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Bauxite: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in bauxite totaled $11.8 billion (183.5 million tonnes). Guinea accounted for 71% of exports, followed by Australia (18%) and Brazil (2%); China accounted for 86% of imports, followed by India (3%) and Ireland (2%). Compared with 2019, the value rose 75%.

Summary

World trade
$11.8billion
Tonnes
183.5million tonnes
Price per tonne
$64
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. Guinea$8.3 billion · 70.6%
    see destinations
  2. Australia$2.1 billion · 17.8%
    see destinations
  3. Brazil$259 million · 2.2%
  4. China$219 million · 1.9%
  5. Turkey$212 million · 1.8%
  6. Ghana$121 million · 1%
  7. Guyana$119 million · 1%
  8. Laos$107 million · 0.91%
  9. Jamaica$54 million · 0.46%
  10. Malaysia$51 million · 0.43%
  11. Montenegro$40 million · 0.34%
  12. Côte d'Ivoire$33 million · 0.28%
  13. Sierra Leone$24 million · 0.21%
  14. Germany$23 million · 0.19%
  15. India$18 million · 0.15%
  16. Spain$14 million · 0.12%
  17. United Kingdom$13 million · 0.11%
  18. Netherlands$12 million · 0.1%
    re-exports
  19. Luxembourg$10 million · 0.08%
  20. Greece$8 million · 0.07%

Top importers

  1. China$10.1 billion · 86.1%
    see sources
  2. India$346 million · 2.9%
  3. Ireland$243 million · 2.1%
  4. United States$171 million · 1.5%
  5. Germany$142 million · 1.2%
  6. Canada$123 million · 1.1%
  7. Spain$117 million · 1%
  8. Greece$69 million · 0.58%
  9. France$37 million · 0.31%
  10. South Korea$36 million · 0.31%
  11. Netherlands$34 million · 0.29%
    re-exports
  12. Saudi Arabia$33 million · 0.28%
  13. Turkey$23 million · 0.2%
  14. United Arab Emirates$21 million · 0.18%
  15. Poland$20 million · 0.17%
  16. Japan$16 million · 0.13%
  17. Denmark$14 million · 0.12%
  18. Mexico$13 million · 0.11%
  19. Argentina$13 million · 0.11%
  20. Italy$12 million · 0.1%

Trend

Who sells it

Guinea has been the top exporter since 2016

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

  • Guinea 8.3
  • Australia 2.1
  • Brazil 0.26
  • China 0.22
  • Turkey 0.21

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
Guinea0.368.3
Australia0.172.1
Brazil0.140.26
China0.110.22
Turkey< 0.010.21

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne rose 73% since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $64

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$37
1996$42
1997$36
1998$39
1999$36
2000$45
2001$48
2002$47
2003$43
2004$50
2005$52
2006$43
2007$49
2008$62
2009$48
2010$46
2011$45
2012$49
2013$47
2014$67
2015$47
2016$79
2017$48
2018$51
2019$49
2020$45
2021$47
2022$57
2023$137
2024$64

What it includes

Aluminum ores and concentrates.

  • 2606 · Bauxite (aluminum ore)

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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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