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Who buys Australia’s zinc ore? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $1.5 billion of zinc ore (1.6 million tonnes), 11.9% of the world total. China bought 58% of the total, followed by South Korea (16%) and Canada (11%). Australia was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of zinc ore.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
1.6million tonnes
Share of world total
11.9%
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 millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China851Tonnes: 952,271USD per tonne: $89357.7%Sea
South Korea235Tonnes: 289,420USD per tonne: $81015.9%Sea
Canada163Tonnes: 158,024USD per tonne: $1,03111.1%Sea
Japan121Tonnes: 133,018USD per tonne: $9098.2%Sea
Spain66.4Tonnes: 67,944USD per tonne: $9784.5%Sea
Germany30.5Tonnes: 33,628USD per tonne: $9072.1%Sea
Finland6.4Tonnes: 8,773USD per tonne: $7250.43%Sea
France0.96Tonnes: 784USD per tonne: $1,2250.07%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.08Tonnes: 93USD per tonne: $9010.01%Sea
Indonesia0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $17,7560%Sea
New Zealand< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $9400%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $4000%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 0.85
  • South Korea 0.23
  • Canada 0.16
  • Japan 0.12
  • Spain 0.07

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.010.85
South Korea0.070.23
Canada00.16
Japan0.120.12
Spain00.07

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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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