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Who buys Kazakhstan’s refined copper? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Kazakhstan exported $4.3 billion of refined copper (492 thousand tonnes), 4.5% of the world total. China bought 62% of the total, followed by Turkey (35%) and Latvia (1%). Kazakhstan was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of refined copper.

Summary

Value
$4.3billion
Tonnes
492thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.5%
World rank
4th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 16 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.7Tonnes: 310,239USD per tonne: $8,65262.4%Land
Turkey1.5Tonnes: 166,791USD per tonne: $8,93234.6%Sea
Latvia0.05Tonnes: 5,721USD per tonne: $7,8741.1%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.03Tonnes: 3,633USD per tonne: $9,1470.77%Sea
Germany0.03Tonnes: 3,809USD per tonne: $8,4110.74%Sea
Poland< 0.01Tonnes: 605USD per tonne: $7,3690.1%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 456USD per tonne: $8,3360.09%Sea
Lithuania< 0.01Tonnes: 508USD per tonne: $5,8710.07%Sea
Russia< 0.01Tonnes: 113USD per tonne: $21,7050.06%Land
Greece< 0.01Tonnes: 224USD per tonne: $8,5120.04%Sea
Belarus< 0.01Tonnes: 44USD per tonne: $9,3780.01%Sea
Bulgaria< 0.01Tonnes: 37USD per tonne: $8,1430.01%Sea
Ukraine< 0.01Tonnes: 21USD per tonne: $10,4310.01%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 40USD per tonne: $4,8130%Sea
Georgia< 0.01Tonnes: 22USD per tonne: $5,4000%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,0000%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2016

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

  • China 2.7
  • Turkey 1.5
  • Latvia 0.05
  • Singapore 0.03
  • Germany 0.03

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.012.7
Turkey0.021.5
Latvia00.05
Singapore00.03
Germany0.030.03

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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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