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  "slug": "iron-ore-trade",
  "kind": "flow",
  "title": "Iron ore: the leading trade routes",
  "subtitle": "15 retained leading routes · 2024",
  "takeaway": "Australia → China is the largest retained route. Displayed routes cover 76.0% 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 76.0% of primary-line world value (1075 total corridors). Node totals cover displayed routes only.",
  "notes": [
    "Selected primary HS line only, not all iron ore 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": "Australia",
      "code": "AUS",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "72618120532",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 45.47451793615192,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Brazil",
      "code": "BRA",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "19900596736",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 12.46204165821908,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Australia",
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      "destination": "Japan",
      "destinationCode": "JPN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "5396809852",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Australia",
      "code": "AUS",
      "destination": "South Korea",
      "destinationCode": "KOR",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "5379010672.999999",
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    },
    {
      "place": "South Africa",
      "code": "ZAF",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "3353186172",
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    },
    {
      "place": "India",
      "code": "IND",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "2647106708",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
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      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Canada",
      "code": "CAN",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Peru",
      "code": "PER",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Brazil",
      "code": "BRA",
      "destination": "Malaysia",
      "destinationCode": "MYS",
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      "value": "1560650032.0000002",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Australia",
      "code": "AUS",
      "destination": "Other Asia, nes",
      "destinationCode": "S19",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Chile",
      "code": "CHL",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Iran",
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      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Brazil",
      "code": "BRA",
      "destination": "Japan",
      "destinationCode": "JPN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "1108823952",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Brazil",
      "code": "BRA",
      "destination": "South Korea",
      "destinationCode": "KOR",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "1087220517",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
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      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · iron-ore · BRA → KOR"
    },
    {
      "place": "Oman",
      "code": "OMN",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "1080248453",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
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      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · iron-ore · OMN → CHN"
    }
  ],
  "commodity": "iron-ore",
  "topic": "Trade routes",
  "coveragePct": 76.02301603082282
}