| Rank | Country | Exports of Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | United States | $640,327,253 |  | | 2 | China | $407,933,535 | | | 3 | Saudi Arabia | $195,357,844 | | | 4 | Belgium | $181,881,569 | | | 5 | Korea, South | $179,789,071 | | | 6 | Japan | $156,218,082 | | | 7 | Netherlands | $140,244,448 | | | 8 | India | $74,294,803 | | | 9 | Russia | $64,107,763 | | | 10 | Romania | $56,360,510 | | | 11 | France | $55,825,990 | | | 12 | Spain | $51,846,553 | | | 13 | Czech Republic | $44,258,617 | | | 14 | Hungary | $40,978,000 | | | 15 | Canada | $38,685,247 | | | 16 | Poland | $31,593,475 | | | 17 | Egypt | $27,438,812 | | | 18 | Germany | $26,118,728 | | | 19 | Thailand | $21,078,943 | | | 20 | Peru | $19,751,756 | | | 21 | Brazil | $17,754,960 | | | 22 | Indonesia | $13,683,604 | | | 23 | Israel | $12,583,000 | | | 24 | Slovakia | $11,845,274 | | | 25 | Italy | $11,714,458 | | | 26 | Turkey | $6,911,574 | | | 27 | Mexico | $6,909,744 | | | 28 | Iran | $6,236,405 | | | 29 | South Africa | $6,209,552 | | | 30 | Jordan | $5,982,659 | | | 31 | Singapore | $5,744,236 | | | 32 | Argentina | $5,087,833 | | | 33 | Switzerland | $4,979,425 | | | 34 | Australia | $4,749,543 | | | 35 | Malaysia | $4,066,889 | | | 36 | Oman | $3,570,798 | | | 37 | Ukraine | $3,048,961 | | | 38 | Morocco | $2,821,516 | | | 39 | Kenya | $2,701,554 | | | 40 | Lithuania | $2,626,600 | | | 41 | Finland | $2,608,597 | | | 42 | Slovenia | $2,532,099 | | | 43 | Hong Kong | $2,442,672 | | | 44 | Denmark | $2,330,945 | | | 45 | Azerbaijan | $1,679,069 | | | 46 | United Kingdom | $1,629,028 | | | 47 | Portugal | $1,372,881 | | | 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | $1,326,464 | | | 49 | Estonia | $1,157,262 | | | 50 | Sweden | $923,215 | | | 51 | Ireland | $552,062 | | | 52 | New Zealand | $549,604 | | | 53 | Uganda | $448,197 | | | 54 | Austria | $432,079 | | | 55 | Greece | $356,030 | | | 56 | Guatemala | $347,912 | | | 57 | Serbia | $343,654 | | | 58 | Mali | $298,879 | | | 59 | Botswana | $285,678 | | | 60 | Bulgaria | $256,190 | | | 61 | Ghana | $250,093 | | | 62 | Croatia | $235,564 | | | 63 | Tunisia | $227,510 | | | 64 | Pakistan | $210,863 | | | 65 | Costa Rica | $196,340 | | | 66 | Dominican Republic | $158,131 | | | 67 | Syria | $151,591 | | | 68 | Latvia | $111,464 | | | 69 | Tanzania | $109,519 | | | 70 | Vietnam | $101,676 | | | 71 | Zimbabwe | $92,699 | | | 72 | Armenia | $83,327 | | | 73 | Zambia | $70,787 | | | 74 | Panama | $65,160 | | | 75 | Chile | $64,781 | | | 76 | Norway | $64,769 | | | 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | $53,322 | | | 78 | El Salvador | $47,349 | | | 79 | Nicaragua | $44,719 | | | 80 | Mauritius | $39,300 | | | 81 | Senegal | $38,742 | | | 82 | Burkina Faso | $38,386 | | | 83 | Ecuador | $24,587 | | | 84 | Philippines | $23,670 | | | 85 | Jamaica | $20,066 | | | 86 | Lebanon | $18,234 | | | 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $17,095 | | | 88 | Togo | $17,088 | | | 89 | Cameroon | $14,913 | | | 90 | Moldova | $12,554 | | | 91 | Colombia | $8,496 | | | 92 | Iceland | $6,309 | | | 93 | Barbados | $4,821 | | | 94 | Burundi | $3,213 | | | 95 | Luxembourg | $1,992 | | | 96 | Fiji | $158 | | | 97 | Sri Lanka | $84 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $329,593 | | | | | | |
