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Zirconium (Zr)

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Atomic number
40
Period · group
5 · 4
Block
d-block

Who trades zirconium (zircon)

$1.7 bn of zirconium (zircon) products crossed borders in 2024: ores and concentrates $1.7 bn.

Largest exporters

  1. 1South Africa$620 m36%
  2. 2Australia$268 m16%
  3. 3Indonesia$140 m8%
  4. 4Senegal$117 m7%
  5. 5Mozambique$113 m7%
  6. 6United States of America$55 m3%
  7. 7Vietnam$44 m3%
  8. 8Sierra Leone$43 m3%

Largest importers

  1. 1China$829 m48%
  2. 2India$170 m10%
  3. 3Spain$160 m9%
  4. 4Malaysia$84 m5%
  5. 5United States of America$60 m3%
  6. 6Netherlands$54 m3%
  7. 7Japan$51 m3%
  8. 8Italy$49 m3%

Trade values in current US dollars (ores, concentrates, intermediates, chemicals and refined metal), not prices. Source: CEPII BACI (HS22), Etalab Open Licence 2.0 — details.