List of countries by iron-ore exports
The following are lists of countries by iron ore imports and exports.
Exports
Data is for 2024, in United States dollars, from the Observatory of Economic Complexity.
| Country | Trade value |
|---|---|
| Australia | 93,204,202,612 |
| Brazil | 31,350,571,064 |
| Canada | 7,193,569,114 |
| South Africa | 6,971,379,691 |
| India | 3,766,948,185 |
| Sweden | 3,445,684,228 |
| Oman | 1,879,465,485 |
| Ukraine | 1,846,139,900 |
| Bahrain | 1,822,632,760 |
| Chile | 1,700,663,178 |
| Peru | 1,682,665,970 |
| United States | 1,462,494,946 |
| Mauritania | 1,360,421,827 |
| Iran | 1,296,908,459 |
| Russia | 1,222,725,326 |
| China | 1,121,331,018 |
| Malaysia | 1,074,514,388 |
| Sierra Leone | 897,113,387 |
| Kazakhstan | 792,259,131 |
| Laos | 384,156,499 |
| Mongolia | 364,638,755 |
| Liberia | 342,925,419 |
| Norway | 307,543,900 |
| Turkey | 218,533,239 |
| Germany | 179,513,973 |
| New Zealand | 136,546,367 |
| Mexico | 122,096,427 |
| United Arab Emirates | 115,698,870 |
| Vietnam | 113,391,735 |
| Venezuela | 93,388,435 |
| Pakistan | 86,845,673 |
| Uganda | 65,071,485 |
| Indonesia | 60,900,549 |
| Switzerland | 58,621,326 |
| Cambodia | 55,165,270 |
| Thailand | 54,022,417 |
| Romania | 49,828,394 |
| South Korea | 41,357,786 |
| Singapore | 39,160,630 |
| Netherlands | 28,219,756 |
| Libya | 24,654,126 |
| Mali | 21,934,546 |
| Egypt | 21,012,415 |
| United Kingdom | 17,486,336 |
| Spain | 16,959,754 |
| Saudi Arabia | 15,941,379 |
| Bolivia | 14,792,563 |
| Myanmar | 14,776,150 |
| Philippines | 14,375,672 |
| Qatar | 13,442,231 |
| Mauritius | 11,987,341 |
| France | 11,764,538 |
| Uzbekistan | 10,325,920 |
| Algeria | 9,234,281 |
| Cuba | 8,322,492 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7,932,889 |
| Bulgaria | 7,494,533 |
| Honduras | 6,659,715 |
| Nigeria | 5,774,158 |
| Uruguay | 5,701,951 |
| Hungary | 5,221,201 |
| Fiji | 4,246,462 |
| Finland | 2,922,208 |
| Belgium | 2,679,576 |
| Colombia | 1,805,871 |
| Italy | 1,554,185 |
| Japan | 1,385,694 |
| Slovakia | 1,189,011 |
| Hong Kong | 912,312 |
| Luxembourg | 871,607 |
| Albania | 843,571 |
| Bahamas | 574,187 |
| Slovenia | 536,253 |
| Morocco | 517,749 |
| Zimbabwe | 352,908 |
| Botswana | 218,371 |
| Serbia | 216,018 |
| Jordan | 215,814 |
| Poland | 213,418 |
| Austria | 206,986 |
| Kenya | 185,366 |
| Greece | 153,697 |
| Ireland | 145,621 |
| Denmark | 90,379 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 85,057 |
| Namibia | 80,780 |
| Czech Republic | 79,376 |
| Portugal | 43,327 |
| Lithuania | 23,383 |
| Guinea | 22,503 |
| Estonia | 20,750 |
| Gabon | 13,609 |
| Georgia | 12,525 |
| Tanzania | 9,769 |
| Marshall Islands | 8,000 |
| North Macedonia | 7,642 |
| Latvia | 6,663 |
| Guatemala | 6,530 |
| Kuwait | 5,356 |
| Ghana | 4,516 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4,368 |
| Israel | 4,000 |
| Taiwan | 3,541 |
| Croatia | 3,230 |
| Montenegro | 3,215 |
| Eritrea | 1,955 |
| Congo | 1,925 |
| Paraguay | 1,855 |
| Mozambique | 1,801 |
| Cameroon | 1,799 |
| Argentina | 1,177 |
| Angola | 894 |
| Guyana | 561 |
| Senegal | 450 |
| Ethiopia | 356 |
| Papua New Guinea | 313 |
| Zambia | 267 |
| Malawi | 195 |
| Tajikistan | 176 |
| Malta | 147 |
| Cyprus | 79 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 51 |
| New Caledonia | 51 |
| Curacao | 44 |
| Tunisia | 33 |
| Madagascar | 5 |
| Ecuador | 5 |
Imports
Data is for 2024, in thousands of United States dollars and tons, from the International Trade Centre.
