Globally imported natural rubber for all buyer countries flatlined by an average 0.1% gain from 5 years earlier in 2021 when natural rubber import purchases totaled $19.18 billion.
Year over year, money spent on imported natural rubber rose by 8% compared to $17.8 billion starting from 2024.
The 5 biggest importers of natural rubber are mainland China, United States of America, Malaysia, Japan and Vietnam. That cohort of highly populous countries spent three-fifths (60.2%) of total worldwide purchases of globally imported natural rubber. Such a high percentage indicates a concentrated cohort of natural rubber buyers.
From a continental perspective, buyers in Asian countries purchased the highest dollar worth of imported natural rubber during 2025 with purchases amounting to $12.6 billion or 65.6% of the global total. In second place were importers based in Europe at 17.6% while another 12.7% of overall natural rubber imports was delivered to customers in North America.
Smaller percentages went to importers in Latin America (2.8%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1.3%), then Oceania (0.1%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 4001 for natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums in primary form.
Natural Rubber Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of natural rubber during 2025.
- mainland China: US$5.7 billion (29.7% of total natural rubber imports)
- United States: $1.9 billion (10.1%)
- Malaysia: $1.6 billion (8.2%)
- Japan: $1.4 billion (7.5%)
- Vietnam: $915.3 million (4.8%)
- India: $914.6 million (4.8%)
- South Korea: $601.7 million (3.1%)
- Türkiye: $546.9 million (2.8%)
- Germany: $409.9 million (2.1%)
- Brazil: $386.4 million (2%)
- Spain: $338.6 million (1.8%)
- Luxembourg: $306 million (1.6%)
- Italy: $274.1 million (1.4%)
- Mexico: $259.7 million (1.4%)
- Belgium: $250.1 million (1.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased over four-fifths (82.6%) of all natural rubber imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for natural rubber since 2024 were: Luxembourg (up 85.8%), mainland China (up 43.9%), Brazil (up 37.8%) and Japan (up 14.5%).
Those countries that posted year-over-year declines in their imported natural rubber purchases were led by: Vietnam (down -43.6%), India (down -13.8%), Germany (down -10.6%) and Malaysia (down -5.3%).
Searchable List of Natural Rubber Importing Countries in 2025
The 100 key buyers of natural rubber in the automated database below accounted for 99.99% of the value of imported natural rubber bought during 2025.
| Rank | Importer | Natural Rubber Imports | 2024-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mainland China | $5,693,486,000 | +43.9% |
| 2 | United States | $1,931,236,000 | +6% |
| 3 | Malaysia | $1,575,296,000 | -5.3% |
| 4 | Japan | $1,447,101,000 | +14.5% |
| 5 | Vietnam | $915,257,000 | -43.6% |
| 6 | India | $914,584,000 | -13.8% |
| 7 | South Korea | $601,738,000 | +2.7% |
| 8 | Türkiye | $546,934,000 | +10.9% |
| 9 | Germany | $409,933,000 | -10.6% |
| 10 | Brazil | $386,365,000 | +37.8% |
| 11 | Spain | $338,620,000 | -4.7% |
| 12 | Luxembourg | $305,966,000 | +85.8% |
| 13 | Italy | $274,079,000 | +5.7% |
| 14 | Mexico | $259,720,000 | +5.2% |
| 15 | Belgium | $250,097,000 | +9% |
| 16 | Canada | $243,839,000 | +4.6% |
| 17 | Poland | $240,173,000 | +6.1% |
| 18 | Romania | $227,590,000 | +20.9% |
| 19 | Czech Republic | $218,228,000 | +4.4% |
| 20 | Slovakia | $196,746,000 | +9.6% |
| 21 | France | $177,062,000 | -18.6% |
| 22 | Pakistan | $171,131,000 | +22.7% |
| 23 | Serbia | $160,023,000 | +50.1% |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | $141,489,000 | +2749% |
| 25 | Hungary | $127,628,000 | -11.6% |
| 26 | Taiwan | $126,639,000 | -6.4% |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | $114,372,000 | -8.4% |
| 28 | Indonesia | $96,259,000 | -33.1% |
| 29 | Russia | $88,308,000 | -44.9% |
| 30 | South Africa | $87,798,000 | +12.7% |
| 31 | Cambodia | $79,086,000 | -15.8% |
| 32 | Egypt | $74,987,000 | +20.1% |
| 33 | Portugal | $74,898,000 | +2.1% |
| 34 | Netherlands | $69,913,000 | -5.8% |
| 35 | Singapore | $62,465,000 | -18.1% |
| 36 | United Kingdom | $54,811,000 | +8.6% |
