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Who buys Russia’s unwrought aluminum? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Russia exported $7.3 billion of unwrought aluminum (2.8 million tonnes), 9.4% of the world total. China bought 52% of the total, followed by South Korea (12%) and Turkey (11%). Russia was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of unwrought aluminum.

Summary

Value
$7.3billion
Tonnes
2.8million tonnes
Share of world total
9.4%
World rank
3rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China3.8Tonnes: 1,490,928USD per tonne: $2,53352%Land
South Korea0.86Tonnes: 338,575USD per tonne: $2,54811.9%Sea
Turkey0.82Tonnes: 318,997USD per tonne: $2,56411.3%Sea
Japan0.16Tonnes: 68,631USD per tonne: $2,4002.3%Sea
Taiwan0.16Tonnes: 61,289USD per tonne: $2,5312.1%Sea
Germany0.15Tonnes: 58,913USD per tonne: $2,5622.1%Sea
Spain0.15Tonnes: 59,219USD per tonne: $2,4962%Sea
Poland0.14Tonnes: 54,096USD per tonne: $2,5281.9%Land
France0.14Tonnes: 47,009USD per tonne: $2,8841.9%Sea
Italy0.13Tonnes: 48,254USD per tonne: $2,6151.7%Sea
Uzbekistan0.11Tonnes: 41,699USD per tonne: $2,6141.5%Sea
Thailand0.08Tonnes: 31,810USD per tonne: $2,5461.1%Sea
Greece0.08Tonnes: 28,927USD per tonne: $2,7831.1%Sea
India0.05Tonnes: 21,337USD per tonne: $2,4690.73%Sea
Malaysia0.05Tonnes: 22,152USD per tonne: $2,1840.67%Sea
Morocco0.05Tonnes: 17,782USD per tonne: $2,6970.66%Sea
Armenia0.05Tonnes: 20,617USD per tonne: $2,3160.66%Sea
Czechia0.05Tonnes: 17,060USD per tonne: $2,7740.65%Sea
Austria0.05Tonnes: 17,244USD per tonne: $2,6930.64%Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.04Tonnes: 13,671USD per tonne: $2,5940.49%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2022

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

  • China 3.8
  • South Korea 0.86
  • Turkey 0.82
  • Japan 0.16
  • Taiwan 0.16

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.293.8
South Korea0.140.86
Turkey0.070.82
Japan0.80.16
Taiwan00.16

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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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