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  "slug": "silver-trade",
  "kind": "flow",
  "title": "Silver: the leading trade routes",
  "subtitle": "15 retained leading routes · 2024",
  "takeaway": "China → Hong Kong is the largest retained route. Displayed routes cover 53.7% 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 53.7% of primary-line world value (2304 total corridors). Node totals cover displayed routes only.",
  "notes": [
    "Selected primary HS line only, not all silver 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": [
    {
      "place": "China",
      "code": "CHN",
      "destination": "Hong Kong",
      "destinationCode": "HKG",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "3183095079.0000005",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 9.50012847428217,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · silver · CHN → HKG"
    },
    {
      "place": "Mexico",
      "code": "MEX",
      "destination": "United States",
      "destinationCode": "USA",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "2590566619.0000005",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 7.731693553250217,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · silver · MEX → USA"
    },
    {
      "place": "United Kingdom",
      "code": "GBR",
      "destination": "India",
      "destinationCode": "IND",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "2353699494",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 7.024750134035481,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
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    },
    {
      "place": "United Arab Emirates",
      "code": "ARE",
      "destination": "India",
      "destinationCode": "IND",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "1971900862",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 5.885250381346763,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · silver · ARE → IND"
    },
    {
      "place": "China",
      "code": "CHN",
      "destination": "United Kingdom",
      "destinationCode": "GBR",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "1523898924",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 4.548163093000829,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · silver · CHN → GBR"
    },
    {
      "place": "Canada",
      "code": "CAN",
      "destination": "United States",
      "destinationCode": "USA",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "1148938070",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 3.429071078022235,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · silver · CAN → USA"
    },
    {
      "place": "South Korea",
      "code": "KOR",
      "destination": "Japan",
      "destinationCode": "JPN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "926985538",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Japan",
      "code": "JPN",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "904622935",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 2.699898648953366,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · silver · JPN → CHN"
    },
    {
      "place": "Germany",
      "code": "DEU",
      "destination": "United Kingdom",
      "destinationCode": "GBR",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "833297612.0000001",
      "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": "United Kingdom",
      "code": "GBR",
      "destination": "United Arab Emirates",
      "destinationCode": "ARE",
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      "value": "492490763.99999994",
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    },
    {
      "place": "Poland",
      "code": "POL",
      "destination": "United Kingdom",
      "destinationCode": "GBR",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "472556091",
      "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": "Switzerland",
      "code": "CHE",
      "destination": "United Kingdom",
      "destinationCode": "GBR",
      "period": "2024",
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      "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 · silver · CHE → GBR"
    },
    {
      "place": "South Korea",
      "code": "KOR",
      "destination": "Hong Kong",
      "destinationCode": "HKG",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "408658547.99999994",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 1.2196647011038295,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · silver · KOR → HKG"
    },
    {
      "place": "Russia",
      "code": "RUS",
      "destination": "Armenia",
      "destinationCode": "ARM",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "389658790.00000006",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 1.1629588417121035,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · silver · RUS → ARM"
    },
    {
      "place": "United States",
      "code": "USA",
      "destination": "Canada",
      "destinationCode": "CAN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "366229454.99999994",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 1.093032657591671,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · silver · USA → CAN"
    }
  ],
  "commodity": "silver",
  "topic": "Trade routes",
  "coveragePct": 53.72645793842864
}