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Where does France get its refined copper? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $1.8 billion of refined copper (198 thousand tonnes), 2% of the world total. Its main sources were Chile (46%), Austria (16%) and Belgium (13%). France was the world’s 13th-largest importer of refined copper.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
198thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2%
World rank
13th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Chile860Tonnes: 91,641USD per tonne: $9,38346.5%Sea
Austria303Tonnes: 31,335USD per tonne: $9,68016.4%Sea
Belgium re-exports239Tonnes: 26,842USD per tonne: $8,90012.9%Land
Poland206Tonnes: 21,447USD per tonne: $9,60411.1%Sea
Germany74.3Tonnes: 8,909USD per tonne: $8,3364%Land
Democratic Republic of the Congo58.3Tonnes: 5,838USD per tonne: $9,9793.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports31.3Tonnes: 3,114USD per tonne: $10,0471.7%Sea
Italy27.8Tonnes: 3,836USD per tonne: $7,2501.5%Land
Spain16.7Tonnes: 1,840USD per tonne: $9,0560.9%Land
Serbia14.4Tonnes: 1,464USD per tonne: $9,8160.78%Sea
Mexico2.5Tonnes: 227USD per tonne: $10,9320.13%Sea
Turkey2.2Tonnes: 249USD per tonne: $8,9040.12%Sea
United States1.9Tonnes: 81USD per tonne: $23,9470.11%Sea
United Kingdom1.7Tonnes: 185USD per tonne: $9,3810.09%Sea
Australia1.7Tonnes: 201USD per tonne: $8,5080.09%Sea
Portugal1.6Tonnes: 257USD per tonne: $6,3000.09%Sea
Czechia1.5Tonnes: 248USD per tonne: $6,1800.08%Sea
Israel1.2Tonnes: 210USD per tonne: $5,8810.07%Sea
Greece1.1Tonnes: 78USD per tonne: $14,6920.06%Sea
Switzerland0.84Tonnes: 48USD per tonne: $17,4670.05%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

Chile was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Chile 0.86
  • Austria 0.3
  • Belgium 0.24
  • Poland 0.21
  • Germany 0.07

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Chile0.440.86
Austria< 0.010.3
Belgium0.190.24
Poland0.210.21
Germany0.150.07

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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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