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Who buys Indonesia’s copper ore? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Indonesia exported $8.2 billion of copper ore (2.5 million tonnes), 7.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were Japan (28%), China (25%) and India (14%). Indonesia was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of copper ore.

Summary

Value
$8.2billion
Tonnes
2.5million tonnes
Share of world total
7.9%
World rank
3rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 17 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Japan2.3Tonnes: 671,910USD per tonne: $3,41728%Sea
China2.1Tonnes: 692,826USD per tonne: $3,01325.5%Sea
India1.1Tonnes: 284,260USD per tonne: $3,98613.8%Sea
South Korea1.1Tonnes: 281,504USD per tonne: $3,83913.2%Sea
Spain0.53Tonnes: 192,873USD per tonne: $2,7246.4%Sea
Bulgaria0.51Tonnes: 152,293USD per tonne: $3,3296.2%Sea
Philippines0.33Tonnes: 91,750USD per tonne: $3,6404.1%Sea
Germany0.15Tonnes: 55,762USD per tonne: $2,6941.8%Sea
Taiwan0.05Tonnes: 21,663USD per tonne: $2,3630.62%Sea
Malaysia0.04Tonnes: 11,862USD per tonne: $3,2650.47%Land
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 83USD per tonne: $9860%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $660%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $8470%Sea
Chile< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $325,0000%Air
Australia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,0000%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,2310%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $710%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Japan has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Japan 2.3
  • China 2.1
  • India 1.1
  • South Korea 1.1
  • Spain 0.53

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan0.622.3
China0.012.1
India0.011.1
South Korea0.181.1
Spain0.10.53

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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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