| Algeria | $14,761 | | | $3,152 | | | |
| Argentina | $21,409,281 | $20,819,537 | $13,402,223 | $14,344,331 | $19,722,852 | $5,087,833 | $15,568,695 |
| Armenia | $64,698 | $105,743 | $1,388,439 | $2,850,963 | $178,598 | $83,327 | |
| Australia | $1,831,969 | $2,318,885 | $2,200,182 | $2,485,683 | $5,187,699 | $4,749,543 | $6,597,528 |
| Austria | $200,804 | $141,848 | $265,415 | $1,735,567 | $623,538 | $432,079 | |
| Azerbaijan | $2,095,816 | $1,660,953 | $911,383 | $758,312 | $1,275,582 | $1,679,069 | $993,214 |
| Bahrain | $6,649 | | | | | | $13,542 |
| Bangladesh | $45,725 | $34,094 | $62,909 | | | | |
| Barbados | | $1,385 | $3,533 | $4,013 | | $4,821 | $5,029 |
| Belarus | $100 | $18,200 | $20,300 | $14,400 | | | $54,200 |
| Belgium | $164,271,818 | $199,317,474 | $347,722,996 | $305,336,441 | $200,237,692 | $181,881,569 | $226,135,019 |
| Bhutan | $4,935 | $21,753 | | | | | |
| Bolivia | $5,290 | | | | | | $155 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $134,824 | $107,577 | $3,163 | $22,663 | $34,627 | $17,095 | $48,419 |
| Botswana | $1,286,921 | $13,126 | $7,135 | $122 | $20,648 | $285,678 | $1,482 |
| Brazil | $22,960,114 | $19,357,821 | $16,336,262 | $24,674,467 | $32,098,301 | $17,754,960 | $17,907,378 |
| Brunei | | $171 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $7,536,484 | $10,351,488 | $12,414,187 | $13,954,896 | $3,420,134 | $256,190 | $315,470 |
| Burkina Faso | | | $5,757 | $40,855 | $19,200 | $38,386 | |
| Burundi | | | | | | $3,213 | |
| Cambodia | | $34 | | | | | |
| Cameroon | $115,598 | $2,488 | $148,508 | $187,695 | $130,163 | $14,913 | |
| Canada | $124,613,995 | $126,580,361 | $80,263,649 | $91,742,451 | $71,648,199 | $38,685,247 | $77,954,168 |
| Cape Verde | $13 | $42 | $38 | | | | |
| Chile | $21,851 | $1,926 | $3,304 | $21,337 | $58,471 | $64,781 | $50,421 |
| China | $180,214,481 | $278,316,608 | $351,899,213 | $732,250,612 | $511,177,400 | $407,933,535 | $777,790,685 |
| Colombia | $44,013 | $13,443 | $20,626 | $21,526 | $5,748,969 | $8,496 | $16,347 |
| Costa Rica | $141,266 | $29,334 | $29,904 | $75,687 | $53,582 | $196,340 | $87,280 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $2,573,434 | $1,684,692 | $1,555,372 | $1,879,560 | $2,657,189 | $1,326,464 | $368,258 |
| Croatia | $143,789 | $137,346 | $178,155 | $289,574 | $348,381 | $235,564 | $300,052 |
| Cuba | $40,733 | $35,013 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $1,039 | $167 | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | $33,676,159 | $37,471,151 | $44,808,389 | $72,824,656 | $60,602,939 | $44,258,617 | $40,898,946 |
