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Who buys Chile’s refined copper? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Chile exported $17.4 billion of refined copper (1.9 million tonnes), 18.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (34%), China (27%) and Brazil (12%). Chile was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of refined copper.

Summary

Value
$17.4billion
Tonnes
1.9million tonnes
Share of world total
18.4%
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
United States6Tonnes: 633,634USD per tonne: $9,42534.3%Sea
China4.6Tonnes: 507,395USD per tonne: $9,14826.6%Sea
Brazil2.1Tonnes: 230,880USD per tonne: $9,01711.9%Sea
South Korea1.1Tonnes: 119,372USD per tonne: $9,1266.3%Sea
France0.86Tonnes: 91,641USD per tonne: $9,3834.9%Sea
Taiwan0.59Tonnes: 62,994USD per tonne: $9,3223.4%Sea
Italy0.42Tonnes: 44,323USD per tonne: $9,3912.4%Sea
Thailand0.36Tonnes: 38,421USD per tonne: $9,3642.1%Sea
Spain0.35Tonnes: 42,316USD per tonne: $8,3372%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.29Tonnes: 35,280USD per tonne: $8,2541.7%Sea
Sweden0.26Tonnes: 26,686USD per tonne: $9,8271.5%Sea
Germany0.14Tonnes: 21,702USD per tonne: $6,6310.83%Sea
Mexico0.11Tonnes: 15,336USD per tonne: $7,4260.65%Sea
Malaysia0.07Tonnes: 6,874USD per tonne: $9,8310.39%Sea
Canada0.04Tonnes: 4,191USD per tonne: $9,3430.22%Sea
Switzerland0.03Tonnes: 3,614USD per tonne: $9,2210.19%Sea
Indonesia0.03Tonnes: 3,256USD per tonne: $9,8590.18%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.02Tonnes: 779USD per tonne: $24,4090.11%Sea
Panama0.02Tonnes: 1,784USD per tonne: $8,9540.09%Sea
Greece0.01Tonnes: 1,284USD per tonne: $9,2580.07%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • United States 6
  • China 4.6
  • Brazil 2.1
  • South Korea 1.1
  • France 0.86

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.216
China< 0.014.6
Brazil0.212.1
South Korea0.491.1
France0.440.86

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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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