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Who buys the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s copper ore? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the Democratic Republic of the Congo exported $3 billion of copper ore (804 thousand tonnes), 2.9% of the world total. China bought 83% of the total, followed by Serbia (7%) and Zambia (5%). The Democratic Republic of the Congo was the world’s 10th-largest exporter of copper ore.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
804thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.9%
World rank
10th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 10 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.5Tonnes: 624,792USD per tonne: $4,03783.3%Sea
Serbia0.22Tonnes: 51,991USD per tonne: $4,2967.4%Sea
Zambia0.15Tonnes: 103,861USD per tonne: $1,4234.9%Land
India0.09Tonnes: 13,102USD per tonne: $6,5882.9%Sea
Spain0.05Tonnes: 9,931USD per tonne: $4,9021.6%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $1,6000%Sea
Ireland< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $6,1740%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $9250%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $8,0000%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,1030%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2019

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

  • China 2.5
  • Serbia 0.22
  • Zambia 0.15
  • India 0.09
  • Spain 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China02.5
Serbia00.22
Zambia00.15
India00.09
Spain00.05

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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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