| Denmark | $1,573,412 | $1,895,811 | $1,842,060 | $4,375,753 | $2,476,830 | $2,330,945 | $6,048,587 |
| Dominica | | | | | $503 | | |
| Dominican Republic | $31,900 | $23,003 | $157,921 | $30,859 | $101,035 | $158,131 | $31,650 |
| Ecuador | | | $1,000 | $1,725 | $26,323 | $24,587 | $16,839 |
| Egypt | $6,424,816 | $16,167,500 | $16,402,238 | $52,849,938 | $28,514,829 | $27,438,812 | $42,461,533 |
| El Salvador | $6,209 | $271,765 | $417,401 | $675,774 | $879,873 | $47,349 | |
| Estonia | $50,926 | $12,758 | $49,522 | $86,713 | $158,159 | $1,157,262 | $1,314,639 |
| Ethiopia | | | | | | | $239 |
| Faroe Islands | | $320 | | | | | |
| Fiji | | | | $15,794 | | $158 | |
| Finland | $167,208 | $247,386 | $514,088 | $1,886,688 | $1,358,853 | $2,608,597 | $2,462,038 |
| France | $39,062,986 | $50,268,856 | $53,927,421 | $91,107,604 | $66,679,265 | $55,825,990 | $64,797,248 |
| French Polynesia | | | $5 | | | | |
| Gabon | | | | $41 | $5,416 | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | | $2,369 | | $7,249 |
| Georgia | | $12,655 | $68,460 | $13,400 | $796 | | |
| Germany | $374,567,000 | $380,866,000 | $412,610,000 | $532,408,000 | $29,424,000 | $26,118,728 | $29,394,484 |
| Ghana | | $52,794 | $250,147 | $109,621 | $300,049 | $250,093 | $949,942 |
| Greece | $319,849 | $427,400 | $534,443 | $487,436 | $361,874 | $356,030 | $401,600 |
| Guatemala | $1,120,781 | $827,994 | $633,477 | $992,477 | $886,034 | $347,912 | $783,614 |
| Guyana | $15,593 | | | $75 | | | $132 |
| Honduras | $94,748 | $158,348 | $59,716 | | $876 | | |
| Hong Kong | $9,784,122 | $6,948,986 | $5,231,241 | $2,453,153 | $2,415,665 | $2,442,672 | $1,656,642 |
| Hungary | $17,572,000 | $24,611,000 | $46,774,000 | $52,819,000 | $42,359,000 | $40,978,000 | $57,051,000 |
| Iceland | | | | | | $6,309 | |
| India | $8,873,375 | $9,610,488 | $14,036,657 | $50,939,887 | $28,656,306 | $74,294,803 | $35,878,930 |
| Indonesia | $18,486,214 | $25,046,406 | $25,761,810 | $44,716,375 | $31,085,935 | $13,683,604 | $8,424,380 |
| Iran | $3,361,582 | $3,620,754 | | | | $6,236,405 | |
| Ireland | $241,584 | $624,121 | $1,649,232 | $349,375 | $514,249 | $552,062 | $328,471 |
| Israel | $725,000 | $351,000 | $1,034,000 | $5,678,000 | $13,808,000 | $12,583,000 | $5,667,000 |
| Italy | $16,215,842 | $12,312,514 | $8,434,786 | $15,240,661 | $16,123,222 | $11,714,458 | $18,306,137 |
| Jamaica | $22,935 | $76,392 | $10,644 | $26,560 | $876,144 | $20,066 | |
| Japan | $169,508,453 | $164,893,134 | $171,388,708 | $236,697,222 | $199,754,624 | $156,218,082 | $205,830,844 |
| Jordan | $1,890,721 | $4,630,559 | $2,142,682 | $5,477,068 | $4,643,623 | $5,982,659 | $10,884,929 |
| Kazakhstan | $1,238 | $89,017 | $124,584 | $8,510 | $2,598 | | |
| Kenya | $928,455 | $919,577 | $1,526,728 | $2,234,331 | $2,359,403 | $2,701,554 | |
| Korea, South | $78,706,969 | $103,187,220 | $119,697,337 | $204,972,930 | $176,550,389 | $179,789,071 | $235,170,436 |
