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Where does China get its bauxite? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $10.1 billion of bauxite (159.9 million tonnes), 86.1% of the world total. Guinea sold 75% of the total, followed by Australia (20%) and Turkey (1%). China was the world’s largest importer of bauxite.

Summary

Value
$10.1billion
Tonnes
159.9million tonnes
Share of world total
86.1%
World rank
1st
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
Guinea7.6Tonnes: 110,091,480USD per tonne: $6974.9%Sea
Australia2Tonnes: 40,766,763USD per tonne: $5020.1%Sea
Turkey0.15Tonnes: 2,999,055USD per tonne: $501.5%Sea
Laos0.11Tonnes: 1,543,551USD per tonne: $691.1%Land
Ghana0.1Tonnes: 1,163,071USD per tonne: $840.97%Sea
Malaysia0.05Tonnes: 805,476USD per tonne: $630.5%Sea
Brazil0.04Tonnes: 1,141,533USD per tonne: $330.37%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire0.03Tonnes: 722,791USD per tonne: $460.33%Sea
Montenegro0.02Tonnes: 424,445USD per tonne: $510.21%Sea
India0.01Tonnes: 120,155USD per tonne: $620.07%Sea
Guyana0.01Tonnes: 94,466USD per tonne: $540.05%Sea
Sierra Leone< 0.01Tonnes: 47,520USD per tonne: $800.04%Sea
Jamaica< 0.01Tonnes: 19,830USD per tonne: $850.02%Sea
Pakistan< 0.01Tonnes: 7,979USD per tonne: $460%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 84USD per tonne: $2,2440%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 115USD per tonne: $4950%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 26USD per tonne: $8070%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 20USD per tonne: $8390%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $17,0500%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Guinea has been its main source since 2017

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

  • Guinea 7.6
  • Australia 2
  • Turkey 0.15
  • Laos 0.11
  • Ghana 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Guinea07.6
Australia0.012
Turkey00.15
Laos00.11
Ghana00.1

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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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