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CEPII BACI via Commodity Origins · 2024 · USD

Aluminum: the leading trade routes

Canada → United States is the largest retained route. Displayed routes cover 30.7% of primary-line world trade.

Aluminum: the leading trade routesRibbon widths represent USD value for the 15 retained leading exporter–importer routes. These represent 30.7% of primary-line world value (2963 total corridors). Node totals cover displayed routes only.WORLD SIGNAL MONITOR / VISUAL STORIESAluminum: the leading trade routes15 retained leading routes · 2024EXPORTERSIMPORTERSCanada → United States: 7610969878 USDRussia → China: 3776075361.9999995 USDIceland → Netherlands: 1474254760 USDMalaysia → China: 1470425710.0000002 USDUnited Arab Emirates → United States: 1216088533 USDNetherlands → Germany: 1209184920 USDAustralia → South Korea: 985442236 USDUnited Arab Emirates → Japan: 975043489 USDUnited Arab Emirates → Turkey (Türkiye): 874561910 USDRussia → South Korea: 862734324 USDRussia → Turkey (Türkiye): 817882908 USDAustralia → Japan: 809904455 USDUnited States → Mexico: 761042066 USDNorway → Germany: 744113348 USDNorway → Netherlands: 741049956 USDCanadaRussiaUnited Arab EmiratesAustraliaNorwayIcelandMalaysiaNetherlandsUnited StatesUnited StatesChinaNetherlandsGermanySouth KoreaJapanTurkeyMexicoDisplayed routes: 30.7% of primary-line world trade · Width represents USD valueCEPII BACI via Commodity Origins · Primary HS line only2024
15 retained leading routes · 2024. Ribbon widths show USD value; only displayed routes contribute to node totals.

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Ribbon widths represent USD value for the 15 retained leading exporter–importer routes. These represent 30.7% of primary-line world value (2963 total corridors). Node totals cover displayed routes only.

Selected primary HS line only, not all aluminum products or physical tonnage. Reporting year 2024; snapshot generated 2026-10-10. Acquisition date is not supplied.

Other routes are omitted. The data export contains exactly the displayed routes; broader commodity coverage is in the linked retained snapshot.

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15 retained routes · Reporting year 2024 · Unit: USD. Numeric strings below retain snapshot precision.

Aluminum: the leading trade routes · 2024 · USD
ExporterImporterYearValue (USD)Share of world primary-line trade (%)Source status / noteEvidence
Canada CANUnited States202476109698789.597459059764937Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · CAN → USA
Russia RUSChina20243776075361.99999954.761643952650269Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · RUS → CHN
Iceland ISLNetherlands202414742547601.8590402970405213Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · ISL → NLD
Malaysia MYSChina20241470425710.00000021.854211851888082Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · MYS → CHN
United Arab Emirates AREUnited States202412160885331.53349180138709Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · ARE → USA
Netherlands NLDGermany202412091849201.5247863217709532Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · NLD → DEU
Australia AUSSouth Korea20249854422361.2426460316327659Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · AUS → KOR
United Arab Emirates AREJapan20249750434891.2295331760828003Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · ARE → JPN
United Arab Emirates ARETurkey (Türkiye)20248745619101.1028255611307816Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · ARE → TUR
Russia RUSSouth Korea20248627343241.0879109347125415Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · RUS → KOR
Russia RUSTurkey (Türkiye)20248178829081.0313531456616667Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · RUS → TUR
Australia AUSJapan20248099044551.021292289127587Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · AUS → JPN
United States USAMexico20247610420660.9596766493987594Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · USA → MEX
Norway NORGermany20247441133480.9383294780732042Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · NOR → DEU
Norway NORNetherlands20247410499560.9344665302787323Retained derived corridor valueSource/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · aluminum · NOR → NLD

Sources and attribution

CEPII BACI; derived primary-HS-line corridor snapshot from Commodity Origins.

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Retrieved: Not supplied by the retained derived snapshot. Vintage: 2026-10-10T22:48:06.733043+00:00.

Retained corridor snapshot · JSON

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