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Where does the United States get its unwrought zinc? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $1.7 billion of unwrought zinc (577 thousand tonnes), 11.9% of the world total. Canada sold 65% of the total, followed by Mexico (14%) and Peru (11%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of unwrought zinc.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
577thousand tonnes
Share of world total
11.9%
World rank
1st
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
Canada1.1Tonnes: 368,812USD per tonne: $3,05964.8%Land
Mexico0.25Tonnes: 81,162USD per tonne: $3,10814.5%Land
Peru0.19Tonnes: 67,454USD per tonne: $2,79310.8%Sea
Brazil0.07Tonnes: 26,314USD per tonne: $2,7884.2%Sea
South Korea0.05Tonnes: 16,487USD per tonne: $2,9162.8%Sea
Australia0.03Tonnes: 9,009USD per tonne: $2,8821.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.02Tonnes: 5,864USD per tonne: $2,8340.95%Sea
China< 0.01Tonnes: 582USD per tonne: $3,9810.13%Sea
Finland< 0.01Tonnes: 487USD per tonne: $2,7930.08%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 324USD per tonne: $2,6600.05%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $91,8700.04%Air
Poland< 0.01Tonnes: 193USD per tonne: $3,1810.04%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 148USD per tonne: $3,6650.03%Sea
Kenya< 0.01Tonnes: 219USD per tonne: $1,6130.02%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 38USD per tonne: $5,4880.01%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 50USD per tonne: $3,9160.01%Sea
Argentina< 0.01Tonnes: 111USD per tonne: $1,3000.01%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $7,1410%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 40USD per tonne: $1,4200%Sea
Vietnam< 0.01Tonnes: 17USD per tonne: $3,0980%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Canada was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Canada 1.1
  • Mexico 0.25
  • Peru 0.19
  • Brazil 0.07
  • South Korea 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada0.521.1
Mexico0.10.25
Peru0.020.19
Brazil0.050.07
South Korea< 0.010.05

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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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