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Who buys China’s silicon? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $2 billion of silicon (760 thousand tonnes), 26.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were Thailand (16%), Japan (14%) and South Korea (11%). China was the world’s largest exporter of silicon.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
760thousand tonnes
Share of world total
26.6%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Thailand321Tonnes: 65,743USD per tonne: $4,88716.4%Air
Japan268Tonnes: 126,063USD per tonne: $2,12213.6%Sea
South Korea209Tonnes: 77,370USD per tonne: $2,70410.7%Sea
Malaysia201Tonnes: 62,736USD per tonne: $3,20910.3%Sea
India178Tonnes: 84,230USD per tonne: $2,1159.1%Land
United Arab Emirates123Tonnes: 66,039USD per tonne: $1,8636.3%Sea
Vietnam99.3Tonnes: 22,790USD per tonne: $4,3585.1%Land
Bahrain75.2Tonnes: 37,898USD per tonne: $1,9833.8%Sea
Mexico64.7Tonnes: 30,793USD per tonne: $2,1023.3%Sea
Norway58.2Tonnes: 24,845USD per tonne: $2,3413%Sea
United Kingdom46Tonnes: 20,762USD per tonne: $2,2152.3%Sea
Qatar43.4Tonnes: 21,777USD per tonne: $1,9912.2%Sea
Indonesia35.5Tonnes: 18,700USD per tonne: $1,8971.8%Sea
Russia33.8Tonnes: 6,039USD per tonne: $5,5931.7%Land
Taiwan31.2Tonnes: 11,126USD per tonne: $2,8071.6%Sea
Italy19.4Tonnes: 11,133USD per tonne: $1,7460.99%Sea
Iceland18.1Tonnes: 7,283USD per tonne: $2,4790.92%Sea
Turkey17Tonnes: 10,715USD per tonne: $1,5860.87%Sea
Netherlands re-exports15.4Tonnes: 14,909USD per tonne: $1,0320.78%Sea
Brazil15Tonnes: 7,615USD per tonne: $1,9640.76%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Thailand has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Thailand 321
  • Japan 268
  • South Korea 209
  • Malaysia 201
  • India 178

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Thailand2321
Japan100268
South Korea13.8209
Malaysia1201
India7.4178

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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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