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Where does Mexico get its unwrought aluminum? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Mexico imported $3 billion of unwrought aluminum (1.1 million tonnes), 3.9% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (20%), the United Arab Emirates (19%) and South Africa (16%). Mexico was the world’s 8th-largest importer of unwrought aluminum.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
1.1million tonnes
Share of world total
3.9%
World rank
8th
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 States591Tonnes: 203,947USD per tonne: $2,89819.8%Land
United Arab Emirates570Tonnes: 206,061USD per tonne: $2,76419.1%Sea
South Africa483Tonnes: 176,155USD per tonne: $2,74316.2%Sea
India377Tonnes: 136,129USD per tonne: $2,77212.6%Sea
Canada265Tonnes: 82,510USD per tonne: $3,2088.9%Sea
Bahrain214Tonnes: 68,812USD per tonne: $3,1127.2%Sea
Malaysia88.7Tonnes: 31,533USD per tonne: $2,8143%Sea
Argentina68.7Tonnes: 24,606USD per tonne: $2,7932.3%Sea
Indonesia67.5Tonnes: 24,940USD per tonne: $2,7072.3%Sea
Qatar63.2Tonnes: 22,294USD per tonne: $2,8372.1%Sea
China55Tonnes: 22,763USD per tonne: $2,4181.8%Sea
South Korea54.3Tonnes: 21,071USD per tonne: $2,5751.8%Sea
Taiwan29.5Tonnes: 8,852USD per tonne: $3,3320.99%Sea
Russia26.7Tonnes: 10,054USD per tonne: $2,6560.89%Sea
Brazil13.4Tonnes: 3,446USD per tonne: $3,8940.45%Sea
Nigeria5.7Tonnes: 2,630USD per tonne: $2,1720.19%Sea
Saudi Arabia5.5Tonnes: 2,497USD per tonne: $2,1930.18%Sea
Spain2.2Tonnes: 862USD per tonne: $2,5660.07%Sea
Belgium re-exports1.7Tonnes: 390USD per tonne: $4,4610.06%Sea
Turkey1.3Tonnes: 444USD per tonne: $2,9570.04%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

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

  • United States 591
  • United Arab Emirates 570
  • South Africa 483
  • India 377
  • Canada 265

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States89.8591
United Arab Emirates0570
South Africa0483
India0377
Canada0.14265

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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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