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Who buys Peru’s zinc ore? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Peru exported $1.9 billion of zinc ore (1.9 million tonnes), 15.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (41%), Spain (13%) and South Korea (8%). Peru was the world’s largest exporter of zinc ore.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
1.9million tonnes
Share of world total
15.8%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China807Tonnes: 823,247USD per tonne: $98041.5%Sea
Spain244Tonnes: 222,300USD per tonne: $1,09912.6%Sea
South Korea157Tonnes: 209,690USD per tonne: $7478%Sea
Brazil148Tonnes: 147,035USD per tonne: $1,0097.6%Sea
Japan117Tonnes: 119,240USD per tonne: $9796%Sea
Canada113Tonnes: 103,217USD per tonne: $1,0975.8%Sea
Sweden95.2Tonnes: 40,897USD per tonne: $2,3294.9%Sea
Germany86Tonnes: 89,059USD per tonne: $9654.4%Sea
Belgium re-exports46.9Tonnes: 61,810USD per tonne: $7582.4%Sea
Finland37.2Tonnes: 35,141USD per tonne: $1,0591.9%Sea
United States32.6Tonnes: 28,019USD per tonne: $1,1641.7%Sea
Norway29.6Tonnes: 26,540USD per tonne: $1,1141.5%Sea
France12.2Tonnes: 11,037USD per tonne: $1,1050.63%Sea
Bulgaria9.6Tonnes: 7,371USD per tonne: $1,3080.5%Sea
Mexico8.3Tonnes: 9,218USD per tonne: $8970.42%Sea
Taiwan0.75Tonnes: 700USD per tonne: $1,0710.04%Sea
Switzerland0.54Tonnes: 467USD per tonne: $1,1670.03%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.44Tonnes: 543USD per tonne: $8180.02%Sea
Italy0.19Tonnes: 107USD per tonne: $1,8280.01%Sea
Chile< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $6,6520%Land

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2017

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

  • China 807
  • Spain 244
  • South Korea 157
  • Brazil 148
  • Japan 117

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China1.8807
Spain18.2244
South Korea4.9157
Brazil30.8148
Japan33.1117

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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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