Table 4.18
Molybdenum Exports by Destination by Value
Unit: US$ million FOB · Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 · 2002 to 2025
| Series | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXPORTS BY CONTINENT (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Africa | 9.2 | 16.2 | 18 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 57.1 | 46.6 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 19.4 | 17.1 | 23.5 | 17.3 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| America | 39.6 | 62.8 | 345 | 712.6 | 570.9 | 958.4 | 595.1 | 195.2 | 360.1 | 389.3 | 343.9 | 211.2 | 314.9 | 136.8 | 215.9 | 310.8 | 432.8 | 346.4 | 243.3 | 666.1 | 775.3 | 919.1 | 796.5 | 490.7 |
| Asia | 75.1 | 94.1 | 430.9 | 1,232.3 | 817 | 1,172 | 1,201.8 | 686.2 | 649.4 | 629 | 576.4 | 468.9 | 706.1 | 397.3 | 423 | 554.4 | 854.1 | 750.4 | 909.3 | 1,058 | 1,148.6 | 1,436.1 | 1,192.8 | 1,687.4 |
| Europe | 146.1 | 221.8 | 851.4 | 1,442.7 | 1,608 | 1,932.6 | 1,514.6 | 559.4 | 702.9 | 973.1 | 697.8 | 443.5 | 542.7 | 305.3 | 298.9 | 424 | 606.6 | 553.8 | 364.2 | 621.6 | 684.9 | 760.9 | 588.9 | 941 |
| Oceania | 0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 13.1 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 21.6 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EXPORTS BY COUNTRY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | < 0,1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 25.4 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 25.2 | 45.5 | 22.3 | 22 | 29.2 | 33.1 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 6.4 |
| Argentina | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 16.2 | 44.6 | 6.8 | 12.2 | 15.8 | 12.9 | 9.2 | 12 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 11.4 | 63.9 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
| Australia | 0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 13.1 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 21.6 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austria | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | < 0,1 | 0 | 52.3 | 43 | 38.7 | 34.1 | 54.6 | 38.9 | 43.3 | 62.7 | 82.5 | 62.5 | 63 | 125 | 13.1 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | 0 |
| Belgium | 0.2 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 0 | 15.5 | 0 | 3.8 | 48.5 | 73.5 | 71.2 | 62.3 | 92.9 | 74.1 | 39 | 34.9 | 74.2 | 84.9 | 68.9 | 81.4 | 150.2 | 170.9 | 161.1 | 116.3 | 316 |
| Brazil | 20.8 | 29.6 | 95.8 | 215.7 | 163.3 | 206.4 | 236.6 | 55.9 | 114.5 | 125.5 | 119 | 83.2 | 104.9 | 52.1 | 48 | 65.4 | 120.7 | 116.3 | 85.1 | 246.2 | 283.6 | 327.5 | 344.8 | 290.9 |
| Canada | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0 | 12.7 | 1 | 27.2 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0 | < 0,1 | 1 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 |
| China | 0.3 | 0.1 | 19.8 | 214.6 | 58.1 | 59.6 | 13.2 | 373.5 | 148.8 | 90.2 | 52 | 44.3 | 79.6 | 25 | 13 | 37.5 | 63.2 | 39.3 | 358.9 | 160.4 | 222.2 | 224.6 | 115.7 | 323.7 |
| South Korea | 3.9 | 9.8 | 51.7 | 162.3 | 80.7 | 202.1 | 218.9 | 55.9 | 72 | 60 | 97.2 | 117.3 | 182 | 127.3 | 153.6 | 190.9 | 282.7 | 248.4 | 218.7 | 301.5 | 299.2 | 358.9 | 273.1 | 569.7 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 12.4 | 5.6 | 5 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 11.3 |
| Spain | 16 | 14.2 | 27.6 | 83.5 | 110.3 | 99.8 | 120.7 | 15.3 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 7.8 | 14.7 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 4 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| United States | 11.3 | 18.1 | 148.9 | 379.8 | 193.4 | 551.4 | 271.8 | 128.1 | 224.6 | 224.3 | 209.1 | 111.2 | 172.5 | 61.7 | 148.1 | 205.3 | 287.7 | 229.1 | 157 | 418.6 | 468 | 516.5 | 447.3 | 166.9 |
| Finland | 6.2 | 7.4 | 22.7 | 42.4 | 37.6 | 32.7 | 38.8 | 13.8 | 0 | 2 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 |
| France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10.5 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 13.2 | 10.9 | 13.5 | 11.8 | 2.7 | 19.3 | 11.2 | 27.7 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 8.1 | 14 | 19.4 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 39.7 | 7.9 | 28.3 | 23.5 | 11.2 | 21.8 | 67.3 | 58.6 | 51.2 | 73.6 | 37.1 | 120.8 | 225.8 | 178.9 |
