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Where does Japan get its ferroalloys? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $2.2 billion of ferroalloys (1.2 million tonnes), 4.9% of the world total. Its main sources were Kazakhstan (23%), Brazil (15%) and China (11%). Japan was the world’s 4th-largest importer of ferroalloys.

Summary

Value
$2.2billion
Tonnes
1.2million tonnes
Share of world total
4.9%
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
Kazakhstan501Tonnes: 286,742USD per tonne: $1,74623.2%Sea
Brazil332Tonnes: 78,811USD per tonne: $4,21615.4%Sea
China243Tonnes: 134,896USD per tonne: $1,79911.2%Sea
Malaysia209Tonnes: 171,489USD per tonne: $1,2209.7%Sea
South Africa199Tonnes: 167,530USD per tonne: $1,1879.2%Sea
India193Tonnes: 169,346USD per tonne: $1,1408.9%Sea
New Caledonia85.9Tonnes: 21,409USD per tonne: $4,0124%Sea
Vietnam76.6Tonnes: 62,059USD per tonne: $1,2343.5%Sea
Iceland48.9Tonnes: 21,117USD per tonne: $2,3142.3%Sea
Russia46.2Tonnes: 36,147USD per tonne: $1,2772.1%Sea
Turkey36.6Tonnes: 16,892USD per tonne: $2,1651.7%Sea
Sweden28.7Tonnes: 17,118USD per tonne: $1,6791.3%Sea
Colombia27.5Tonnes: 7,029USD per tonne: $3,9161.3%Sea
Chile24Tonnes: 713USD per tonne: $33,6161.1%Sea
United Kingdom16Tonnes: 3,430USD per tonne: $4,6740.74%Sea
Taiwan12.2Tonnes: 6,631USD per tonne: $1,8330.56%Sea
Finland9.3Tonnes: 6,478USD per tonne: $1,4370.43%Sea
Netherlands re-exports9.3Tonnes: 4,948USD per tonne: $1,8770.43%Sea
South Korea8.9Tonnes: 3,230USD per tonne: $2,7570.41%Sea
Czechia8.5Tonnes: 416USD per tonne: $20,4490.39%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Kazakhstan has been its main source since 2011

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

  • Kazakhstan 0.5
  • Brazil 0.33
  • China 0.24
  • Malaysia 0.21
  • South Africa 0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Kazakhstan0.020.5
Brazil0.130.33
China0.460.24
Malaysia< 0.010.21
South Africa0.290.2

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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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