| 37 | Slovenia | $54,283,000 | +18.9% |
| 38 | Finland | $47,284,000 | +44.8% |
| 39 | Argentina | $37,260,000 | -22.5% |
| 40 | Chile | $37,037,000 | -19.2% |
| 41 | Iran | $27,466,000 | +41.3% |
| 42 | Morocco | $26,295,000 | +1747% |
| 43 | Colombia | $25,093,000 | -4.5% |
| 44 | Austria | $24,489,000 | +100.6% |
| 45 | Costa Rica | $21,896,000 | -22.4% |
| 46 | Philippines | $21,469,000 | -21.6% |
| 47 | Peru | $18,378,000 | -4.6% |
| 48 | Algeria | $16,298,000 | +1.4% |
| 49 | North Korea | $15,835,000 | +166.8% |
| 50 | Liberia | $13,880,000 | -87.2% |
| 51 | Greece | $12,868,000 | +15.8% |
| 52 | Uganda | $10,633,000 | +73.8% |
| 53 | Australia | $10,178,000 | +23.6% |
| 54 | Ecuador | $7,615,000 | +33.8% |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | $6,092,000 | -14.1% |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | $5,948,000 | -15.9% |
| 57 | Lithuania | $5,805,000 | +15.5% |
| 58 | Sweden | $5,004,000 | +22.6% |
| 59 | Bangladesh | $4,985,000 | -38.9% |
| 60 | Ethiopia | $4,293,000 | +63.6% |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | $4,291,000 | -11.4% |
| 62 | Tunisia | $3,645,000 | -30.7% |
| 63 | Israel | $3,182,000 | -63.4% |
| 64 | Myanmar | $2,603,000 | +277.2% |
| 65 | Venezuela | $2,470,000 | +73.1% |
| 66 | Kenya | $2,432,000 | +2.8% |
| 67 | Croatia | $2,316,000 | +2.3% |
| 68 | Bulgaria | $2,111,000 | -2.9% |
| 69 | Thailand | $2,060,000 | -86.5% |
| 70 | New Zealand | $2,056,000 | -4.9% |
| 71 | Ireland | $1,757,000 | +93.5% |
| 72 | Switzerland | $1,412,000 | +37.2% |
| 73 | Nigeria | $1,338,000 | -27.1% |
| 74 | Denmark | $1,285,000 | +31.7% |
| 75 | Zambia | $1,142,000 | +48.9% |
| 76 | Djibouti | $1,128,000 | +135.5% |
| 77 | Montenegro | $1,128,000 | +22460% |
| 78 | Ukraine | $980,000 | -94.5% |
| 79 | Belarus | $979,000 | +26.6% |
| 80 | Armenia | $932,000 | -40.4% |
| 81 | Guatemala | $859,000 | +592.7% |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | $847,000 | +10% |
| 83 | Estonia | $655,000 | +52.7% |
| 84 | Tanzania | $632,000 | +82.7% |
| 85 | Latvia | $614,000 | +43.1% |
| 86 | Oman | $571,000 | -31.4% |
| 87 | Nepal | $537,000 | -1.5% |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | $535,000 | -30.2% |
| 89 | Norway | $494,000 | -18.8% |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | $488,000 | -9.5% |
| 91 | Ivory Coast | $448,000 | +31.8% |
| 92 | Syria | $426,000 | -53.7% |
| 93 | Paraguay | $350,000 | +102.3% |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | $345,000 | +702.3% |
| 95 | Mongolia | $306,000 | +18.1% |
| 96 | Iraq | $280,000 | +174.5% |
| 97 | Bolivia | $262,000 | +73.5% |
| 98 | Democratic Republic Congo | $258,000 | +3.6% |
| 99 | Uruguay | $222,000 | -46.6% |
| 100 | Laos | $213,000 | -75% |
Focusing on the top 100 main buyers of natural rubber from international markets, the fastest growers were Montenegro (up 22,460% from 2024), United Arab Emirates (up 2,749%), Morocco (up 1,747%), Zimbabwe (up 702.3%) then Guatemala (up 592.7%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the above table’s columns. A 0% entry in the right-most column means that 2024 data was unavailable.
Natural Rubber Imports into China
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which mainland China imported the highest dollar value worth of natural rubber during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2021.
- Thailand: US$1.9 billion (up 24.8% from 2024)
- Ivory Coast: $938.4 million (up 59.6%)
- Laos: $686.6 million (up 73.6%)
- Myanmar: $665.8 million (up 98%)
- Indonesia: $590.6 million (up 94.7%)
- Malaysia: $427.3 million (up 8.1%)
- Vietnam: $363.7 million (up 0.9%)
- Cambodia: $46.1 million (up 761.1%)
- Liberia: $17.4 million (up 75.2%)
- Philippines: $12.9 million (down -9.6%)
- Nigeria: $8.7 million (up 113.7%)
- Cameroon: $6.7 million (up 2274.9%)
- Ghana: $5.9 million (up 33.3%)
- Sri Lanka: $3.6 million (up 28.9%)
- Papua New Guinea: $3.3 million (up 164.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.94% of natural rubber imported by mainland China in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural rubber to China since 2024 were: Cameroon (up 2,275%), Cambodia (up 761.1%), Papua New Guinea (up 164.1%) and Nigeria (up 113.7%).
