Table 8.17
World Copper Imports
Unit: kMT copper content · Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 · 2000 to 2025
| Series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 899.2 | 813.2 | 757.2 | 754 | 881.9 | 948.6 | 1,210.1 | 1,200.6 | 1,141.1 | 1,025.9 | 1,049.4 | 1,091.4 | 1,072.5 | 1,045.9 | 1,009.1 | 1,025.7 | 1,036.9 | 1,063 | 1,059.3 | 914 | 973.8 | 861.6 | 981.8 | 806.1 | 787.3 | 822.5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 79.3 | 66.5 | 72 | 79.1 | 81.8 | 91.7 | 159.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 174 | 132.8 | 162.8 | 177.2 | 177.8 | 128.3 | 101.3 | 108.1 | 115.2 | 77.9 | 121.4 | 139.8 | 155.5 | 182.2 |
| Argentina | 32.9 | 27.5 | 4.7 | 11.7 | 17.1 | 17.6 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 11 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Australia | 4.6 | 1.6 | 7.3 | 23.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 31.7 | 19.1 | 22.4 | 9.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 15.3 | 8.7 | 24.7 | 1.8 | 18.8 | 19 | 36.9 |
| Austria | 36.4 | 35.7 | 24.7 | 29.5 | 33.6 | 41.3 | 55.8 | 47.3 | 48.5 | 29.3 | 46.9 | 61.1 | 51 | 27.3 | 37.1 | 69.5 | 80.8 | 62.1 | 57.6 | 102.2 | 108.4 | 115.6 | 79.6 | 54 | 83.5 | 80 |
| Belgium | 255.8 | 192.9 | 246.1 | 349.5 | 308.4 | 247.2 | 289.3 | 255.7 | 262.6 | 292.5 | 252.6 | 241.2 | 252.7 | 233.4 | 275 | 294.8 | 259.7 | 300.5 | 295.7 | 234.6 | 240.4 | 211.7 | 217.3 | 210.6 | 194.8 | 164 |
| Brazil | 279.5 | 276.9 | 218.7 | 254.4 | 289.5 | 268.4 | 309.5 | 338.7 | 370.3 | 314.4 | 370.3 | 340.8 | 325.7 | 372.7 | 310.5 | 332.1 | 168.1 | 326.2 | 300.2 | 304.8 | 264.9 | 301.3 | 250.1 | 250.1 | 281.9 | 254.4 |
| Bulgaria | 2.4 | 1.8 | 70.4 | 113.7 | 140.4 | 158.1 | 145.3 | 134.8 | 152.3 | 158.8 | 143.8 | 145.6 | 189.1 | 251.6 | 228.3 | 237.2 | 188.7 | 313.6 | 312.4 | 208.5 | 276.9 | 250.7 | 302.7 | 258.9 | 293 | 242.8 |
| Canada | 235.2 | 249 | 198.3 | 220.5 | 269.5 | 307.9 | 258.9 | 172.8 | 179.7 | 145.1 | 100 | 38.6 | 34.3 | 73 | 108.6 | 167.3 | 121.8 | 202 | 171.7 | 182.5 | 183.8 | 202.5 | 238.1 | 231.7 | 243.7 | 214.4 |
| Chile | 0 | 3.1 | 21 | 3.8 | 14.7 | 13 | 29.3 | 17.1 | 31.1 | 13.2 | 38.7 | 46 | 37.9 | 42.9 | 0 | 22.2 | 29.5 | 20 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 9.5 | 6.3 |
| China | 1,245.7 | 1,490 | 1,802.8 | 2,150.5 | 2,035 | 2,360.6 | 1,823.5 | 2,800.8 | 2,955.1 | 4,949.3 | 4,938.3 | 4,849.7 | 5,882.6 | 6,355.9 | 7,140 | 7,538.3 | 8,599.5 | 8,375.9 | 9,588.9 | 9,813.8 | 11,143.5 | 10,421.9 | 11,380.5 | 11,618.8 | 11,979.2 | 12,174.6 |
| South Korea | 761.2 | 732.3 | 834.9 | 823.8 | 868.1 | 809.1 | 831.9 | 870.6 | 835.7 | 928 | 885 | 841.6 | 785.2 | 786.4 | 812.7 | 890.8 | 932.2 | 809.1 | 789.2 | 744.8 | 787 | 913.2 | 972.3 | 855.8 | 739.8 | 711.3 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.1 | 84.2 | 77.6 | 0 | 0.1 | 15.4 | 5.4 | 107.7 | 100.4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4 | 182.3 | 131.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 282.5 | 284.1 | 301.6 | 312.1 | 271 | 329.4 | 340.7 | 307.6 | 363.4 | 380.1 | 381.7 | 446 | 424.7 | 455 | 491.8 | 500.4 | 536.8 | 577.7 | 618.4 | 470.7 | 407.1 | 409.1 | 430.9 | 397.6 | 441.7 | 456.3 |
