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Who buys Russia’s copper ore? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Russia exported $1.5 billion of copper ore (488 thousand tonnes), 1.5% of the world total. China bought 96% of the total, followed by Kazakhstan (4%) and the Netherlands (0%). Russia was the world’s 13th-largest exporter of copper ore.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
488thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.5%
World rank
13th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 3 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.5Tonnes: 413,278USD per tonne: $3,55596.4%Land
Kazakhstan0.06Tonnes: 75,168USD per tonne: $7343.6%Land
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 32USD per tonne: $2,8120.01%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2015

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

  • China 1.5
  • Kazakhstan 0.06
  • Netherlands < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.011.5
Kazakhstan00.06
Netherlands0< 0.01

Sources and methodology

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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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