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Who buys Australia’s bauxite? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $2.1 billion of bauxite (41.8 million tonnes), 17.8% of the world total. China bought 97% of the total, followed by South Korea (1%) and the United Arab Emirates (0.9%). Australia was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of bauxite.

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
41.8million tonnes
Share of world total
17.8%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 14 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2Tonnes: 40,766,763USD per tonne: $5097%Sea
South Korea0.03Tonnes: 361,915USD per tonne: $701.2%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.02Tonnes: 351,492USD per tonne: $550.92%Sea
United States0.02Tonnes: 252,007USD per tonne: $670.8%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 55,669USD per tonne: $370.1%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $2,1200%Sea
New Zealand< 0.01Tonnes: 34USD per tonne: $1,1160%Sea
Slovenia< 0.01Tonnes: 33USD per tonne: $1340%Sea
Ireland< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $4,9590%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 25USD per tonne: $520%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $1,3720%Sea
Indonesia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $4,4380%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $33,3330%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $130%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2007

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

  • China 2
  • South Korea 0.03
  • United Arab Emirates 0.02
  • United States 0.02
  • Singapore < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.012
South Korea< 0.010.03
United Arab Emirates00.02
United States< 0.010.02
Singapore0< 0.01

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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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