Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) | Imports and Exports | 2023
In 2023, the world exports of "Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure" exceeded $1.9 billion (according to external trade statistics of 82 countries). It was $2.24 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 79 countries).
Top exporters of Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure in 2023
The world's largest exporters of this commodity group in 2023:
- China - 43% of the world exports ($832 million)
- Netherlands - 7.44% ($142 million)
- Brazil - 5.11% ($97 million)
- Spain - 4.66% ($88 million)
- Slovak Republic - 4.35% ($83 million)
«Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of
- Tanzania - 0.727% of Tanzania's total exports in 2023 ($52 million of $7.27 billion)
- Niger - 0.176% ($826 thousand of $467 million)
- Israel - 0.125% ($75 million of $59 billion)
- Namibia - 0.092% ($5.09 million of $5.48 billion)
- Greece - 0.089% ($49 million of $55 billion)
- Slovak Republic - 0.07% ($83 million of $117 billion)
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure» in 2023:
- Exports from China to India: (5.38% of the world exports, $102 million according to external trade statistics of China)
- Exports from China to Indonesia: (5.51% of the world exports, $105 million according to external trade statistics of China)
- Exports from China to Japan: (5.87% of the world exports, $112 million according to external trade statistics of China)
- Exports from China to Korea: (3.71% of the world exports, $70 million according to external trade statistics of China)
- Exports from China to Netherlands: (2.85% of the world exports, $54 million according to external trade statistics of China)
- Exports from China to Other Asia, nes: (1.99% of the world exports, $38 million according to external trade statistics of China)
- Exports from China to Russia: (2.12% of the world exports, $40 million according to external trade statistics of China)
- Exports from China to USA: (3.89% of the world exports, $74 million according to external trade statistics of China)
- Exports from Netherlands to Germany: (3.43% of the world exports, $65 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
- Exports from Tanzania to Dem. Rep. Congo: (2.77% of the world exports, $52 million according to external trade statistics of Tanzania)
In 2023, the world imports of "Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure" exceeded $1.9 billion (according to external trade statistics of 123 countries). It was $2.64 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 129 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such importers as Korea (3.67% of the world imports in 2022), Vietnam (0.772%), Mongolia (0.006%), Nepal (0.001%)
Top importers of Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure in 2023
The world's largest importers of this commodity group in 2023:
- USA - 12.5% of the world imports ($239 million)
- Germany - 10.3% ($197 million)
- India - 9.06% ($172 million)
- Indonesia - 7.07% ($134 million)
- Japan - 6.97% ($132 million)
- Austria - 6.38% ($121 million)
«Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure» accounted for a substantial share of total imports of
- Zambia - 0.295% of Zambia's total imports in 2023 ($29 million of $10.1 billion)
- Namibia - 0.24% ($17.4 million of $7.23 billion)
- Indonesia - 0.06% ($134 million of $221 billion)
- Austria - 0.055% ($121 million of $219 billion)
- Ukraine - 0.054% ($34 million of $63 billion)
According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure» in 2023:
- Imports to Austria from China (1.98% of the world imports, $37 million according to external trade statistics of Austria)
- Imports to Austria from Turkey (2.36% of the world imports, $44 million according to external trade statistics of Austria)
