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Where does Canada get its alumina? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Canada imported $2 billion of alumina (5.1 million tonnes), 11.4% of the world total. Brazil sold 73% of the total, followed by Australia (23%) and Jamaica (2%). Canada was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of alumina.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
5.1million tonnes
Share of world total
11.4%
World rank
2nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Brazil1.5Tonnes: 3,627,420USD per tonne: $40872.9%Sea
Australia0.47Tonnes: 1,318,186USD per tonne: $35523%Sea
Jamaica0.04Tonnes: 102,108USD per tonne: $4282.2%Sea
United States0.03Tonnes: 17,666USD per tonne: $1,4271.2%Land
China0.01Tonnes: 6,387USD per tonne: $1,2040.38%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 1,485USD per tonne: $1,7170.13%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 1,220USD per tonne: $1,0130.06%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 804USD per tonne: $1,1170.04%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 35USD per tonne: $19,3850.03%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 360USD per tonne: $1,5480.03%Sea
Austria< 0.01Tonnes: 93USD per tonne: $4,8580.02%Sea
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $22,8540.01%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $16,0710.01%Sea
Ukraine< 0.01Tonnes: 25USD per tonne: $3,1480%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 7USD per tonne: $3,2680%Sea
Mexico< 0.01Tonnes: 36USD per tonne: $3820%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $22,1630%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $7,0730%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $3,3450%Sea
Slovakia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $16,8170%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Brazil has been its main source since 2007

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

  • Brazil 1.5
  • Australia 0.47
  • Jamaica 0.04
  • United States 0.03
  • China 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Brazil< 0.011.5
Australia0.330.47
Jamaica0.120.04
United States0.170.03
China< 0.010.01

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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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