India and Vietnam were key export destinations, but shipments to numerous destinations were up, particularly countries in Eastern Europe and Africa. Trade within the Asia-Pacific region expanded by 13%, to 2.8 million tons.

China’s exports trended upward through 2025, with a surge in February/March 2026 on shipments to India and Vietnam. Shipments through May 2026 of 2.5 million tons were up 24%.

Korea exported 346,000 tons through May (up 26%), India also the top destination.

Thai exports jumped 42% through May (to 267,000 tons), India and Vietnam being top destinations.

From International Trader Publications’ PVC World Trade Analyses, continuously updated analyses of global trade in uncompounded and compounded PVC, based on latest statistics from all publishing countries.