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  "slug": "cobalt-trade",
  "kind": "flow",
  "title": "Cobalt: the leading trade routes",
  "subtitle": "15 retained leading routes · 2024",
  "takeaway": "DR Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) → China is the largest retained route. Displayed routes cover 77.4% of primary-line world trade.",
  "period": "2024",
  "unit": "USD",
  "publisher": "CEPII BACI via Commodity Origins",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
  "licenseUrl": "https://commodityorigins.com/sources/",
  "attribution": "CEPII BACI; derived primary-HS-line corridor snapshot from Commodity Origins.",
  "retrievedAt": null,
  "vintage": "2026-10-10T22:48:06.733043+00:00",
  "method": "Ribbon widths represent USD value for the 15 retained leading exporter–importer routes. These represent 77.4% of primary-line world value (910 total corridors). Node totals cover displayed routes only.",
  "notes": [
    "Selected primary HS line only, not all cobalt 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."
  ],
  "explorer": "/patterns/trade-flows/",
  "rows": [
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      "place": "DR Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)",
      "code": "COD",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "3019487639",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 63.983480489001124,
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    },
    {
      "place": "Norway",
      "code": "NOR",
      "destination": "United States",
      "destinationCode": "USA",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "85404426",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 1.809734987507707,
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    },
    {
      "place": "Australia",
      "code": "AUS",
      "destination": "Other Asia, nes",
      "destinationCode": "S19",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "71348633",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Finland",
      "code": "FIN",
      "destination": "Japan",
      "destinationCode": "JPN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "58148231",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Madagascar",
      "code": "MDG",
      "destination": "United States",
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      "period": "2024",
      "value": "47807493",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Japan",
      "code": "JPN",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Philippines",
      "code": "PHL",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Malaysia",
      "code": "MYS",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Canada",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "place": "China",
      "code": "CHN",
      "destination": "Netherlands",
      "destinationCode": "NLD",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "place": "Canada",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Canada",
      "code": "CAN",
      "destination": "Belgium",
      "destinationCode": "BEL",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "29373548",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Mozambique",
      "code": "MOZ",
      "destination": "Malaysia",
      "destinationCode": "MYS",
      "period": "2024",
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    }
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  "commodity": "cobalt",
  "topic": "Trade routes",
  "coveragePct": 77.3711689385912
}