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Mining, Minerals, Metals: Trade Statistics

Total Trade

Total Global Exports (2021) $1,334,826,258,295
Total Global Imports (2021) $1,435,890,675,258

Industry Traders

Export Countries

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Switzerland $94,734,725,625
United States $88,189,823,706
China $83,135,940,205
United Kingdom $75,693,468,982
Russia $69,331,378,663
Germany $64,813,340,627
Japan $58,081,230,221
United Arab Emirates $47,916,743,969
Hong Kong $47,068,031,886
Canada $46,914,791,943

Import Countries

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
China $184,438,388,005
United States $113,570,208,600
Switzerland $103,250,670,834
Germany $89,672,315,430
United Kingdom $88,349,131,840
India $81,406,855,030
United Arab Emirates $58,286,114,325
Italy $57,174,483,924
Turkey $44,706,945,306
Hong Kong $44,516,236,405

Traded Goods (at the 4-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Exports

HS Code Export USD$
(7108) Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or semimanufactured or powder $383,272,500,313
(7110) Platinum, unwrought, semimanufactured or powder form $89,946,755,415
(7403) Refined copper & copper alloys (no mast alloy of 7405), unwrought $72,800,934,187
(7210) Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel width 600mm or more, clad, plated, coated $70,863,236,426
(7601) Aluminum, unwrought $69,459,376,335
(7208) Hot rolled flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated, coated $69,076,959,365
(7204) Ferrous waste & scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel $52,586,435,064
(7219) Flat-rolled stainless steel products width 600mm or more $38,990,464,082
(7225) Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel width 600mm or more silicon electrical steel, high speed steel, ball-bearing steel, high-nickel alloy steel $37,920,635,908
(7207) Semifinished products of iron or nonalloy steel $37,412,216,573

Top 10 Imports

HS Code Import USD$
(7108) Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or semimanufactured or powder $436,781,573,644
(7110) Platinum, unwrought, semimanufactured or powder form $89,879,939,679
(7403) Refined copper & copper alloys (no mast alloy of 7405), unwrought $88,709,726,786
(7601) Aluminum, unwrought $75,494,927,831
(7208) Hot rolled flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated, coated $74,445,422,341
(7210) Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel width 600mm or more, clad, plated, coated $64,327,665,994
(7204) Ferrous waste & scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel $53,496,601,801
(7112) Waste & scrap of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal $47,344,955,342
(7202) Ferroalloys $41,116,179,814
(7207) Semifinished products of iron or nonalloy steel $40,108,023,436

Sources:

UN Comtrade except where stated otherwise. Data Accessed: December 1, 2017