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Who buys India’s unwrought aluminum? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, India exported $4.7 billion of unwrought aluminum (2 million tonnes), 6% of the world total. Its main destinations were South Korea (13%), Malaysia (11%) and Turkey (10%). India was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of unwrought aluminum.

Summary

Value
$4.7billion
Tonnes
2million tonnes
Share of world total
6%
World rank
4th
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
South Korea605Tonnes: 232,890USD per tonne: $2,59913%Sea
Malaysia505Tonnes: 214,326USD per tonne: $2,35510.8%Sea
Turkey458Tonnes: 179,257USD per tonne: $2,5569.8%Sea
Mexico377Tonnes: 136,129USD per tonne: $2,7728.1%Sea
China355Tonnes: 146,078USD per tonne: $2,4297.6%Land
Japan337Tonnes: 135,465USD per tonne: $2,4897.2%Sea
Greece227Tonnes: 84,410USD per tonne: $2,6944.9%Sea
Vietnam226Tonnes: 89,628USD per tonne: $2,5174.8%Sea
Taiwan198Tonnes: 78,427USD per tonne: $2,5244.3%Sea
Thailand186Tonnes: 71,230USD per tonne: $2,6104%Sea
United States177Tonnes: 64,285USD per tonne: $2,7543.8%Sea
Italy132Tonnes: 55,554USD per tonne: $2,3762.8%Sea
Brazil109Tonnes: 40,147USD per tonne: $2,7262.4%Sea
Spain80.6Tonnes: 31,711USD per tonne: $2,5421.7%Sea
Bangladesh80.5Tonnes: 32,526USD per tonne: $2,4741.7%Land
Germany78.4Tonnes: 30,885USD per tonne: $2,5371.7%Sea
France62.5Tonnes: 21,750USD per tonne: $2,8751.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports50.5Tonnes: 28,438USD per tonne: $1,7761.1%Sea
Russia50.1Tonnes: 138,750USD per tonne: $3611.1%Sea
Canada47.1Tonnes: 19,572USD per tonne: $2,4081%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

South Korea has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • South Korea 0.61
  • Malaysia 0.5
  • Turkey 0.46
  • Mexico 0.38
  • China 0.35

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
South Korea0.020.61
Malaysia0.040.5
Turkey00.46
Mexico00.38
China< 0.010.35

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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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