827	5,871	9,443	8,697
Ecuador	5,145	2,982	4,481	8,666	7,464
Belgium	8,021	491	4,365	14,808	4,857
Peru	5,990	1,973	3,691	8,998	5,663
Brazil	4,707	3,008	3,057	7,631	6,066
Israel	7,005	2,456	2,789	13,744	5,245
Hong Kong	771	3,447	2,136	1,151	5,583
All others	36,544	18,422	16,655	70,600	35,077

Source: ITC. Volumes are in metric tonnes.

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