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Who buys South Africa’s manganese ore? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $3.3 billion of manganese ore (24.4 million tonnes), 50.5% of the world total. China bought 58% of the total, followed by India (18%) and Japan (4%). South Africa was the world’s largest exporter of manganese ore.

Summary

Value
$3.3billion
Tonnes
24.4million tonnes
Share of world total
50.5%
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 billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.9Tonnes: 15,780,596USD per tonne: $12358.4%Sea
India0.6Tonnes: 3,847,574USD per tonne: $15518%Sea
Japan0.13Tonnes: 601,384USD per tonne: $2224%Sea
Norway0.12Tonnes: 629,517USD per tonne: $1903.6%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.1Tonnes: 836,670USD per tonne: $1213.1%Sea
Malaysia0.1Tonnes: 656,326USD per tonne: $1513%Sea
Latvia0.06Tonnes: 459,650USD per tonne: $1291.8%Sea
South Korea0.05Tonnes: 231,775USD per tonne: $2161.5%Sea
Indonesia0.04Tonnes: 323,017USD per tonne: $1381.4%Sea
France0.03Tonnes: 165,981USD per tonne: $1840.92%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.02Tonnes: 168,198USD per tonne: $1360.69%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.02Tonnes: 174,882USD per tonne: $1160.61%Sea
Spain0.02Tonnes: 69,997USD per tonne: $2690.57%Sea
United States0.02Tonnes: 68,013USD per tonne: $2700.55%Sea
Georgia0.01Tonnes: 57,332USD per tonne: $2580.45%Sea
Australia0.01Tonnes: 46,893USD per tonne: $2940.42%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.01Tonnes: 92,667USD per tonne: $1070.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 27,449USD per tonne: $2660.22%Sea
Vietnam0.01Tonnes: 26,500USD per tonne: $2250.18%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 26,402USD per tonne: $1680.13%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2007

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

  • China 1.9
  • India 0.6
  • Japan 0.13
  • Norway 0.12
  • Singapore 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.011.9
India00.6
Japan0.060.13
Norway0.020.12
Singapore00.1

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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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