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Who buys Canada’s nickel? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $3 billion of nickel (208 thousand tonnes), 10.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were Norway (46%), the United States (26%) and China (4%). Canada was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of nickel.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
208thousand tonnes
Share of world total
10.9%
World rank
2nd
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
Norway1.4Tonnes: 106,130USD per tonne: $12,92845.7%Sea
United States0.77Tonnes: 45,838USD per tonne: $16,86125.8%Land
China0.13Tonnes: 7,513USD per tonne: $17,8914.5%Sea
India0.09Tonnes: 4,950USD per tonne: $18,6803.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.09Tonnes: 9,626USD per tonne: $9,1322.9%Sea
South Korea0.08Tonnes: 4,953USD per tonne: $16,5642.7%Sea
Japan0.08Tonnes: 4,556USD per tonne: $17,6532.7%Sea
Sweden0.06Tonnes: 3,388USD per tonne: $17,2612%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.04Tonnes: 4,670USD per tonne: $8,9101.4%Sea
France0.04Tonnes: 2,277USD per tonne: $17,2481.3%Sea
Germany0.04Tonnes: 2,178USD per tonne: $17,1381.2%Sea
Taiwan0.04Tonnes: 2,017USD per tonne: $17,7631.2%Sea
United Kingdom0.02Tonnes: 1,685USD per tonne: $14,7520.83%Sea
Australia0.02Tonnes: 1,068USD per tonne: $19,1640.68%Sea
Mexico0.02Tonnes: 1,034USD per tonne: $18,8100.65%Sea
Italy0.02Tonnes: 976USD per tonne: $17,0920.56%Sea
Finland0.02Tonnes: 900USD per tonne: $18,0540.54%Sea
Spain0.01Tonnes: 683USD per tonne: $18,1260.41%Sea
Austria0.01Tonnes: 632USD per tonne: $17,1120.36%Sea
Slovenia0.01Tonnes: 592USD per tonne: $16,8750.33%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Norway was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • Norway 1.4
  • United States 0.77
  • China 0.13
  • India 0.09
  • Netherlands 0.09

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Norway0.441.4
United States0.360.77
China0.010.13
India0.010.09
Netherlands0.020.09

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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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