The Philippines was the lone top provider that experienced a year-over-year decline in the value of natural rubber supplied to Chinese importers via a -9.6% slowdown from 2024.
Overall, the value of China’s imported natural rubber rose by an average 43.9% from all supplying countries since 2024 when natural rubber purchased cost $4 billion.
Natural Rubber Imports into the United States
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which United States imported the highest dollar value worth of natural rubber during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Indonesia: US$766.3 million (up 0.6% from 2024)
- Thailand: $533.7 million (down -7.4%)
- Ivory Coast: $286.5 million (up 54.5%)
- Malaysia: $80.3 million (up 7.5%)
- Liberia: $70.1 million (up 11.4%)
- Vietnam: $63.2 million (up 15.8%)
- Ghana: $35 million (up 13.6%)
- Guatemala: $33.5 million (up 16.3%)
- Nigeria: $17.9 million (up 53.3%)
- Guinea: $7.1 million (up 229.5%)
- Cambodia: $5.9 million (up 72.6%)
- Cameroon: $4.5 million (down -39.8%)
- Sri Lanka: $4.1 million (up 20%)
- Singapore: $3 million (up 24.5%)
- Türkiye: $2.2 million (up 215800%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.1% of natural rubber imported by the United States of America in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural rubber to the United States since 2024 were: Türkiye (up 215,800%), Guinea (up 229.5%), Cambodia (up 72.6%) and Africa’s Ivory Coast (up 54.5%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their natural rubber supplied to American importers were Cameroon (down -39.8% from 2024) an Thailand (down -7.4%).
Overall, the value of United States’s imported natural rubber grew by an average 6% from all supplying countries since 2024 when natural rubber purchased cost $1.8 billion.
Natural Rubber Imports into Malaysia
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Malaysia imported the highest dollar value worth of natural rubber during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Thailand: US$590.8 million (down -14.1% from 2024)
- Ivory Coast: $408.4 million (down -15.6%)
- Philippines: $120.7 million (up 18.8%)
- Myanmar: $113.6 million (down -16.2%)
- Ghana: $87.6 million (down -7.4%)
- Liberia: $79.3 million (up 147.2%)
- Vietnam: $78.5 million (up 55%)
- Guinea: $15.68 million (down -16.9%)
- Democratic Republic Congo: $13.18 million (up 42.6%)
- South Africa: $12.8 million (up 123.6%)
- Cameroon: $11.2 million (up 6.8%)
- Gabon: $8.7 million (up 72.1%)
- Indonesia: $7.1 million (up 183.3%)
- Guatemala: $4.9 million (up 71.7%)
- United States: $4.4 million (up 220.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.8% of natural rubber imported by Malaysia in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural rubber to Malaysia since 2024 were: United States of America (up 220.9%), Indonesia (up 183.3%), Liberia (up 147.2%) and South Africa (up 123.6%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their natural rubber supplied to Malaysian importers included: Guinea (down -16.9% from 2024), Myanmar (down -16.2%), Ivory Coast (down -15.6%) and Thailand (down -14.1%).
Overall, the value of Malaysia’s imported natural rubber fell by an average -5.3% from all supplying countries since 2024 when natural rubber purchased cost $1.7 billion.
Natural Rubber Imports into Japan
Below are the top suppliers from which Japan imported the highest dollar value worth of natural rubber during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Indonesia: US$720.7 million (up 7.6% from 2024)
- Thailand: $623.8 million (up 16.5%)
- Ivory Coast: $66.2 million (up 231.1%)
- Vietnam: $20.7 million (up 0.1%)
- Cambodia: $4.89 million (up 18.4%)
- Sri Lanka: $4.88 million (up 24.9%)
- Malaysia: $4 million (down -36.9%)
- Liberia: $1.7 million (2024 data unavailable)
- Mexico: $193,000 (down -38.1%)
- Guatemala: $84,000 (up 740%)
- mainland China: $50,000 (up 8.7%)
- United States: $8,000 (up 60%)
- Belgium: $6,000 (down -25%)
- United Kingdom: $5,000 (2024 data unavailable)
- Taiwan: $3,000 (2024 data unavailable)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9999% of natural rubber imported by Japan in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural rubber to Japan since 2024 were: Guatemala (up 740%), Ivory Coast (up 231.1%), United States of America (up 60%) and Sri Lanka (up 24.9%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their natural rubber supplied to Japanese importers were: Mexico (down -38.1% from 2024), Malaysia (down -36.9%) and Belgium (down -25%).
Overall, the value of Japan’s imported natural rubber increased by an average 14.5% from all supplying countries since 2024 when natural rubber purchased cost $1.3 billion.
See also Natural Rubber Exports by Country, Rubber Tires Exports by Country, China’s Top Trading Partners, Malaysia’s Top Trading Partners and America’s Top Trading Partners
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International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 6, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 6, 2026
Wikipedia, Natural rubber. Accessed on August 6, 2026