| United States | 1,216.4 | 1,538.3 | 1,432.6 | 873.1 | 875.7 | 1,110.7 | 1,248.9 | 997.9 | 908.2 | 756.5 | 631.9 | 686.5 | 653.6 | 751.6 | 638.7 | 686.2 | 740.6 | 853.1 | 793.2 | 692.7 | 687.9 | 925.6 | 736 | 770.8 | 905.4 | 1,638.6 |
| Philippines | 121.2 | 139.3 | 107.2 | 122.6 | 164.8 | 178.6 | 133.3 | 158 | 164 | 181.3 | 167.3 | 124 | 94 | 100.1 | 48 | 42.6 | 41.4 | 223.7 | 142.4 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 89.9 | 107 | 242.9 | 168.8 | 38.4 |
| Finland | 123.8 | 131.4 | 125.5 | 135.7 | 132.2 | 126.2 | 136.1 | 113.4 | 136.6 | 104.4 | 118.8 | 108.5 | 112.6 | 100.3 | 111.1 | 124.3 | 127.8 | 127.7 | 127.9 | 132.4 | 146.6 | 146.2 | 165.4 | 153.7 | 172 | 171.3 |
| France | 585.9 | 564.6 | 576.7 | 578.6 | 590.5 | 517.1 | 507 | 432.7 | 434.1 | 265.8 | 227.3 | 226.3 | 218.2 | 230 | 222.5 | 192.7 | 220.5 | 226.4 | 218.3 | 217.4 | 186.8 | 190.6 | 190.5 | 194.2 | 193.4 | 198.5 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.1 | 70.3 | 92.4 | 91 | 92.2 | 94.2 | 35 | 9.6 | 10.3 |
| Greece | 135.6 | 129.8 | 126 | 107.4 | 120.1 | 90.6 | 106.4 | 105.7 | 75.8 | 57.4 | 35.8 | 53.6 | 51.6 | 54.2 | 54.6 | 60.2 | 73.9 | 85.2 | 68.4 | 67.8 | 72.1 | 71.3 | 69.4 | 68.4 | 83.7 | 65.3 |
| Hong Kong | 54 | 59.7 | 48.9 | 65.3 | 46.7 | 47.1 | 37.2 | 33.3 | 16.8 | 73.6 | 35 | 16.9 | 7.9 | 4.6 | 10.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 11.7 |
| India | 128.2 | 184.6 | 181 | 185.2 | 232.8 | 228.3 | 617.9 | 538.3 | 509.6 | 541.5 | 438.7 | 498.6 | 501.6 | 797.9 | 526.5 | 464.7 | 289.6 | 544.7 | 477.3 | 459 | 448 | 541.5 | 679.6 | 850.6 | 845.3 | 812.6 |
| Indonesia | 32.8 | 56.2 | 50.5 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 21.1 | 17.7 | 8.1 | 87.7 | 104.2 | 99.8 | 71.1 | 124.8 | 100.5 | 109.5 | 126.2 | 126.1 | 124.4 | 110.2 | 102.4 | 82.2 | 88.8 | 76.9 | 89.5 | 89.8 | 107.5 |
| Italy | 606 | 651.1 | 644 | 651.1 | 700.3 | 653 | 774.5 | 747.3 | 617.8 | 544.6 | 628.3 | 615.3 | 584.1 | 559.3 | 622.7 | 622.8 | 605.8 | 634.2 | 554.2 | 561.1 | 489.7 | 612.4 | 625.2 | 565 | 561.5 | 512.7 |
| Japan | 1,570.4 | 1,451.6 | 1,384.4 | 1,329.3 | 1,368.5 | 1,396.1 | 1,411.4 | 1,531.3 | 1,443 | 1,331.4 | 1,368.1 | 1,282 | 1,322.7 | 1,356.1 | 1,374.3 | 1,254.7 | 1,322.3 | 1,236.3 | 1,366.1 | 1,248.4 | 13.6 | 1,256.1 | 1,311 | 1,213 | 1,310 | 1,179.8 |
| Malaysia | 166.4 | 161.1 | 186.8 | 134.4 | 387.6 | 264.4 | 203 | 201.2 | 172.2 | 171.3 | 204.1 | 217.8 | 209.5 | 517.8 | 259.1 | 352.6 | 325.8 | 401.3 | 338.3 | 351.6 | 190.1 | 382.6 | 450.9 | 330.5 | 344.7 | 440.3 |
| Mexico | 284.1 | 255.5 | 142.4 | 126.6 | 126.2 | 122 | 146.8 | 98.3 | 146.5 | 97.5 | 104.2 | 93.9 | 101.8 | 212.1 | 86.5 | 145.2 | 165.9 | 158.3 | 205 | 253.3 | 313.8 | 302.7 | 208.3 | 316 | 337.9 | 312.6 |
| Netherlands | 151.7 | 122.8 | 156.1 | 123.3 | 135.4 | 145.1 | 165.6 | 389.6 | 355.7 | 286 | 277.7 | 254 | 208.8 | 214.1 | 159.2 | 191.6 | 329.4 | 317.8 | 343.7 | 196.8 | 196.7 | 226.6 | 249.9 | 148 | 150.1 | 116.6 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.6 | 40 | 50.6 | 54.8 | 66.9 | 70.2 | 59.9 | 46.2 | 36.9 |
