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Where does Italy get its refined copper? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Italy imported $5 billion of refined copper (556 thousand tonnes), 5.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Bulgaria (18%), Spain (16%) and Poland (11%). Italy was the world’s 4th-largest importer of refined copper.

Summary

Value
$5billion
Tonnes
556thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.3%
World rank
4th
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
Bulgaria881Tonnes: 95,773USD per tonne: $9,19417.6%Sea
Spain815Tonnes: 88,320USD per tonne: $9,23316.3%Sea
Poland561Tonnes: 63,015USD per tonne: $8,90711.2%Sea
Austria437Tonnes: 47,298USD per tonne: $9,2338.7%Land
Peru430Tonnes: 50,509USD per tonne: $8,5188.6%Sea
Chile416Tonnes: 44,323USD per tonne: $9,3918.3%Sea
Democratic Republic of the Congo399Tonnes: 43,610USD per tonne: $9,1578%Sea
Germany232Tonnes: 25,724USD per tonne: $9,0334.6%Sea
France184Tonnes: 21,680USD per tonne: $8,4813.7%Land
Finland181Tonnes: 20,471USD per tonne: $8,8433.6%Sea
Republic of the Congo107Tonnes: 11,901USD per tonne: $9,0272.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports106Tonnes: 11,565USD per tonne: $9,1912.1%Sea
Serbia73.2Tonnes: 8,642USD per tonne: $8,4701.5%Sea
South Africa34.8Tonnes: 4,375USD per tonne: $7,9520.69%Sea
Sweden29.3Tonnes: 3,101USD per tonne: $9,4400.58%Sea
Belgium re-exports28.5Tonnes: 3,256USD per tonne: $8,7600.57%Sea
Slovenia21.9Tonnes: 2,620USD per tonne: $8,3750.44%Land
Zambia16.2Tonnes: 1,878USD per tonne: $8,6340.32%Sea
Slovakia11.1Tonnes: 1,106USD per tonne: $10,0780.22%Sea
Turkey10.9Tonnes: 1,555USD per tonne: $6,9980.22%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Bulgaria has been its main source since 2022

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

  • Bulgaria 881
  • Spain 815
  • Poland 561
  • Austria 437
  • Peru 430

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Bulgaria14881
Spain10.6815
Poland3.9561
Austria151437
Peru147430

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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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