Lithium: the leading trade routes
Chile → China is the largest retained route. Displayed routes cover 93.8% of primary-line world trade.
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Ribbon widths represent USD value for the 15 retained leading exporter–importer routes. These represent 93.8% of primary-line world value (677 total corridors). Node totals cover displayed routes only.
Selected primary HS line only, not all lithium 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.
| Exporter | Importer | Year | Value (USD) | Share of world primary-line trade (%) | Source status / note | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile CHL | China | 2024 | 2026662114 | 52.81273150733819 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · CHL → CHN |
| Argentina ARG | China | 2024 | 464030053 | 12.092146209836788 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · ARG → CHN |
| Chile CHL | South Korea | 2024 | 319380796 | 8.32273525578322 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · CHL → KOR |
| Chile CHL | United States | 2024 | 111192812 | 2.8975703868621943 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · CHL → USA |
| Chile CHL | Japan | 2024 | 107590914 | 2.8037086273331866 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · CHL → JPN |
| Chile CHL | Netherlands | 2024 | 98879433 | 2.576696386907855 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · CHL → NLD |
| Argentina ARG | South Korea | 2024 | 95817910 | 2.4969162444333803 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · ARG → KOR |
| Argentina ARG | United States | 2024 | 78541685 | 2.0467155789733837 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · ARG → USA |
| Chile CHL | Belgium | 2024 | 72533800 | 1.8901562713117197 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · CHL → BEL |
| Argentina ARG | Japan | 2024 | 65818696 | 1.7151675634526193 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · ARG → JPN |
| South Korea KOR | China | 2024 | 56218160 | 1.4649874635770588 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · KOR → CHN |
| China CHN | Japan | 2024 | 35376727 | 0.9218811422748102 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · CHN → JPN |
| Chile CHL | United Kingdom | 2024 | 30951965 | 0.8065763927185788 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · CHL → GBR |
| Chile CHL | Germany | 2024 | 20302120 | 0.5290523788760976 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · CHL → DEU |
| United States USA | Germany | 2024 | 14969775 | 0.39009694923436244 | Retained derived corridor value | Source/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · lithium · USA → DEU |
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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