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Who buys Canada’s copper ore? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $3.4 billion of copper ore (825 thousand tonnes), 3.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (37%), Japan (24%) and South Korea (20%). Canada was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of copper ore.

Summary

Value
$3.4billion
Tonnes
825thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.2%
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 billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.2Tonnes: 221,565USD per tonne: $5,60737.1%Sea
Japan0.8Tonnes: 270,095USD per tonne: $2,98024%Sea
South Korea0.65Tonnes: 161,641USD per tonne: $4,04819.5%Sea
Finland0.21Tonnes: 65,829USD per tonne: $3,1596.2%Sea
Germany0.16Tonnes: 47,476USD per tonne: $3,3524.8%Sea
India0.16Tonnes: 29,433USD per tonne: $5,3734.7%Sea
Philippines0.07Tonnes: 17,708USD per tonne: $4,0162.1%Sea
Bulgaria0.03Tonnes: 3,461USD per tonne: $9,1520.95%Sea
Spain0.02Tonnes: 7,311USD per tonne: $2,4880.54%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 149USD per tonne: $5,3520.02%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 71USD per tonne: $8,8070.02%Sea
Pakistan< 0.01Tonnes: 66USD per tonne: $6,7350.01%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 159USD per tonne: $1,7440.01%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 85USD per tonne: $3,1640.01%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 37USD per tonne: $3,5460%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 27USD per tonne: $4,5280%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $5,0270%Land
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 64USD per tonne: $8120%Sea
Chile< 0.01Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $6,1160%Sea
Czechia< 0.01Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $1,7890%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • China 1.2
  • Japan 0.8
  • South Korea 0.65
  • Finland 0.21
  • Germany 0.16

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.051.2
Japan0.430.8
South Korea0.080.65
Finland< 0.010.21
Germany00.16

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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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