Table 8.18
World Copper Concentrate 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 | 177.2 | 258.7 | 259.3 | 220.1 | 285.5 | 287.3 | 287.1 | 325.1 | 273.7 | 313.4 | 282.1 | 284 | 311.1 | 253.4 | 296.4 | 290 | 264.6 | 312.7 | 296.5 | 255 | 309.8 | 287.2 | 241 | 308.3 | 217.5 | 252.6 |
| Brazil | 121.7 | 136 | 115.8 | 103.2 | 135.3 | 100.8 | 134 | 120.7 | 118.4 | 105.7 | 117 | 114.4 | 63.4 | 126.9 | 124.1 | 149.2 | 0.1 | 140.7 | 94.3 | 112.7 | 75.4 | 58.8 | 20.6 | 14.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 274.7 | 276.8 | 182.8 | 250.8 | 221 | 272.8 | 226.4 | 263.8 | 196.7 |
| Canada | 211.9 | 219.9 | 128.2 | 71.5 | 67.4 | 84.2 | 106.2 | 59.4 | 73.8 | 52.6 | 45.3 | 16.5 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 15.7 | 34.9 | 31 | 46.4 | 37 | 42.6 | 58.6 | 56.2 | 66.6 | 55.1 | 60 | 54.1 |
| 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 | 19.9 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2 | 3.4 | 9.5 | 6.3 |
| China | 453.3 | 563.8 | 516.4 | 670.5 | 720.5 | 1,009.2 | 907.9 | 1,132.1 | 1,299.2 | 1,536.1 | 1,618.9 | 1,597.6 | 1,957.8 | 2,520 | 2,965.5 | 3,329.7 | 4,263 | 4,333.3 | 4,934.8 | 5,505.8 | 5,443.7 | 5,857 | 6,329.4 | 6,882.3 | 7,041.1 | 7,591.3 |
| South Korea | 294.3 | 293.4 | 319.7 | 331.3 | 327 | 348.4 | 364.5 | 350.7 | 371 | 399.7 | 432.4 | 433.2 | 420.7 | 421.9 | 395.4 | 442.4 | 390 | 412.8 | 455.2 | 432.8 | 501.2 | 524.5 | 589.7 | 549.6 | 433 | 433.3 |
| Spain | 234.1 | 225.6 | 264.3 | 263 | 194.2 | 260 | 275.1 | 250.3 | 280.5 | 296.1 | 307.3 | 370.6 | 379.5 | 393.9 | 447.2 | 445.6 | 470.2 | 489.7 | 532.6 | 370.2 | 307.6 | 308.1 | 278.3 | 287 | 287.6 | 267.9 |
| United States | 0.2 | 121.8 | 226.1 | 27.1 | 22.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11.7 | 63.5 | 43 | 22.6 | 37.4 | 25.3 | 21.1 | 23.8 | 19.8 | 39 | 32.6 | 45.3 | 28.2 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 11.8 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Philippines | 108 | 127.3 | 94.2 | 110.3 | 154.3 | 169.1 | 126.7 | 149.9 | 155.4 | 174.5 | 159.6 | 114 | 84.1 | 87.9 | 39.4 | 34.8 | 28.4 | 211.7 | 129 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 76.5 | 101.9 | 240.3 | 166.3 | 35.4 |
| Finland | 114.4 | 125.9 | 125.2 | 135.6 | 132.2 | 126.2 | 136.1 | 110.6 | 134.1 | 88.1 | 114.5 | 103.8 | 106.2 | 98 | 105.8 | 111.9 | 107.1 | 111 | 110.1 | 114.6 | 132.3 | 132.1 | 147.5 | 107.6 | 110.2 | 116.8 |
| Georgia | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 70.1 | 70.2 | 92.3 | 90.9 | 92.1 | 94 | 35 | 9.6 | 10.3 |
| India | 117.6 | 179.5 | 170.1 | 163.4 | 192.4 | 200.2 | 602.1 | 525.3 | 493.8 | 526 | 429.5 | 484.9 | 480.7 | 756.9 | 495.2 | 424.5 | 253.6 | 367 | 262.7 | 193 | 136.1 | 215.7 | 282.4 | 252.7 | 291.4 | 358.9 |
| Japan | 1,347.9 | 1,285 | 1,260.7 | 1,246.3 | 1,274.5 | 1,319.7 | 1,326.7 | 1,408.3 | 1,321 | 1,269.9 | 1,306.4 | 1,151 | 1,282.8 | 1,310.1 | 1,300.2 | 1,213.6 | 1,282.8 | 1,182.9 | 1,312.6 | 1,197.4 | 0 | 1,239.8 | 1,301.3 | 1,200.5 | 1,302.1 | 1,159.9 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 | 24.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 3.2 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 4.2 | 25.1 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Malaysia | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 59.6 | 37.2 | 55.6 | 47.9 | 147.6 | 171.3 | 65.8 | 37.7 | 142.9 |
| Mexico | 61.4 | 10.9 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 22.9 | 0 | 38.7 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 14.9 | 31.9 | 148.4 | 10.3 | 60.6 | 41.6 | 51.3 | 75.7 | 117.9 | 184.7 | 126.3 | 164.2 | 165.5 | 157.5 | 137.9 |
| Oman | 69 | 19.6 | 13.7 | 18.3 | 16.5 | 21.8 | 15 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 7 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peru | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 3.6 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 29.5 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 8 |
| Poland | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 38.4 | 31.9 | 33.3 | 31.8 | 40.3 | 50.5 | 49.5 | 40.6 | 28.4 |
| Russia | 32.5 | 48.4 | 35.8 | 3.1 | 29.1 | 32.4 | 19.2 | 15.8 | 31.3 | 33.3 | 18.8 | 0 | 0 | 75.9 | 103.8 | 54.7 | 137.5 | 172.3 | 158.2 | 122.4 | 77.6 | 24.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia | 17 | 12.6 | 9.2 | 2 | 3.8 | 28.8 | 31.4 | 12.6 | 13.9 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.6 | 25.6 | 29 | 26.5 | 56.8 | 29.2 | 16.7 | 0 | 9.1 | 22.9 | 15.8 |
| South Africa | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 14.3 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.1 | 85.2 | 77.8 | 66.9 | 105 | 98.3 | 92.5 | 79.1 | 76.1 | 77.7 | 70.8 | 68.7 | 78.3 | 75.9 | 59.9 | 61 | 62.7 | 64.3 | 87 | 77.6 | 87.3 | 69.4 | 109.7 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.6 | 25 | 2.5 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Taiwan | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 82.2 | 54.4 | 103.8 | 92.6 | 127.4 | 115.7 | 76.2 | 75.5 | 59.8 |
| Uzbekistan | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0 | 8.3 | 50.3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 14.4 | 0 |
| 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 | 143.3 | 157.1 | 30 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 15.3 | 33 | 16.3 | 43.2 | 34.6 | 20.6 | 24.2 | 19.2 | 9.5 |
| WORLD TOTAL | 3,374.4 | 3,633.8 | 3,637.8 | 3,574.4 | 3,847.7 | 4,307.5 | 4,614.4 | 4,768.6 | 4,961.8 | 5,214.1 | 5,200.4 | 5,044.9 | 5,528.3 | 6,716.5 | 6,692.9 | 7,049.9 | 7,769.8 | 8,663.7 | 9,222.7 | 9,195 | 7,907.5 | 9,704.7 | 10,418.7 | 10,657.8 | 10,637.3 | 10,997.3 |
Notes of the table
- n.d.: Datos no disponibles / Data not available
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.