The volume of caustic soda in aqueous solution traded globally has stayed fairly steady, around 20.5 million tons per year, over the last five years, but there has been a huge change in exports out of Asia-Pacific to other regions.
Import/export statistics from all available reporting countries show the volume of caustic soda in aqueous solution traded globally from 2018 through 2022 ranging between 20.2 – 21.4 million tons over the period.
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/itpweb-blog1.appspot.com/1/2023/05/Caustic-Soda-Global-Trade-Volume.jpg)
Asia-Pacific exports to other regions, however, went from 1.1 million tons in 2018 to 2.7 million tons in 2022. Shipments to every region rose sharply.
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/itpweb-blog1.appspot.com/1/2023/05/Asia-Pacific-Exports-of-CSS-to-Other-Regions.jpg)
China and Japan accounted for most of the region’s increased exports, followed by Taiwan.
From International Trader Publications’ Caustic Soda World Trade Analysis, a continuously updated online analysis of global trade.