| Kuwait | | $5,757,135 | $8,238,015 | $7,630,658 | $8,700,512 | | |
| Latvia | $18,289 | $18,684 | $21,742 | $95,936 | $28,028 | $111,464 | $157,734 |
| Lebanon | | $19,849 | $28,595 | $8,862 | $17,103 | $18,234 | $625 |
| Lithuania | $437,921 | $776,413 | $1,014,925 | $1,785,740 | $1,971,650 | $2,626,600 | $2,863,119 |
| Luxembourg | $407 | $11,529 | $7,220 | $855 | $8,181 | $1,992 | $3,203 |
| Macau | $161 | | | | | | |
| Macedonia | $6,206 | $2,227 | $4,375 | | $18,315 | | $19,174 |
| Madagascar | $101,715 | $204,787 | $15,889 | $7,141 | | | |
| Malawi | | | | | | | $616 |
| Malaysia | $3,698,147 | $4,758,358 | $7,541,560 | $11,268,085 | $5,948,311 | $4,066,889 | $4,845,680 |
| Mali | | $3,209 | $16,445 | $75,866 | | $298,879 | |
| Malta | $448 | | $375 | | $667 | | |
| Mauritius | $161,413 | $13,525 | $132,528 | $242,120 | $20,684 | $39,300 | $418,431 |
| Mayotte | | | $839 | $2,253 | $5,386 | | |
| Mexico | $12,391,871 | $18,208,805 | $12,157,231 | $24,088,881 | $11,036,123 | $6,909,744 | $20,704,589 |
| Moldova | $2,701 | | $2,022 | $41,400 | $2,687 | $12,554 | $32,352 |
| Montenegro | | $7,302 | $569 | | $531 | | $12,106 |
| Morocco | $1,192,473 | $569,705 | $592,238 | $814,785 | $2,847,336 | $2,821,516 | |
| Mozambique | $68,060 | | | $39,600 | $41,339 | | $124,000 |
| Namibia | $27,026 | $9,588 | $577,278 | $20,020 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $7,392 | | |
| Netherlands | $100,964,664 | $119,833,630 | $177,812,416 | $269,744,708 | $147,726,923 | $140,244,448 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | | $67 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $3,393 | $135 | $5,673 | | $47,766 | | $41,547 |
| New Zealand | $111,418 | $93,382 | $67,080 | $130,853 | $267,194 | $549,604 | $137,923 |
| Nicaragua | | $2,220 | $3,535 | | $32,006 | $44,719 | $50,000 |
| Niger | $1,247 | $587 | | | | | |
| Nigeria | | | | $692,790 | | | |
| Norway | $172,371 | $308,714 | | $42,235 | $5,750 | $64,769 | $91,150 |
| Oman | $3,078,298 | $3,047,959 | $5,361,241 | $5,677,973 | $3,398,943 | $3,570,798 | |
| Pakistan | $10,717 | $24,344 | $196,885 | $85,416 | $635,877 | $210,863 | $3,982,485 |
| Panama | | $21,177 | $27,517 | $19,045 | $810 | $65,160 | $38,681 |
| Paraguay | | | $6,834 | | | | |
| Peru | $26,193,330 | $20,950,080 | $25,950,253 | $48,185,963 | $19,339,499 | $19,751,756 | $30,513,129 |
| Philippines | $112,416 | $65,021 | $39,123 | $101,386 | $7,338 | $23,670 | $22,029 |
| Poland | $37,289,771 | $51,573,420 | $66,640,799 | $74,710,687 | $49,630,745 | $31,593,475 | $64,705,073 |
| Portugal | $3,663,668 | $3,691,173 | $3,290,041 | $3,312,756 | $1,890,398 | $1,372,881 | $4,748,751 |
| Qatar | $954 | $55,993,983 | $77,988,454 | $122,177,350 | $130,928 | | |
| Romania | $78,438,757 | $79,229,103 | $108,425,817 | $156,812,061 | $61,606,775 | $56,360,510 | $83,334,514 |
| Russia | $50,873,727 | $56,092,877 | $76,092,945 | $112,816,216 | $81,004,594 | $64,107,763 | $64,698,072 |
