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Where does Japan get its unwrought aluminum? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $5.1 billion of unwrought aluminum (2.1 million tonnes), 6.5% of the world total. Its main sources were the United Arab Emirates (19%), Australia (16%) and Brazil (8%). Japan was the world’s 4th-largest importer of unwrought aluminum.

Summary

Value
$5.1billion
Tonnes
2.1million tonnes
Share of world total
6.5%
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
United Arab Emirates975Tonnes: 379,464USD per tonne: $2,57019.3%Sea
Australia803Tonnes: 339,163USD per tonne: $2,36715.9%Sea
Brazil396Tonnes: 167,513USD per tonne: $2,3637.8%Sea
Malaysia341Tonnes: 151,757USD per tonne: $2,2456.7%Sea
India337Tonnes: 135,465USD per tonne: $2,4896.7%Sea
New Zealand325Tonnes: 133,234USD per tonne: $2,4436.4%Sea
China283Tonnes: 123,680USD per tonne: $2,2905.6%Sea
South Africa256Tonnes: 107,359USD per tonne: $2,3895.1%Sea
Nigeria205Tonnes: 89,928USD per tonne: $2,2814.1%Sea
Qatar192Tonnes: 73,633USD per tonne: $2,6023.8%Sea
Russia165Tonnes: 68,631USD per tonne: $2,4003.3%Sea
Bahrain128Tonnes: 50,644USD per tonne: $2,5352.5%Sea
Saudi Arabia117Tonnes: 51,265USD per tonne: $2,2902.3%Sea
Oman86.9Tonnes: 34,407USD per tonne: $2,5241.7%Sea
Taiwan80.2Tonnes: 32,298USD per tonne: $2,4831.6%Sea
Kazakhstan45Tonnes: 25,605USD per tonne: $1,7580.89%Sea
Indonesia43.8Tonnes: 16,376USD per tonne: $2,6750.87%Sea
Spain41.5Tonnes: 18,998USD per tonne: $2,1850.82%Sea
Argentina29.6Tonnes: 12,500USD per tonne: $2,3660.58%Sea
South Korea28.8Tonnes: 11,897USD per tonne: $2,4180.57%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United Arab Emirates has been its main source since 2022

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

  • United Arab Emirates 0.98
  • Australia 0.8
  • Brazil 0.4
  • Malaysia 0.34
  • India 0.34

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Arab Emirates0.170.98
Australia0.710.8
Brazil0.850.4
Malaysia0.020.34
India< 0.010.34

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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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