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Who buys Zambia’s refined copper? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Zambia exported $2.5 billion of refined copper (280 thousand tonnes), 2.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were Switzerland (36%), China (28%) and the United Arab Emirates (10%). Zambia was the world’s 10th-largest exporter of refined copper.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
280thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.7%
World rank
10th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Switzerland897Tonnes: 99,715USD per tonne: $8,99635.8%Sea
China711Tonnes: 82,835USD per tonne: $8,58028.3%Sea
United Arab Emirates244Tonnes: 25,313USD per tonne: $9,6209.7%Sea
South Africa119Tonnes: 12,916USD per tonne: $9,1904.7%Sea
India107Tonnes: 11,918USD per tonne: $8,9844.3%Sea
Saudi Arabia97.5Tonnes: 10,318USD per tonne: $9,4503.9%Sea
Egypt62Tonnes: 7,026USD per tonne: $8,8192.5%Sea
Taiwan61.8Tonnes: 6,896USD per tonne: $8,9562.5%Sea
Pakistan41.7Tonnes: 4,528USD per tonne: $9,2171.7%Sea
United States25.5Tonnes: 2,763USD per tonne: $9,2161%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports25.2Tonnes: 2,669USD per tonne: $9,4351%Sea
Greece20.4Tonnes: 2,239USD per tonne: $9,0890.81%Sea
Kuwait16.6Tonnes: 1,878USD per tonne: $8,8400.66%Sea
Italy16.2Tonnes: 1,878USD per tonne: $8,6340.65%Sea
Bulgaria12.4Tonnes: 1,361USD per tonne: $9,1160.49%Sea
South Korea9.1Tonnes: 1,005USD per tonne: $9,0080.36%Sea
Spain8.1Tonnes: 946USD per tonne: $8,5710.32%Sea
Singapore re-exports7.9Tonnes: 982USD per tonne: $8,0140.31%Sea
Tanzania6.9Tonnes: 770USD per tonne: $8,9960.28%Land
Mauritius6.6Tonnes: 702USD per tonne: $9,4740.26%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Switzerland has been its main destination since 2001

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

  • Switzerland 0.9
  • China 0.71
  • United Arab Emirates 0.24
  • South Africa 0.12
  • India 0.11

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Switzerland00.9
China00.71
United Arab Emirates00.24
South Africa0.010.12
India0.050.11

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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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