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Who buys Australia’s unwrought aluminum? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $3.8 billion of unwrought aluminum (1.5 million tonnes), 4.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were South Korea (26%), Japan (21%) and Vietnam (11%). Australia was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of unwrought aluminum.

Summary

Value
$3.8billion
Tonnes
1.5million tonnes
Share of world total
4.9%
World rank
7th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
South Korea992Tonnes: 388,419USD per tonne: $2,55326%Sea
Japan803Tonnes: 339,163USD per tonne: $2,36721%Sea
Vietnam429Tonnes: 166,953USD per tonne: $2,57211.2%Sea
Taiwan365Tonnes: 145,583USD per tonne: $2,5079.6%Sea
Thailand300Tonnes: 120,789USD per tonne: $2,4877.9%Sea
Malaysia259Tonnes: 123,933USD per tonne: $2,0866.8%Sea
United States227Tonnes: 81,614USD per tonne: $2,7775.9%Sea
Indonesia120Tonnes: 49,638USD per tonne: $2,4223.2%Sea
China116Tonnes: 47,595USD per tonne: $2,4273%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports19.3Tonnes: 8,107USD per tonne: $2,3820.51%Sea
Spain18Tonnes: 7,862USD per tonne: $2,2900.47%Sea
Norway17.9Tonnes: 6,553USD per tonne: $2,7320.47%Sea
Serbia17.1Tonnes: 5,978USD per tonne: $2,8600.45%Sea
New Zealand16.8Tonnes: 5,722USD per tonne: $2,9320.44%Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina16.2Tonnes: 6,098USD per tonne: $2,6540.42%Sea
United Kingdom15.2Tonnes: 5,259USD per tonne: $2,8990.4%Sea
Canada14.4Tonnes: 5,480USD per tonne: $2,6250.38%Sea
India13.7Tonnes: 5,050USD per tonne: $2,7220.36%Sea
Netherlands re-exports11.9Tonnes: 4,495USD per tonne: $2,6510.31%Sea
Greece11.9Tonnes: 4,414USD per tonne: $2,6890.31%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

South Korea has been its main destination since 2023

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • South Korea 0.99
  • Japan 0.8
  • Vietnam 0.43
  • Taiwan 0.36
  • Thailand 0.3

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
South Korea0.280.99
Japan0.710.8
Vietnam< 0.010.43
Taiwan0.230.36
Thailand0.220.3

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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