- Imports to Germany from China (3.78% of the world imports, $71 million according to external trade statistics of Germany)
- Imports to Germany from Netherlands (1.71% of the world imports, $32 million according to external trade statistics of Germany)
- Imports to India from China (6.56% of the world imports, $124 million according to external trade statistics of India)
- Imports to Indonesia from China (6.92% of the world imports, $131 million according to external trade statistics of Indonesia)
- Imports to Japan from China (6.09% of the world imports, $115 million according to external trade statistics of Japan)
- Imports to Other Asia, nes from China (2.14% of the world imports, $40 million according to external trade statistics of Other Asia, nes)
- Imports to Turkey from China (1.77% of the world imports, $33 million according to external trade statistics of Turkey)
- Imports to USA from China (5.89% of the world imports, $111 million according to external trade statistics of USA)
| Reporter | 2519. Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure | |||
| Exports | Imports | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | |||
| Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | |
| China | 832,841,618.00 | 43.63 | 49,920,713.00 | 2.62 |
| Netherlands | 142,006,574.97 | 7.44 | 47,679,918.41 | 2.50 |
| Brazil | 97,591,879.00 | 5.11 | 32,410,786.00 | 1.70 |
| Spain | 88,976,151.56 | 4.66 | 53,670,936.08 | 2.82 |
| Slovak Republic | 83,023,322.01 | 4.35 | 10,492,444.71 | 0.55 |
| Turkey | 82,248,877.00 | 4.30 | 61,464,249.00 | 3.23 |
| Israel | 75,424,050.00 | 3.95 | 1,410,100.00 | 0.07 |
| USA | 73,769,510.00 | 3.86 | 239,285,163.00 | 12.59 |
| Germany | 72,980,130.35 | 3.82 | 197,218,970.65 | 10.37 |
| Japan | 71,412,586.76 | 3.74 | 132,605,115.01 | 6.97 |
| Tanzania | 52,903,772.36 | 2.77 | 12,495.44 | 0.00 |
| Austria | 49,443,602.69 | 2.59 | 121,332,954.67 | 6.38 |
| Greece | 49,102,293.76 | 2.57 | 3,564,300.36 | 0.18 |
| Canada | 28,328,145.11 | 1.48 | 18,511,425.25 | 0.97 |
| United Kingdom | 19,673,190.14 | 1.03 | 30,119,536.32 | 1.58 |
| Saudi Arabia | 17,549,127.56 | 0.91 | 11,200,201.85 | 0.58 |
| France | 15,756,139.28 | 0.82 | 68,662,264.69 | 3.61 |
| Czech Republic | 5,524,187.00 | 0.28 | 20,264,798.00 | 1.06 |
| Namibia | 5,092,934.78 | 0.26 | 17,413,522.61 | 0.91 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4,615,269.70 | 0.24 | 8,469,406.94 | 0.44 |
| Italy | 4,438,034.61 | 0.23 | 36,019,476.53 | 1.89 |
| South Africa | 3,958,597.25 | 0.20 | 18,531,022.23 | 0.97 |
| Zambia | 3,382,390.74 | 0.17 | 29,930,696.27 | 1.57 |
| Ireland | 3,323,447.78 | 0.17 | 21,392,387.12 | 1.12 |
| Poland | 3,125,276.00 | 0.16 | 67,765,778.00 | 3.56 |
| India | 2,856,137.48 | 0.14 | 172,197,661.06 | 9.06 |
| Mexico | 2,676,834.00 | 0.14 | 14,218,344.00 | 0.74 |
| Indonesia | 1,661,818.48 | 0.08 | 134,393,436.00 | 7.07 |
| Guatemala | 1,643,495.00 | 0.08 | 713,030.00 | 0.03 |
| Pakistan | 1,382,456.25 | 0.07 | 1,006,105.81 | 0.05 |
| Singapore | 1,257,453.82 | 0.06 | 4,827,009.98 | 0.25 |
| Denmark | 1,209,179.57 | 0.06 | 9,333,884.79 | 0.49 |
| Slovenia | 1,109,653.23 | 0.05 | 19,899,634.05 | 1.04 |
| Belgium | 1,022,918.17 | 0.05 | 11,767,266.64 | 0.61 |
| Niger | 826,633.32 | 0.04 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 758,302.43 | 0.03 | 118,934.67 | 0.00 |
| Romania | 557,487.75 | 0.02 | 6,548,485.46 | 0.34 |
| Lithuania | 542,563.00 | 0.02 | 574,347.00 | 0.03 |
| Ukraine | 442,339.19 | 0.02 | 34,496,904.57 | 1.81 |
| Malaysia | 409,436.77 | 0.02 | 23,604,152.98 | 1.24 |
| Portugal | 388,401.42 | 0.02 | 6,203,940.89 | 0.32 |
| Sweden | 302,351.65 | 0.01 | 8,637,851.34 | 0.45 |
| Switzerland | 301,091.80 | 0.01 | 3,368,269.95 | 0.17 |
| Colombia | 237,665.93 | 0.01 | 6,606,068.60 | 0.34 |