| Italy | 7.6 | 9.8 | 23.5 | 80 | 68 | 68.3 | 74.5 | 13.1 | 21.4 | 19 | 33.8 | 22.1 | 29.7 | 20.9 | 13.2 | 18.5 | 30.4 | 30.2 | 20.2 | 35.4 | 56.9 | 51.9 | 41.7 | 23.1 |
| Japan | 65.6 | 78.7 | 357.1 | 843.2 | 658.6 | 886 | 932.3 | 236.3 | 396.6 | 439.1 | 366.5 | 286.8 | 387.1 | 211.2 | 217.7 | 291.3 | 424.8 | 388.6 | 268.5 | 497.1 | 554.9 | 687.2 | 531.3 | 532.3 |
| Mexico | 5.2 | 12.1 | 99.3 | 100.9 | 210.3 | 155.2 | 40.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 14.8 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 24.5 | 21 | 15.9 | 24.1 | 9.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 0 | 27.2 |
| Netherlands | 79.5 | 149.3 | 692.2 | 1,059.7 | 1,144 | 1,438.4 | 1,025.9 | 420.7 | 477 | 776.1 | 499.8 | 233.3 | 260.7 | 112 | 127.7 | 160.6 | 274.5 | 331.4 | 165.2 | 264.6 | 418.2 | 493.2 | 397.9 | 535.9 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 14.2 | 1 | 5.3 |
| United Kingdom | 11.8 | 8 | 15.5 | 40.7 | 51.1 | 64 | 53 | 11.9 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 17.9 | 11 | 11.1 | 14.1 | 36 | 8.5 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 6 |
| South Africa | 9.2 | 16.2 | 18 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 57.1 | 46.6 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 19.4 | 17.1 | 23.5 | 17.3 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 23 | 25.3 | 67.6 | 134.7 | 172.5 | 196.5 | 173.9 | 24.7 | 40.1 | 35.3 | 29.5 | 22.2 | 29.1 | 16.1 | 14.1 | 17.2 | 23.3 | 19.9 | 5.6 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 7.4 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | 7.3 | 15.9 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Thailand | 0 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 15.3 | 26.5 | 10.4 | 4 | 19 | 2.3 | 12.7 | 4.2 | 11 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 21.8 | 29.9 | 41 | 68.6 |
| Taiwan | 3.2 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 15.1 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 11.2 | 4.4 | 0 | 8.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 3.1 | 17.7 | 11.9 | 10.7 | 5.4 | 2.9 |
| Others | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 8.8 | 18.6 | 3.2 | 4 | 9.5 | 1.9 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 13 | 12.7 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 4.4 | < 0,1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 12 |
| TOTAL | 270 | 395.1 | 1,646.7 | 3,432.7 | 3,058.2 | 4,138.5 | 3,379.7 | 1,447.7 | 1,726.4 | 2,021.1 | 1,644.6 | 1,149.4 | 1,582.4 | 847.3 | 944.6 | 1,294.2 | 1,898.5 | 1,650.6 | 1,516.9 | 2,348.6 | 2,611.2 | 3,116.1 | 2,578.1 | 3,119.2 |
Notes of the table
- (1) El valor corresponde al valor FOB declarado en el Documento Único de Salida. / The value corresponds to the FOB value declared in the Single Exit Document (DUS).
- (2) Incluye concentrados de molibdeno, óxidos e hidróxidos de molibdeno, molibdatos, molibdeno metálico y sus desechos, además de ferromolibdeno. / Includes molybdenum concentrates, molybdenum oxides and hydroxides, molybdates, metallic molybdenum and its waste, as well as ferromolybdenum.
- (3) Los totales por continente pueden no coincidir exactamente con los totales por país, debido a la existencia de exportaciones cuyo destino no se encuentra asignado. Estas exportaciones no pueden clasificarse por continente; sin embargo, se incluyen en la categoría “Otros” de países. / Totals by continent may not exactly match totals by country due to the existence of exports with unassigned destinations. These exports cannot be classified by continent; however, they are included in the “Others” category under countries.
Source stated in the table
Elaborado por COCHILCO a partir del registro de exportaciones por código arancelario del Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile. / Prepared by COCHILCO based on export records by tariff code from the National Customs Service of Chile.
Source: Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco), Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 (XLSX), 2026. Read on Oct 6, 2026.
n.d.: no data · n.a.: not applicable · “< 1”: less than one unit.