过去12年左右的时间，中国成为全球石油蜡主要来源地，对于许多进口国而言，中国石油蜡扮演着重要的被消费角色。

    下表是2007年21个最大石油蜡进口国及2002年到2007年期间进口历史。据记录，中国石油蜡近几年出口一直下降，与2005年高峰时期出口货运量16亿磅相比，2007年出口下降17.7%。

    美国一直是中国石油蜡主要进口国家。2007年美国进口占中国总出口的24%。2007年其他主要进口国有新加坡、墨西哥和缅甸。以上四个国家进口占中国蜡总出口的56%。总之，亚太地区占中国出口量的46%，紧随其后的是北美36%，欧洲10%，南美6%，非洲2%。

2002-2007年中国石油蜡出口           单位：百万磅

数据来源：2008年6月美国NPRA资料

Over the past dozen or so years, China has become the leading global source of petroleum waxes and for many importing countries Chinese petroleum waxes represent a significant share of consumption.
The table below lists the twenty-one largest importers of petroleum wax from China in 2007 and a history of imports for the period 2002 through 2007. It is also noted that Chinese exports of petroleum waxes have been declining in recent years with shipments in 2007 down 17.7 percent compared to the peak year for shipments in 2005 when 1600 million pounds were exported.
As indicated, the United States has been the leading importer of petroleum waxes from China and in 2007 the U.S. accounted for 24 percent of wax exports from China. Other leading importers in 2007 were Singaore, Mexico and Mynamar. These four accounted for 56 percent of Chinese wax exports. Overall, the Asia-Pacific regions accounted for 46 percent of wax exports from China followed by North America at 36 percent, Europe at 10 percent, South America at 6 percent and Africa at 2 percent.

PETROLEUM WAX EXPORTS FROM CHINA-2002-2007
Million pounds