The core factors driving the growth of the global polyacrylamide market mainly stem from the gradual implementation of new global sewage treatment regulations, the demand for technological upgrading in oil and gas exploitation, and the large-scale advancement of mine tailings treatment. As countries pay increasing attention to ecological and environmental protection, the demand for polyacrylamide in the sewage treatment industry keeps rising, becoming the core engine driving market growth. Meanwhile, technological innovation in the oil and gas exploitation sector has further expanded the application scenarios of polyacrylamide and boosted industrial demand.

In the international trade landscape, China, as the world's largest producer and exporter of polyacrylamide, occupies an important position in the global supply chain. China's polyacrylamide exports reached 380,400 tons in 2025, with cumulative exports hitting 60,300 tons from January to February 2026. The export markets are mainly distributed in the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America and other regions. It is noteworthy that anti-dumping investigations targeting polyacrylamide in the European Union, Southeast Asia and other regions have increased in recent years, which has driven adjustments in the global industrial layout of polyacrylamide and promoted the global distribution of production bases.

Technological innovation and environmental upgrading have become the core development trends of the global polyacrylamide industry. With the continuous improvement of global environmental protection standards, the research and development of biodegradable polyacrylamide has gained increasing popularity. Currently, 30% of new products focus on low toxicity and easy degradability to comply with new international environmental regulations such as EU REACH. At the same time, the demand for polyacrylamide products with low residual monomers (residue below 0.05%) has surged by 35%. Such products better meet global drinking water safety standards and are widely applied in drinking water treatment. In agricultural applications, the promotion of new water-retaining polyacrylamide is accelerating. It can effectively reduce soil erosion by 40% and improve soil water retention efficiency by 25%, and has been widely used in arid regions such as the Middle East and Australia, providing new solutions for agricultural water conservation and soil improvement.

From a regional market perspective, global demand for polyacrylamide presents obvious regional differentiation. Benefiting from the recovery of the shale gas industry, North America sees strong demand for emulsion polyacrylamide, with a compound annual growth rate of about 5.5% from 2025 to 2035. As the world's largest incremental market, the Asia-Pacific region, accelerated by industrialization and urbanization in China, India, Indonesia and other countries, accounts for 60% of global demand in the water treatment sector and serves as the core region driving global market growth. Driven by the development of desalination industry and the application of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technology in oilfields, the Middle East maintains rapid growth in polyacrylamide demand, with an average annual growth rate expected to exceed 7% from 2026 to 2030.

Overall, the global polyacrylamide industry is in a critical stage of steady development. Upgraded environmental demand, breakthroughs in technological innovation and expansion of regional markets will continuously promote high-quality industrial development. The global market will show a development pattern of large-scale development, green transformation and diversification in the future.