| United Kingdom | 339.7 | 311.8 | 316.1 | 246.5 | 214.4 | 183.9 | 184.4 | 54.1 | 54.5 | 48.3 | 43.1 | 35.9 | 38.8 | 35.3 | 20.2 | 24.1 | 56.4 | 51.7 | 28.6 | 27.8 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 17.5 | 15 | 10.7 | 8.1 |
| Russia | 41.5 | 51.7 | 36.1 | 3.9 | 29.1 | 32.8 | 21.4 | 15.8 | 42.6 | 34.8 | 18.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 77.7 | 104.7 | 55.7 | 137.6 | 182.1 | 161.2 | 129.4 | 86.3 | 31.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Serbia | 18.4 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 8.1 | 43.1 | 63.5 | 45.5 | 35.6 | 37.8 | 29.4 | 39.3 | 29.2 | 14.6 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 19.9 | 31 | 34.3 | 33.7 | 63.9 | 38.7 | 27.2 | 13.9 | 22.1 | 38.5 | 43 |
| Singapore | 57.9 | 66.7 | 40.1 | 34.1 | 48.1 | 40.6 | 109.5 | 62.5 | 45 | 76 | 32.4 | 64.3 | 37.8 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 37.7 | 207 | 86.9 | 27.2 | 14 | 9.7 | 23.7 | 13.8 | 49.7 | 22.8 | 49.2 |
| South Africa | 3.4 | 4.2 | 8.9 | 17.2 | 29.9 | 25 | 19.9 | 19.2 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 8.1 | 16.7 | 20.4 | 20.8 | 12.6 | 23.8 | 27.1 | 14.5 | 10.4 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 21.9 | 23.7 | 21.8 | 24.4 |
| Sweden | 82.5 | 49.1 | 37 | 123.6 | 120.1 | 133.3 | 143.5 | 146.8 | 143 | 137.5 | 128.5 | 113.7 | 115.2 | 84.9 | 76 | 93.8 | 96.6 | 74.3 | 79.1 | 80.5 | 79.5 | 101.1 | 88.6 | 139.7 | 183.5 | 227 |
| Thailand | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 27.4 | 26.2 | 36 | 30 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 7.9 | 11.4 | 364.7 | 369.8 | 402.4 | 342.1 | 365.3 | 370.9 | 361 | 377.5 | 370.6 |
| Taiwan | 629 | 540.8 | 656.8 | 621.2 | 691.7 | 640.3 | 646.6 | 614.9 | 585 | 498.4 | 535.5 | 460.7 | 433.5 | 438.1 | 465.3 | 471.4 | 534.1 | 666.3 | 541.4 | 580.9 | 538.3 | 562.1 | 544.9 | 465.7 | 616.5 | 513.9 |
| Tanzania | 150.6 | 166.5 | 186.2 | 204.4 | 224 | 234.5 | 267.6 | 244.8 | 265 | 215.7 | 243.8 | 230.5 | 240.5 | 247.9 | 258.6 | 273.7 | 343.1 | 0 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Türkiye | 191.6 | 150.8 | 194 | 229.3 | 246.9 | 277.2 | 175.1 | 322.5 | 325.8 | 294.5 | 338.4 | 341.7 | 351.8 | 363.3 | 363.8 | 387.1 | 404.5 | 387.7 | 384.9 | 341.5 | 350.6 | 354.4 | 399.8 | 410.8 | 367.6 | 463.3 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212.8 | 252.4 | 283.1 |
| Zambia | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.2 | 68.1 | 51.2 | 64.5 | 121.1 | 70.3 | 74.2 | 130.5 | 143.5 | 157.1 | 30.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 120.8 | 84.7 | 40.1 | 35.6 | 57.6 | 66.3 | 36.7 | 50.1 | 35.1 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 12 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 18.2 | 21.3 | 129 | 161.1 | 160.4 | 88.7 | 97 | 146.2 | 72.5 | 113.5 | 101 |
| WORLD TOTAL | 10,928.1 | 11,061.8 | 11,254.9 | 11,099 | 11,840.3 | 12,218.8 | 12,661.7 | 13,112.8 | 12,980 | 14,225.1 | 14,061.4 | 13,890.8 | 14,780.7 | 16,206.8 | 16,208.9 | 17,019 | 18,503 | 19,462.5 | 20,206 | 19,470.5 | 19,239.1 | 20,572.7 | 21,780.8 | 21,663.7 | 22,560.9 | 23,182.9 |
Source stated in the table
World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS)
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.