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Who buys Guinea’s bauxite? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Guinea exported $8.3 billion of bauxite (122.5 million tonnes), 70.6% of the world total. China bought 91% of the total, followed by India (3%) and Ireland (2%). Guinea was the world’s largest exporter of bauxite.

Summary

Value
$8.3billion
Tonnes
122.5million tonnes
Share of world total
70.6%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 8 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China7.6Tonnes: 110,091,480USD per tonne: $6991.3%Sea
India0.28Tonnes: 3,764,040USD per tonne: $743.3%Sea
Ireland0.16Tonnes: 2,935,300USD per tonne: $541.9%Sea
Germany0.12Tonnes: 2,183,614USD per tonne: $531.4%Sea
Spain0.11Tonnes: 2,073,150USD per tonne: $531.3%Sea
Canada0.04Tonnes: 1,132,111USD per tonne: $390.53%Sea
Greece0.02Tonnes: 364,705USD per tonne: $490.21%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $1,9650%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2016

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

  • China 7.6
  • India 0.28
  • Ireland 0.16
  • Germany 0.12
  • Spain 0.11

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China07.6
India00.28
Ireland0.070.16
Germany0.020.12
Spain0.060.11

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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