The routes that carry copper
Chile → China: $20.9B, the largest retained route.
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Ribbon widths are proportional to the USD value of the 15 retained leading exporter–importer routes. Together these represent 63.8% of the selected primary trade line's world value (851 total corridors). Node totals cover displayed routes only.
Primary HS line only: this is not all copper products or physical tonnage. Reporting year 2024; snapshot generated 2026-10-10. Acquisition date is not supplied by this derived snapshot.
Other routes are omitted. Exports contain the same 15 routes used in the diagram; the linked snapshot contains broader commodity coverage.
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15 retained routes · Reporting year 2024 · Unit: USD. Numeric strings below retain snapshot precision.
| Exporter | Importer | Year | Value (USD) | Share of world primary-line trade (%) | Source status / note | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile CHL | China | 2024 | 20934604344 | 19.77410473432136 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · CHL → CHN |
| Peru PER | China | 2024 | 15443394023 | 14.587296986662096 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · PER → CHN |
| Chile CHL | Japan | 2024 | 5425042358 | 5.124307773505524 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · CHL → JPN |
| Mongolia MNG | China | 2024 | 3325508274 | 3.1411603402848742 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · MNG → CHN |
| Mexico MEX | China | 2024 | 3290382680 | 3.107981916503948 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · MEX → CHN |
| Kazakhstan KAZ | China | 2024 | 2878015926 | 2.718474512945821 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · KAZ → CHN |
| DR Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) COD | China | 2024 | 2522513171 | 2.382678880260527 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · COD → CHN |
| Indonesia IDN | China | 2024 | 2450475790 | 2.3146348564388646 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · IDN → CHN |
| Indonesia IDN | Japan | 2024 | 2198902295 | 2.0770072157743757 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · IDN → JPN |
| Peru PER | Japan | 2024 | 1813140507 | 1.7126299448661089 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · PER → JPN |
| Australia AUS | Japan | 2024 | 1590547139 | 1.5023759319566719 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · AUS → JPN |
| United States USA | Mexico | 2024 | 1487612740 | 1.4051476513002097 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · USA → MEX |
| Russia RUS | China | 2024 | 1469266761 | 1.387818672722994 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · RUS → CHN |
| Chile CHL | South Korea | 2024 | 1379080631 | 1.3026319669749944 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · CHL → KOR |
| Canada CAN | China | 2024 | 1374516965 | 1.2983212855800377 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · copper · CAN → CHN |
Sources and attribution
CEPII BACI; derived primary-HS-line corridor snapshot from Commodity Origins.
Original publisher data · Source reuse terms and attribution
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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