Globally imported natural rubber for all buyer countries grew by an average 34.7% from 5 years earlier in 2020 when natural rubber import purchases totaled $12.5 billion.
Year over year, money spent on imported natural rubber accelerated by 18.8% compared to $14.2 billion starting from 2023.
The 5 biggest importers of natural rubber are mainland China, United States of America, Malaysia, Japan and India. That cohort of highly populous countries spent nearly three-fifths (57.8%) 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 2024 with purchases amounting to $10.8 billion or 63.6% of the global total. In second place were importers based in Europe at 18.9% while another 13.6% of overall natural rubber imports was delivered to customers in North America.
Smaller percentages went to importers in Latin America (2.7%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1%), 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 2024.
- mainland China: US$4 billion (23.4% of total natural rubber imports)
- United States: $1.8 billion (10.8%)
- Malaysia: $1.7 billion (9.8%)
- Japan: $1.3 billion (7.5%)
- India: $1.1 billion (6.3%)
- Vietnam: $779.1 million (4.6%)
- South Korea: $585.9 million (3.5%)
- Türkiye: $493.3 million (2.9%)
- Germany: $455 million (2.7%)
- Spain: $355.4 million (2.1%)
- Brazil: $280.3 million (1.7%)
- Italy: $259.6 million (1.5%)
- Mexico: $247 million (1.5%)
- Canada: $233.1 million (1.4%)
- Belgium: $229.3 million (1.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased over four-fifths (81%) of all natural rubber imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for natural rubber since 2023 were: India (up 48.5%), South Korea (up 42.4%), Malaysia (up 32.2%) and Japan (up 31.1%).
Vietnam was the lone top buyer country to reduce its imported natural rubber purchases, recording a -34.1% slowdown.
Searchable List of Natural Rubber Importing Countries in 2024
The 100 key buyers of natural rubber in the automated database below accounted for 99.97% of the value of imported natural rubber bought during 2024.
| Rank | Importer | Natural Rubber Imports | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | mainland China | $3,956,930,000 | +10.8% |
| 2. | United States | $1,822,246,000 | +23.1% |
| 3. | Malaysia | $1,663,326,000 | +32.2% |
| 4. | Japan | $1,263,567,000 | +31.1% |
| 5. | India | $1,061,056,000 | +48.5% |
| 6. | Vietnam | $779,130,000 | -34.1% |
| 7. | South Korea | $585,936,000 | +42.4% |
| 8. | Türkiye | $493,317,000 | +25.1% |
| 9. | Germany | $455,033,000 | +16.9% |
| 10. | Spain | $355,439,000 | +21.7% |
| 11. | Brazil | $280,300,000 | +14.9% |
| 12. | Italy | $259,600,000 | +27.9% |
| 13. | Mexico | $246,951,000 | +30.8% |
| 14. | Canada | $233,110,000 | +21.6% |
| 15. | Belgium | $229,348,000 | +17.3% |
| 16. | Poland | $226,431,000 | +5.8% |
| 17. | France | $217,587,000 | +59.4% |
| 18. | Czech Republic | $208,972,000 | +40.5% |
| 19. | Romania | $188,244,000 | +25.6% |
| 20. | Slovakia | $173,964,000 | +17.2% |
| 21. | Luxembourg | $164,690,000 | -1.7% |
| 22. | Hungary | $152,063,000 | +48.7% |
| 23. | Indonesia | $143,922,000 | -4.3% |
| 24. | Pakistan | $139,472,000 | +21.7% |
| 25. | Taiwan | $135,277,000 | +38.1% |
| 26. | United Arab Emirates | $126,144,000 | +2718% |
| 27. | Sri Lanka | $124,834,000 | +130.4% |
| 28. | Russia | $114,892,000 | +32.8% |
| 29. | Serbia | $106,586,000 | +110.9% |
| 30. | Cambodia | $93,916,000 | +752.6% |
| 31. | Netherlands | $78,719,000 | +41.5% |
| 32. | South Africa | $77,875,000 | +15.1% |
| 33. | Singapore | $76,255,000 | -5.5% |
| 34. | Portugal | $75,774,000 | +38.9% |
| 35. | Egypt | $62,425,000 | +34.6% |
| 36. | United Kingdom | $50,480,000 | +20.5% |
| 37. | Argentina | $48,066,000 | -29.4% |
| 38. | Chile | $45,840,000 | +43.2% |
| 39. | Slovenia | $45,638,000 | +91% |
| 40. | Finland | $33,735,000 | +85.3% |