| Saint Lucia | $3,391 | $5,287 | | $21,814 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | $36 | | | | |
| Samoa | $4 | | | | $38 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $227,887,749 | $227,960,996 | $245,426,835 | $278,510,215 | $226,145,783 | $195,357,844 | |
| Senegal | $130,790 | $152,110 | $111,435 | $164,367 | $101,548 | $38,742 | $88,163 |
| Serbia | $512,996 | $570,241 | $1,630,525 | $1,462,044 | $331,921 | $343,654 | $541,794 |
| Singapore | $3,704,857 | $3,161,240 | $3,605,773 | $5,690,785 | $4,510,194 | $5,744,236 | $4,654,006 |
| Slovakia | $8,538,845 | $9,284,342 | $11,891,539 | $15,318,538 | $15,431,667 | $11,845,274 | $15,209,245 |
| Slovenia | $1,656,557 | $1,260,054 | $2,165,537 | $3,562,706 | $3,863,471 | $2,532,099 | $2,527,650 |
| South Africa | $5,539,783 | $4,563,476 | $3,089,697 | $2,651,603 | $4,167,997 | $6,209,552 | $4,790,667 |
| Spain | $61,715,172 | $59,838,965 | $62,732,534 | $84,702,840 | $60,322,553 | $51,846,553 | |
| Sri Lanka | $2,068 | $2,418 | $4,389 | $2,089 | $956 | $84 | $1,154 |
| Suriname | $230 | $677 | $272 | $148,423 | $497,280 | | $24,794 |
| Swaziland | $22 | $36,703 | $24,511 | | | | |
| Sweden | $4,707,714 | $3,622,247 | $3,869,112 | $1,182,392 | $872,388 | $923,215 | $2,577,316 |
| Switzerland | $2,508,142 | $4,030,525 | $3,249,783 | $4,040,951 | $4,669,883 | $4,979,425 | $3,899,163 |
| Syria | $29,190 | $1,190 | | $342,044 | | $151,591 | |
| Tanzania | $51,456 | $88,083 | $83,507 | $113,434 | $64,869 | $109,519 | $423,751 |
| Thailand | $12,824,269 | $15,129,969 | $25,895,337 | $27,997,375 | $33,991,776 | $21,078,943 | $37,791,951 |
| Togo | $30,590 | | | | | $17,088 | $107,148 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $79,696 | $190,712 | $103,521 | $101,006 | $113,880 | $53,322 | |
| Tunisia | $109,322 | $154,364 | $287,338 | $426,828 | $665,362 | $227,510 | |
| Turkey | $3,701,758 | $1,762,473 | $2,813,537 | $9,856,164 | $6,623,972 | $6,911,574 | $7,211,885 |
| Uganda | $196,470 | $130,842 | $98,217 | $258,325 | $592,360 | $448,197 | |
| Ukraine | $8,246,910 | $5,355,557 | $2,883,233 | $1,507,071 | $2,158,601 | $3,048,961 | $10,085,736 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,788,990 | | $1,363,750 | $987,782 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $944,649 | $1,459,062 | $3,130,268 | $4,275,027 | $2,422,887 | $1,629,028 | $3,747,050 |
| United States | $595,678,592 | $681,374,923 | $746,070,265 | $1,042,695,212 | $701,873,703 | $640,327,253 | $1,029,531,849 |
| Uruguay | $737,094 | $830,324 | $1,038,194 | $926,876 | $1,563,423 | | |
| Venezuela | $12,217,256 | $3,573,634 | | $914 | | | |
| Vietnam | $149,692 | $147,280 | $351,074 | $788,075 | $529,064 | $101,676 | |
| Yemen | | | | $7,258 | $5,913 | | |
| Zambia | $106,876 | $20,470 | $60,644 | $235,564 | $853,774 | $70,787 | |
| Zimbabwe | $138 | $11,980 | $24,134 | $1,049 | $31,975 | $92,699 | |
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