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Where does Germany get its ferroalloys? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $1.5 billion of ferroalloys (695 thousand tonnes), 3.5% of the world total. Its main sources were the Netherlands (19%), Norway (8%) and Belgium (8%). Germany was the world’s 7th-largest importer of ferroalloys.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
695thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.5%
World rank
7th
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
Netherlands re-exports294Tonnes: 101,698USD per tonne: $2,88819.1%Land
Norway119Tonnes: 111,156USD per tonne: $1,0747.8%Sea
Belgium re-exports118Tonnes: 8,897USD per tonne: $13,2677.7%Land
Kazakhstan101Tonnes: 48,580USD per tonne: $2,0736.5%Sea
India74.9Tonnes: 45,810USD per tonne: $1,6364.9%Sea
France70.8Tonnes: 56,197USD per tonne: $1,2604.6%Land
South Korea68Tonnes: 2,337USD per tonne: $29,0724.4%Sea
United Kingdom61.7Tonnes: 3,571USD per tonne: $17,2884%Sea
Austria61.2Tonnes: 7,351USD per tonne: $8,3314%Land
South Africa49.4Tonnes: 35,742USD per tonne: $1,3833.2%Sea
Iceland47.3Tonnes: 36,080USD per tonne: $1,3123.1%Sea
Poland42.6Tonnes: 35,780USD per tonne: $1,1902.8%Land
Brazil42.1Tonnes: 7,212USD per tonne: $5,8372.7%Air
China37.1Tonnes: 12,541USD per tonne: $2,9622.4%Sea
Ukraine36Tonnes: 34,181USD per tonne: $1,0542.3%Sea
Spain30.5Tonnes: 20,191USD per tonne: $1,5102%Sea
Canada29.2Tonnes: 1,085USD per tonne: $26,9291.9%Sea
Finland23.6Tonnes: 16,539USD per tonne: $1,4261.5%Sea
Italy20.8Tonnes: 16,774USD per tonne: $1,2411.4%Sea
Turkey19.4Tonnes: 6,778USD per tonne: $2,8631.3%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands has been its main source since 2018

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

  • Netherlands 294
  • Norway 119
  • Belgium 118
  • Kazakhstan 101
  • India 74.9

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands37.1294
Norway165119
Belgium51.5118
Kazakhstan19.7101
India11.574.9

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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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