| 41. | Costa Rica | $28,205,000 | +34.5% |
| 42. | Philippines | $27,391,000 | +73% |
| 43. | Colombia | $26,267,000 | +14.3% |
| 44. | Iran | $19,393,000 | -87.6% |
| 45. | Peru | $19,256,000 | +66.1% |
| 46. | Ukraine | $17,726,000 | +20.3% |
| 47. | Thailand | $15,301,000 | +360.9% |
| 48. | Austria | $12,197,000 | -2.6% |
| 49. | Greece | $11,110,000 | +27.8% |
| 50. | Algeria | $10,054,000 | +44.7% |
| 51. | Uzbekistan | $9,096,000 | +32.4% |
| 52. | Israel | $8,700,000 | +17.2% |
| 53. | Australia | $8,235,000 | +14.2% |
| 54. | Kazakhstan | $7,073,000 | +621.7% |
| 55. | Uganda | $6,119,000 | +23.4% |
| 56. | North Korea | $5,936,000 | -43.8% |
| 57. | Ecuador | $5,691,000 | -33.3% |
| 58. | Lithuania | $5,027,000 | -5.9% |
| 59. | Saudi Arabia | $4,844,000 | +12.1% |
| 60. | Sweden | $4,082,000 | +33.4% |
| 61. | Tunisia | $2,755,000 | -53.4% |
| 62. | Ethiopia | $2,624,000 | -20.7% |
| 63. | Bangladesh | $2,614,000 | -50.3% |
| 64. | Kenya | $2,365,000 | +36.9% |
| 65. | Croatia | $2,265,000 | +11.5% |
| 66. | Nigeria | $2,207,000 | -49% |
| 67. | Bulgaria | $2,174,000 | -3% |
| 68. | New Zealand | $2,162,000 | +60.1% |
| 69. | Morocco | $1,583,000 | +33.5% |
| 70. | Armenia | $1,564,000 | -55.7% |
| 71. | Venezuela | $1,227,000 | -35.8% |
| 72. | Switzerland | $1,029,000 | -24.1% |
| 73. | Denmark | $937,000 | +11.7% |
| 74. | Syria | $920,000 | -11.7% |
| 75. | Ireland | $908,000 | -71.1% |
| 76. | Laos | $783,000 | -87.6% |
| 77. | Burkina Faso | $770,000 | +3.4% |
| 78. | Zambia | $767,000 | +3.8% |
| 79. | Dominican Republic | $767,000 | -31.6% |
| 80. | Senegal | $740,000 | -6.1% |
| 81. | Myanmar | $690,000 | +53.7% |
| 82. | Belarus | $636,000 | +200% |
| 83. | Norway | $608,000 | -30% |
| 84. | Nepal | $544,000 | +72.2% |
| 85. | Azerbaijan | $539,000 | +498.9% |
| 86. | Djibouti | $474,000 | +71.1% |
| 87. | Estonia | $429,000 | +3.1% |
| 88. | Uruguay | $416,000 | +51.3% |
| 89. | Oman | $368,000 | -26.8% |
| 90. | Tanzania | $346,000 | +6.1% |
| 91. | Côte d'Ivoire | $340,000 | +2.4% |
| 92. | Mozambique | $310,000 | -68.1% |
| 93. | Mongolia | $259,000 | -14% |
| 94. | Hong Kong | $257,000 | +13.7% |
| 95. | Kuwait | $242,000 | -26% |
| 96. | Latvia | $216,000 | -63.9% |
| 97. | Albania | $215,000 | +2.9% |
| 98. | Jordan | $214,000 | +17.6% |
| 99. | Namibia | $174,000 | +22.5% |
| 100. | Paraguay | $173,000 | -44.9% |
Focusing on the top 100 main buyers of natural rubber from international markets, the fastest growers were the United Arab Emirates (up 2,718% from 2023), Cambodia (up 752.6%), Kazakhstan (up 621.7%), Azerbaijan (up 498.9%) then Thailand (up 360.9%).
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 2023 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 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2020.
- Thailand: US$1.5 billion (up 6.9% from 2023)
- Ivory Coast: $587.8 million (down -8.4%)
- Laos: $395.6 million (up 62.3%)
- Malaysia: $395.2 million (up 0.6%)
- Vietnam: $360.5 million (up 40.4%)
- Myanmar: $336.3 million (up 42.1%)
- Indonesia: $303.3 million (down -1.2%)
- Philippines: $14.3 million (down -26.4%)
- Liberia: $10 million (up 600%)
- Cambodia: $5.4 million (down -31.8%)
- Ghana: $4.5 million (down -71.6%)
- Nigeria: $4.1 million (up 131.5%)
- Sri Lanka: $2.8 million (up 8.2%)
- Guinea: $1.6 million (2023 data unavailable)
- Papua New Guinea: $1.3 million (down -2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.96% of natural rubber imported by mainland China in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural rubber to China since 2023 were: Liberia (up 600%), Nigeria (up 131.5%), Laos (up 62.3%) and Myanmar (up 42.1%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural rubber supplied to Chinese importers included: Ghana (down -71.6% from 2023), Cambodia (down -31.8%), Philippines (down -26.4%) and Ivory Coast (down -8.4%).