| Country | Value imported (thousands USD) |
Trade balance (thousands USD) |
Quantity imported (tons) |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | 181,616,315 | −28,902,561 | 0 |
| China | 133,226,590 | −130,286,533 | 1,237,266,528 |
| Japan | 11,284,102 | −11,283,810 | 96,402,231 |
| South Korea | 8,255,792 | −8,237,213 | 69,487,783 |
| Germany | 4,204,095 | −4,029,536 | 34,875,248 |
| Taiwan | 2,286,423 | −2,286,423 | 20,058,925 |
| Egypt | 1,657,636 | −1,657,636 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 1,600,254 | −318,943 | 21,283,320 |
| Indonesia | 1,519,829 | −1,519,829 | 13,915,134 |
| Vietnam | 1,468,435 | −1,440,200 | 17,757,895 |
| Bahrain | 1,225,393 | −766,209 | 13,509,609 |
| Turkey | 1,207,462 | −1,020,917 | 10,006,113 |
| France | 1,148,852 | −1,129,835 | 9,868,711 |
| Netherlands | 1,046,558 | −872,691 | 0 |
| Oman | 954,081 | 759,029 | 12,408,822 |
| United States | 834,204 | 226,103 | 4,918,688 |
| Philippines | 797,166 | −434,974 | 6,290,006 |
| Canada | 777,364 | 5,610,989 | 8,001,413 |
| Belgium | 766,724 | −761,891 | 6,397,875 |
| Algeria | 693,484 | −688,276 | 5,617,316 |
| Argentina | 652,865 | −652,865 | 4,460,787 |
| Poland | 517,433 | −515,867 | 0 |
| Spain | 515,449 | −513,679 | 0 |
| India | 513,935 | 2,235,083 | 5,201,833 |
| Slovakia | 472,208 | −470,390 | 4,717,774 |
| United Kingdom | 438,534 | −437,434 | 3,409,897 |
| Finland | 436,834 | −436,292 | 2,690,372 |
| Italy | 412,593 | −412,284 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 400,460 | −400,257 | 2,804,150 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 390,490 | −390,490 | 1,991,936 |
| Russia | 379,601 | 635,227 | 4,612,385 |
| Saudi Arabia | 331,535 | −330,588 | 1,821,765 |
| Libya | 263,403 | −255,474 | 2,157,505 |
| Qatar | 226,034 | −220,274 | 1,604,345 |
| United Arab Emirates | 199,705 | −99,995 | 1,342,522 |
| Serbia | 170,258 | −170,258 | 1,307,673 |
| Australia | 90,091 | 82,879,030 | 1,001,767 |
| Romania | 76,091 | −74,262 | 0 |
| Kenya | 60,879 | −60,879 | 738,957 |
| Chile | 36,607 | 1,517,849 | 277,196 |
| Mozambique | 23,347 | −22,440 | 106,849 |
| Sweden | 13,262 | 2,596,054 | 79,388 |
| Denmark | 5,193 | −5,192 | 0 |
| Brazil | 4,956 | 29,855,230 | 30,953 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4,075 | −4,075 | 57,853 |
| Norway | 3,307 | 131,649 | 26,357 |
| Nepal | 2,956 | −2,956 | 227,954 |
| Greece | 2,507 | −2,507 | 0 |
| Iceland | 2,148 | −2,148 | 11,959 |
| Switzerland | 1,466 | −1,368 | 10,670 |
| Thailand | 1,337 | 19,176 | 4,510 |
| Mexico | 1,253 | −1,083 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 1,127 | −1,127 | 20,589 |
| Portugal | 956 | −956 | 0 |
| Jordan | 947 | −947 | 24,998 |
| Bulgaria | 900 | 71 | 0 |
| Iraq | 789 | −788 | 28,278 |
| Hungary | 674 | 12,087 | 0 |
| Turkmenistan | 654 | −654 | 248 |
| Mongolia | 544 | 597,027 | 1,961 |
| Congo | 473 | −410 | 1,475 |
| Ukraine | 414 | 2,802,792 | 2,042 |
| Armenia | 363 | −363 | 955 |
| Moldova | 289 | −289 | 7,545 |
| Georgia | 285 | −257 | 10,953 |
| Pakistan | 277 | 52,339 | 1,892 |
| Tanzania | 220 | −219 | 684 |
| Estonia | 188 | −188 | 504 |
| Botswana | 180 | −169 | 918 |
| Israel | 172 | −172 | 1,430 |
| Slovenia | 168 | −157 | 510 |
| South Africa | 154 | 6,340,533 | 3,121 |
| Croatia | 129 | −128 | 4,228 |
| Guatemala | 129 | −127 | 182 |
| Ethiopia | 127 | −127 | 303 |
| Iran | 108 | 1,133,593 | 2,946 |
| North Macedonia | 106 | 167 | 3,580 |
| New Zealand | 91 | 124,453 | 288 |
| Kuwait | 89 | −89 | 94 |
| Bahamas | 50 | −50 | 698 |
| Colombia | 42 | −42 | 37 |
| Sierra Leone | 40 | 847,717 | 160 |
| Luxembourg | 39 | −39 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 38 | −38 | 72 |
| El Salvador | 38 | −38 | 12 |
| Ireland | 35 | −34 | 0 |
| Zambia | 35 | −35 | 142 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28 | 477 | 72 |
| Lithuania | 23 | −20 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 22 | 780,698 | 30 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | −22 | 20 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 125 | 90 |
| Gabon | 20 | 1,291 | 245 |
| Namibia | 10 | 107 | 38 |
| Singapore | 9 | −7 | 5 |
| Eswatini | 6 | −6 | 35 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | −5 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 12,528 | 3 |
| Peru | 4 | 1,787,163 | 22 |
| Laos | 4 | 482,328 | 47 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | −4 | 12 |
| Malawi | 3 | −3 | 6 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | −3 | 1 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 23,850 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 85 | 6 |
| Guinea | 1 | 20,784 | 1 |
| Honduras | 1 | −1 | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ "Which countries export Iron Ore? (2023)". The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
- ^ "List of importers for the selected product in 2024 (Iron ores and concentrates, incl. roasted iron pyrites)". Trade Map. International Trade Centre. Retrieved 2025-09-17.