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Where does Turkey get its refined copper? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Turkey imported $3.6 billion of refined copper (395 thousand tonnes), 3.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Kazakhstan (41%), Bulgaria (20%) and Russia (14%). Turkey was the world’s 6th-largest importer of refined copper.

Summary

Value
$3.6billion
Tonnes
395thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.8%
World rank
6th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Kazakhstan1.5Tonnes: 166,791USD per tonne: $8,93241.4%Sea
Bulgaria0.71Tonnes: 75,604USD per tonne: $9,37319.7%Land
Russia0.5Tonnes: 54,232USD per tonne: $9,26514%Sea
Serbia0.41Tonnes: 44,845USD per tonne: $9,22811.5%Sea
Iran0.22Tonnes: 24,981USD per tonne: $8,9346.2%Land
Poland0.12Tonnes: 12,531USD per tonne: $9,2823.2%Sea
Spain0.04Tonnes: 4,038USD per tonne: $9,4931.1%Sea
Azerbaijan0.01Tonnes: 1,537USD per tonne: $8,7810.38%Land
Germany0.01Tonnes: 1,160USD per tonne: $10,4220.34%Sea
Iraq0.01Tonnes: 1,202USD per tonne: $9,1390.31%Land
Democratic Republic of the Congo0.01Tonnes: 1,141USD per tonne: $9,1100.29%Sea
Libya0.01Tonnes: 1,053USD per tonne: $8,7020.25%Sea
Uzbekistan0.01Tonnes: 1,956USD per tonne: $4,0300.22%Sea
Turkmenistan0.01Tonnes: 743USD per tonne: $8,1660.17%Sea
North Macedonia0.01Tonnes: 630USD per tonne: $9,2120.16%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 459USD per tonne: $9,1980.12%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 333USD per tonne: $12,6020.12%Sea
Syria< 0.01Tonnes: 421USD per tonne: $8,4080.1%Land
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 285USD per tonne: $11,7570.09%Sea
Austria< 0.01Tonnes: 254USD per tonne: $10,7280.08%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Kazakhstan has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Kazakhstan 1.5
  • Bulgaria 0.71
  • Russia 0.5
  • Serbia 0.41
  • Iran 0.22

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Kazakhstan0.021.5
Bulgaria0.020.71
Russia0.030.5
Serbia00.41
Iran< 0.010.22

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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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