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Who buys Peru’s molybdenum? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Peru exported $1.6 billion of molybdenum (81 thousand tonnes), 17.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were Chile (42%), the United States (25%) and China (24%). Peru was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of molybdenum.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
81thousand tonnes
Share of world total
17.4%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 9 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Chile678Tonnes: 32,130USD per tonne: $21,09541.6%Land
United States415Tonnes: 21,242USD per tonne: $19,53825.5%Sea
China390Tonnes: 20,684USD per tonne: $18,86524%Sea
Netherlands re-exports78.8Tonnes: 3,746USD per tonne: $21,0454.8%Sea
South Korea52Tonnes: 2,457USD per tonne: $21,1613.2%Sea
Thailand8.8Tonnes: 447USD per tonne: $19,7400.54%Sea
Belgium re-exports4.6Tonnes: 205USD per tonne: $22,3150.28%Sea
Brazil1.9Tonnes: 103USD per tonne: $18,3160.12%Land
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $19,4000%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Chile has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Chile 678
  • United States 415
  • China 390
  • Netherlands 78.8
  • South Korea 52

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Chile41.2678
United States0.08415
China0390
Netherlands10.478.8
South Korea052

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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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