China | Imports and Exports | World | Iron ores, concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
| Commodity | Reporter | Partner | Trade flow | Indicator | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 2601. Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites | China | World | Exports | Value (US$) | 7,874,345.00 | 9,196,208.00 | 16,655,586.00 | 8,544,247.00 | 57,009,082.00 | 422,418,481.00 | 793,173,769.00 | 1,418,745,876.00 | 1,626,746,047.00 | 3,897,335,670.00 | 3,216,875,062.00 | 2,626,465,497.00 |
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | 600.37 | 16.78 | 81.11 | -48.70 | 567.22 | 640.96 | 87.76 | 78.86 | 14.66 | 139.57 | -17.45 | -18.35 | ||||
| Imports | Value (US$) | 95,619,195,913.00 | 106,175,378,420.00 | 93,439,146,836.00 | 57,393,060,876.00 | 58,032,583,706.00 | 76,499,820,134.00 | 75,922,183,083.00 | 101,331,393,341.00 | 123,732,361,491.00 | 182,641,645,294.00 | 128,096,630,460.00 | 134,578,135,582.00 | |||
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | -14.93 | 11.03 | -11.99 | -38.57 | 1.11 | 31.82 | -0.75 | 33.46 | 22.10 | 47.61 | -29.86 | 5.05 |
The value of exports of commodity group 2601 "Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites" from China totalled $ 2.62 billion in 2023. Sales of commodity group 2601 from China decreased by 18.3% in value terms compared to 2022. exports of commodity group 2601 "Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites" decreased by $ 590 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 2601 from China amounted $3.21 billion in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 2601 "Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites" amounted to 0.077% of total exports from China (cumulative merchandise exports from China totalled $ 3.37 trillion in 2023). The share of commodity group 2601 in total exports from China decreased by 0.011 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.089% in 2022 and cumulative exports from China were equal to $ 3.59 trillion).
Exports of commodity group 2601 amounted to 72% of total sales of group "" from China in 2023 (the value of exports of commodity group from China amounted to $3.61 billion in 2023). The share of exports of commodity group 2601 in sales of commodity group from China lowered by 9 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 81% in 2022, and exports of commodity group from China were $3.93 billion).
Where does China export Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites?
Top export destinations of "Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites" from China in 2023:
- Japan with a share of 63% (1.66 billion US$)
- Other Asia, nes with a share of 22% (596 million US$)
- Korea with a share of 6.83% (179 million US$)
- Vietnam with a share of 4.83% (126 million US$)
- Indonesia with a share of 1.54% (40 million US$)
- Philippines - 8.38 million US$
- Malaysia - 6.34 million US$
- China, Macao SAR - 250 thousand US$
- Bulgaria - 250 thousand US$
- Thailand - 155 thousand US$
Exports structure of 2601 - Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites - from China in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 89% (2.35 billion US$): 260111 - Iron ores & concentrates (excl. roasted iron pyrites), non-agglomerated
- 10.1% (267 million US$): 260112 - Iron ores & concentrates (excl. roasted iron pyrites), agglomerated
- 0% (35 US$): 260120 - Roasted iron pyrites
The value of imports of commodity group 2601 "Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites" to China totalled $ 134 billion in 2023. Sales of commodity group 2601 to China went up by 5.05% compared to 2022: imports of commodity group 2601 "Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites" went up by $ 6.48 billion (the value of imports of commodity group 2601 to China was equal to $128 billion in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 2601 "Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites" accounted for 5.26% of total import flow to China (in 2023, total imports to China amounted to $ 2.55 trillion). The share of commodity group 2601 in total imports to China increased by 0.547 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 4.71% in 2022 and cumulative imports to China were equal to $ 2.71 trillion).
Imports of commodity group 2601 reached 56% of total imports of group "" to China in 2023 (imports of commodity group to China totalled $237 billion in 2023). The share of purchases of commodity group 2601 in imports of commodity group to China went down by 0.417 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 57% in 2022, and imports of commodity group to China accounted for $224 billion).
Where does China import Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites from?
Top trading partners (import of "Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites") of China in 2023:
- Australia with a share of 62% (84 billion US$)
- Brazil with a share of 21% (28 billion US$)
- South Africa with a share of 3.17% (4.26 billion US$)
- India with a share of 2.61% (3.51 billion US$)
- Peru with a share of 1.93% (2.59 billion US$)
- Canada with a share of 1.58% (2.13 billion US$)
- Chile with a share of 1.21% (1.63 billion US$)
- Iran - 1.29 billion US$
- Russia - 1.07 billion US$
- Sierra Leone - 897 million US$
Imports structure of 2601 - Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites - to China in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 97% (131 billion US$): 260111 - Iron ores & concentrates (excl. roasted iron pyrites), non-agglomerated
- 2.36% (3.18 billion US$): 260112 - Iron ores & concentrates (excl. roasted iron pyrites), agglomerated
- 0% (217 US$): 260120 - Roasted iron pyrites
