Refined copper: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. Democratic Republic of the Congo$19.5 billion · 20.6%
   see destinations
2. Chile$17.4 billion · 18.4%
   see destinations
3. Japan$7.3 billion · 7.7%
   see destinations
4. Kazakhstan$4.3 billion · 4.5%
   see destinations
5. Australia$3.7 billion · 3.9%
   see destinations
6. Russia$3.2 billion · 3.4%
   see destinations
7. China$3 billion · 3.2%
   see destinations
8. Poland$2.7 billion · 2.8%
   see destinations
9. Peru$2.5 billion · 2.7%
   see destinations
10. Zambia$2.5 billion · 2.7%
    see destinations
11. Indonesia$2.3 billion · 2.4%
    see destinations
12. Bulgaria$1.9 billion · 2%
    see destinations
13. Republic of the Congo$1.9 billion · 2%
    see destinations
14. South Korea$1.8 billion · 1.9%
    see destinations
15. Canada$1.4 billion · 1.5%
    see destinations
16. Philippines$1.4 billion · 1.5%
    see destinations
17. Belgium$1.4 billion · 1.5%
    re-exports
18. Germany$1.4 billion · 1.5%
19. United States$1.4 billion · 1.4%
20. Spain$1.3 billion · 1.4%

1. China$37.3 billion · 39.4%
   see sources
2. United States$8.5 billion · 9%
   see sources
3. Taiwan$5.1 billion · 5.4%
   see sources
4. Italy$5 billion · 5.3%
   see sources
5. Germany$3.9 billion · 4.1%
   see sources
6. Turkey$3.6 billion · 3.8%
   see sources
7. Thailand$3.3 billion · 3.5%
   see sources
8. India$2.8 billion · 2.9%
   see sources
9. South Korea$2.6 billion · 2.7%
   see sources
10. Brazil$2.6 billion · 2.7%
    see sources
11. Malaysia$2.3 billion · 2.4%
    see sources
12. Vietnam$1.9 billion · 2%
    see sources
13. France$1.8 billion · 2%
    see sources
14. Saudi Arabia$1.5 billion · 1.6%
    see sources
15. Spain$1.3 billion · 1.4%
16. Egypt$1.3 billion · 1.4%
17. Mexico$1.2 billion · 1.3%
18. Sweden$1.1 billion · 1.2%
19. Switzerland$966 million · 1%
20. Netherlands$955 million · 1%
    re-exports

Cathodes and other unwrought refined copper and copper alloys.

• 7403 · Refined copper

Products in the same chapter

• Copper scrap
• Copper wire
• Unrefined copper
• Copper plates and strip
• Copper pipes
• Copper foil
• Copper bars and profiles
• Copper pipe fittings

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

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.