| Thailand | 236,284.58 | 0.01 | 19,512,083.60 | 1.02 |
| Oman | 235,326.39 | 0.01 | 2,345,615.08 | 0.12 |
| Serbia | 230,620.00 | 0.01 | 2,855,860.00 | 0.15 |
| Finland | 206,439.04 | 0.01 | 10,167,864.09 | 0.53 |
| Estonia | 195,199.40 | 0.01 | 655,681.76 | 0.03 |
| Qatar | 153,590.68 | 0.00 | 1,839,566.04 | 0.09 |
| Hong Kong | 148,810.97 | 0.00 | 249,148.23 | 0.01 |
| Latvia | 117,574.98 | 0.00 | 1,529,852.37 | 0.08 |
| Egypt | 102,300.00 | 0.00 | 5,527,989.26 | 0.29 |
| Hungary | 100,211.00 | 0.00 | 5,218,005.00 | 0.27 |
| Luxembourg | 91,188.71 | 0.00 | 165,307.89 | 0.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 72,524.67 | 0.00 | 62,395.67 | 0.00 |
| Djibouti | 68,125.86 | 0.00 | 68,125.86 | 0.00 |
| Uruguay | 61,874.00 | 0.00 | 1,147,818.43 | 0.06 |
| Bulgaria | 60,733.56 | 0.00 | 2,344,744.68 | 0.12 |
| Peru | 58,921.53 | 0.00 | 2,840,118.43 | 0.14 |
| Kuwait | 57,489.89 | 0.00 | 482,223.93 | 0.02 |
| Costa Rica | 45,860.00 | 0.00 | 719,991.25 | 0.03 |
| Bahrain | 36,279.61 | 0.00 | 605,094.03 | 0.03 |
| Ecuador | 28,106.20 | 0.00 | 8,439,113.30 | 0.44 |
| New Zealand | 28,096.80 | 0.00 | 14,118,508.42 | 0.74 |
| Croatia | 24,045.00 | 0.00 | 565,155.00 | 0.02 |
| Australia | 17,438.98 | 0.00 | 9,033,077.26 | 0.47 |
| Morocco | 11,505.19 | 0.00 | 3,817,474.22 | 0.20 |
| Jordan | 10,684.93 | 0.00 | 475,941.70 | 0.02 |
| Senegal | 10,410.25 | 0.00 | 115,832.60 | 0.00 |
| Kazakhstan | 10,035.58 | 0.00 | 4,245,386.62 | 0.22 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,809.70 | 0.00 | 50,882.51 | 0.00 |
| Tunisia | 4,153.03 | 0.00 | 1,345,584.46 | 0.07 |
| Chile | 4,064.00 | 0.00 | 2,927,926.66 | 0.15 |
| Philippines | 4,000.00 | 0.00 | 3,735,625.00 | 0.19 |
| Georgia | 2,688.00 | 0.00 | 119,901.71 | 0.00 |
| Armenia | 1,169.68 | 0.00 | 168,657.50 | 0.00 |
| Cyprus | 726.61 | 0.00 | 338,011.05 | 0.01 |
| Brunei | 339.29 | 0.00 | 4,080.17 | 0.00 |
| Kenya | 279.53 | 0.00 | 402,620.72 | 0.02 |
| Ghana | 219.46 | 0.00 | 295,833.71 | 0.01 |
| Guyana | 32.77 | 0.00 | 18,849.81 | 0.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 3,991,350.99 | 0.21 | ||
| The Bahamas | 155.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Swaziland | 272,368.07 | 0.01 | ||
| Suriname | 17,520.28 | 0.00 | ||
| Seychelles | 26.23 | 0.00 | ||
| Samoa | 343.94 | 0.00 | ||
| Paraguay | 1,365,228.20 | 0.07 | ||
| Panama | 12,790.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Norway | 4,315,132.64 | 0.22 | ||
| North Macedonia | 532,977.25 | 0.02 | ||
| Nigeria | 365,359.97 | 0.01 | ||
| Nicaragua | 1,193,034.08 | 0.06 | ||
| Myanmar | 279,896.39 | 0.01 | ||
| Montenegro | 289.68 | 0.00 | ||
| Moldova | 10,308.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Mauritius | 91,704.63 | 0.00 | ||
| Malta | 130,486.41 | 0.00 | ||
| Malawi | 1,219.57 | 0.00 | ||
| Madagascar | 3,018.63 | 0.00 | ||
| Lebanon | 57,514.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 1,647.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Jamaica | 2,244.69 | 0.00 | ||
| Iceland | 1,201,171.21 | 0.06 | ||
| Gabon | 227,701.56 | 0.01 | ||
| French Polynesia | 558.57 | 0.00 | ||
| Fiji | 90,938.94 | 0.00 | ||
| Ethiopia | 249,148.21 | 0.01 | ||
| El Salvador | 366,493.58 | 0.01 | ||
| Dominican Republic | 192,770.91 | 0.01 | ||
| Dominica | 1,177.77 | 0.00 | ||
| Côte d`Ivoire | 79,000.30 | 0.00 | ||
| Cabo Verde | 3,229.63 | 0.00 | ||
| Burkina Faso | 1,247.90 | 0.00 | ||
| Botswana | 96,093.42 | 0.00 | ||
| Bolivia | 291,390.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Benin | 0.99 | 0.00 | ||
| Barbados | 891.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 493,767.13 | 0.02 | ||
| Aruba | 2,848.60 | 0.00 | ||
| Argentina | 18,074,036.47 | 0.95 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 374.95 | 0.00 | ||
| Andorra | 205.20 | 0.00 | ||