Overall, the value of China’s imported natural rubber rose by an average 10.8% from all supplying countries since 2023 when natural rubber purchased cost $3.6 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 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Indonesia: US$761.4 million (up 9.2% from 2023)
- Thailand: $576.5 million (up 45.4%)
- Ivory Coast: $185.4 million (up 19%)
- Malaysia: $74.7 million (up 118.7%)
- Liberia: $63 million (down -0.8%)
- Vietnam: $54.6 million (up 34.6%)
- Ghana: $30.8 million (up 5%)
- Guatemala: $28.8 million (down -7.7%)
- Nigeria: $11.7 million (up 942.5%)
- Cameroon: $7.4 million (up 3.5%)
- India: $5.1 million (up 826.6%)
- Cambodia: $3.43 million (up 3%)
- Sri Lanka: $3.38 million (down -30.2%)
- Singapore: $2.4 million (up 509.2%)
- Guinea: $2.2 million (down -47.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.4% of natural rubber imported by the United States of America in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural rubber to the United States since 2023 were: Nigeria (up 942.5%), India (up 826.6%), Singapore (up 509.2%) and Malaysia (up 118.7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural rubber supplied to American importers included: Guinea (down -47.1% from 2023), Sri Lanka (down -30.2%), Guatemala (down -7.7%) and Liberia (down -0.8%).
Overall, the value of United States’s imported natural rubber expanded by an average 23.1% from all supplying countries since 2023 when natural rubber purchased cost $1.5 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 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Thailand: US$687.7 million (up 26.1% from 2023)
- Ivory Coast: $484.1 million (up 11.5%)
- Myanmar: $135.7 million (up 236.3%)
- Philippines: $101.6 million (up 32.4%)
- Ghana: $94.5 million (up 79.9%)
- Vietnam: $50.7 million (up 287.5%)
- Liberia: $32.1 million (up 41.4%)
- Guinea: $18.9 million (up 74.1%)
- Cameroon: $10.5 million (up 340.8%)
- Democratic Republic Congo: $9.2 million (up 34.6%)
- Nigeria: $7.2 million (up 34.5%)
- South Africa: $5.7 million (down -62.4%)
- Gabon: $5.1 million (down -1.4%)
- Papua New Guinea: $3.3 million (up 4.5%)
- Guatemala: $2.8 million (up 22.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.1% of natural rubber imported by Malaysia in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural rubber to Malaysia since 2023 were: Cameroon (up 340.8%), Vietnam (up 287.5%), Myanmar (up 236.3%) and Ghana (up 79.9%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural rubber supplied to Malaysian importers were South Africa (down -62.4% from 2023) and Gabon (down -1.4%).
Overall, the value of Malaysia’s imported natural rubber accelerated by an average 32.2% from all supplying countries since 2023 when natural rubber purchased cost $1.3 billion.
Natural Rubber Imports into Japan
Below are the top suppliers from which Japan imported the highest dollar value worth of natural rubber during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Indonesia: US$670 million (up 12.2% from 2023)
- Thailand: $535.2 million (up 58.2%)
- Vietnam: $20.7 million (up 23.3%)
- Ivory Coast: $20 million (up 6911.9%)
- Malaysia: $6.3 million (up 641.5%)
- Cambodia: $4.1 million (up 7.3%)
- Sri Lanka: $3.9 million (up 12.8%)
- Myanmar: $2.8 million (up 4.5%)
- Mexico: $312,000 (up 188.9%)
- India: $99,000 (2023 data unavailable)
- mainland China: $46,000 (down -51.6%)
- Guatemala: $10,000 (2023 data unavailable)
- Belgium: $8,000 (down -11.1%)
- United States: $5,000 (down -64.3%)
- Singapore: $3,000 (2023 data unavailable)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 100% of natural rubber imported by Japan in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural rubber to Japan since 2023 were: Ivory Coast (up 6,912%), Malaysia (up 641.5%), Mexico (up 188.9%) and Thailand (up 58.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural rubber supplied to Japanese importers were: United States of America (down -64.3% from 2023), mainland China (down -51.6%) and Belgium (down -11.1%).
Overall, the value of Japan’s imported natural rubber advanced by an average 31.1% from all supplying countries since 2023 when natural rubber purchased cost $963.7 million.
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 July 31, 2025
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