Top Gypsum suppliers (+Website of companies)

In this article, you can find the list of top Gypsum exporters/importers and also top Gypsum manufacturers/suppliers by country.

Gypsum is one of the primary construction materials that has been used for thousands of years that abundantly found in the solid crust of the Earth in relatively thick layers that is extracted from mines and utilized.

Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate is a very soft mineral that commonly named Gypsum with the chemical formula of CaSo4.2H2O that its composition contains two water molecules.

Gypsum Calcination

After extraction, Gypsum crushed and then become to lumped size for different uses like utilization in the production of Cement.

Calcination is the process of dehydrating gypsum into plaster that includes heating the Gypsum at 110 - 190°C.

Gypsum rock when heated to 100 - 190°C loses  of its water:

CaSO4.2H2O + Heat → CaSO4.H2O + H2O

The processed material is called plaster, that has several uses like:

● In construction works

● Ceiling tiles

● Plasterboard

● Plaster of Paris

● In dentistry

● In sculpture making

Top Gypsum Suppliers (exporters) by country:

According to international trade statistics provided by the UN, in 2018, the world exports of " Gypsum; anhydrite " exceeded $577 million (according to the external trade statistics of 83 countries). It was $557 million in the previous year (according to the merchandise trade statistics of 96 countries).

According to international trade statistics provided by the UN, top exporters/importers of Gypsum in 2018 were:

The world's largest exporters of Gypsum were:

• Oman - 22% of the world exports ($)
• Thailand - 21% ($)
• Spain - 13.8% ($)
• Germany - 6.23% ($)
• Mexico - 5.39% ($)
• Canada - 3.44% ($)
• Pakistan - 3.32% ($)
• USA - 2.68% ($)
• France - 1.81% ($10.4 million)
• India - 1.46% ($)

The world's largest importers of Gypsum were:

• India - 13.6% of the world imports ($)
• USA - 11.4% ($)
• Japan - 10% ($)
• Indonesia - 8.98% ($)
• Belgium - 3.87% ($)
• Philippines - 3.7% ($)
• Malaysia - 3.45% ($)
• United Kingdom - 3.11% ($)
• China - 3.01% ($27 million)
• Korea - 2.88% ($)

Top Gypsum Manufacturers:

Top Gypsum Suppliers/Manufacturers in Oman:

·        Arij Global Trading Co.

·        Global Gypsum Board Co.

·        Global Mining Co.

Top Gypsum Suppliers/Manufacturers in Thailand:

·        Knauf Co.

·        Victory Gypsum Board

·        Gyproc Co.

·        Chayaphol International

·        Taiheiyo Cement

·        Zmart Build

Top Gypsum Supplier/Manufacturer Spain:

·        Pladur Gypsum

·        Knauf Co.

·        Escayescos

·        Gyptec

Top Gypsum Supplier/Manufacturer Germany:

·        Grenzebach

·        Lafarge Holcim

Gypsum Trade Flow:

According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Gypsum; anhydrite» in 2018 were:

• Exports from Canada to the USA: (3.42% of the world exports, $19.7 million)
• Mexico to the USA: (3.63% of the world exports, $20 million)
• Oman to Bangladesh: (3.03% of the world exports, $17.5 million)
• Oman to India: (5.47% of the world exports, $31 million)
• Oman to Vietnam: (5.51% of the world exports, $31 million)
• Pakistan to India: (3.31% of the world exports, $19.1 million)
• Thailand to Indonesia: (4.67% of the world exports, $26 million)
• Thailand to Japan: (4.22% of the world exports, $24 million)
• Thailand to Malaysia: (3.79% of the world exports, $21 million)
• Thailand to Vietnam: (3.4% of the world exports, $19.6 million)

 + Sources:

• UN Comtrade
• Resource Trade
• Trend Economy

+ Read more:

·        Gypsum

·        Dolomite

·        Limestone

·        Brief introduction of Dolomite

·        Top Limestone Suppliers

·        List of Lime associations