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Who buys Australia’s refined copper? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $3.7 billion of refined copper (399 thousand tonnes), 3.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (39%), Malaysia (18%) and Taiwan (16%). Australia was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of refined copper.

Summary

Value
$3.7billion
Tonnes
399thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.9%
World rank
5th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.4Tonnes: 151,624USD per tonne: $9,38438.6%Sea
Malaysia0.67Tonnes: 71,602USD per tonne: $9,35418.2%Sea
Taiwan0.6Tonnes: 64,688USD per tonne: $9,22316.2%Sea
Vietnam0.33Tonnes: 36,614USD per tonne: $9,0839%Sea
Thailand0.24Tonnes: 26,261USD per tonne: $9,0796.5%Sea
Indonesia0.16Tonnes: 18,450USD per tonne: $8,9194.5%Sea
Bangladesh0.12Tonnes: 13,781USD per tonne: $8,6753.2%Sea
South Korea0.11Tonnes: 12,391USD per tonne: $8,7182.9%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.01Tonnes: 1,363USD per tonne: $10,2710.38%Sea
Pakistan0.01Tonnes: 1,078USD per tonne: $9,5860.28%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 504USD per tonne: $9,5760.13%Sea
Jordan< 0.01Tonnes: 254USD per tonne: $14,6810.1%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 201USD per tonne: $8,5080.05%Sea
New Zealand< 0.01Tonnes: 54USD per tonne: $4,5260.01%Sea
Norway< 0.01Tonnes: 17USD per tonne: $13,0980.01%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 22USD per tonne: $10,3090.01%Sea
Papua New Guinea< 0.01Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $6,0090%Sea
Ecuador< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $11,5850%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $72,1470%Air
Burkina Faso< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $59,0770%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2009

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

  • China 1.4
  • Malaysia 0.67
  • Taiwan 0.6
  • Vietnam 0.33
  • Thailand 0.24

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.011.4
Malaysia0.020.67
Taiwan0.080.6
Vietnam00.33
Thailand0.020.24

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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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