Route intelligence

The routes that move Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated

A sharper view of the exporter-to-importer lanes behind the product. Start with the routes that matter most, then compare growth, access, and emerging signals.

Leading corridorAustralia China$70.9B latest reported trade
Top five concentration222.4%share of the displayed product total
Latest reported year2024100 tracked route records
Market pulseReported movementproduct-level direction
Growth lanes24corridors with positive 3-year growth
Access coverage40routes with reported FTA context
View statusReportedderived route comparison

The corridor workbench

Where the product actually moves

Ranked by the latest reported trade value. Use growth and access together; a large lane is not automatically an easy lane.

Top 100 corridorsLatest reported value
RankRouteTrade value3-year growthShareAccessSignal
01
Australia ChinaAUS / CHN
$70.9B-9.8%63.8%FTA reportedGrowing
02
Brazil ChinaBRA / CHN
$22.7B-9.5%20.4%No FTA reportedAccelerating
03
Australia JapanAUS / JPN
$5.0B-17.3%60.1%FTA reportedGrowing
04
Australia Republic of KoreaAUS / KOR
$4.8B-13.6%74.8%FTA reportedGrowing
05
South Africa ChinaZAF / CHN
$3.6B-9.9%3.2%No FTA reportedAccelerating
06
Peru ChinaPER / CHN
$2.1B-4.4%1.9%FTA reportedAccelerating
07
India ChinaIND / CHN
$2.0B-7%1.8%No FTA reportedGrowing
08
Australia SingaporeAUS / SGP
$1.9B+276%95.2%FTA reportedAccelerating
09
Canada ChinaCAN / CHN
$1.8B-5.8%1.6%No FTA reportedGrowing
10
Brazil JapanBRA / JPN
$1.7B-13.8%20%No FTA reportedGrowing
11
Australia TaiwanAUS / TWN
$1.4B-17.9%77.6%No FTA reportedGrowing
12
Brazil MalaysiaBRA / MYS
$1.3B-14.3%77.8%No FTA reportedGrowing
13
Chile ChinaCHL / CHN
$1.2B-16.9%1.1%FTA reportedGrowing
14
Ukraine ChinaUKR / CHN
$1.2B-19.8%1%No FTA reportedAccelerating
15
Brazil BahrainBRA / BHR
$1.1B-14.1%77.8%No FTA reportedGrowing
16
Australia Viet NamAUS / VNM
$1.0B-10.6%67.2%FTA reportedAccelerating
17
Brazil OmanBRA / OMN
$983.9M-6.4%100%No FTA reportedAccelerating
18
Australia IndonesiaAUS / IDN
$907.0M+3.1%78.1%FTA reportedAccelerating
19
Mauritania ChinaMRT / CHN
$803.1M-8.8%0.7%No FTA reportedAccelerating
20
Sierra Leone ChinaSLE / CHN
$737.9M+64.3%0.7%No FTA reportedGrowing
21
Russia ChinaRUS / CHN
$727.7M-16%0.7%No FTA reportedGrowing
22
Canada JapanCAN / JPN
$679.2M-8.5%8.2%No FTA reportedAccelerating
23
South Africa MozambiqueZAF / MOZ
$643.2M-12.2%99.4%FTA reportedAccelerating
24
South Africa Republic of KoreaZAF / KOR
$587.3M+0%9.2%No FTA reportedAccelerating
25
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ChinaIRN / CHN
$514.5M+56.9%0.5%No FTA reportedAccelerating

Movement to watch

Growth leaders and emerging lanes

The strongest growth rates are a starting point for investigation, not a forecast. Check the underlying value and route conditions.

01

Growth leader

Mauritania Algeria

+23,322.2%3-year CAGR

$133.1M latest value · 54% share

02

Growth leader

Japan Oman

+3,690.3%3-year CAGR

$42.4M latest value · 4.5% share

03

Growth leader

Brazil Uruguay

+311.7%3-year CAGR

$91.1M latest value · 100% share

04

Growth leader

Oman China

+292.9%3-year CAGR

$310.2M latest value · 0.3% share

Emerging signals

Routes changing shape

These corridors carry a reported signal or a non-routine attention label in the available route context.

GrowingAustralia China-9.8%
AcceleratingBrazil China-9.5%
GrowingAustralia Japan-17.3%
GrowingAustralia Republic of Korea-13.6%

Access comparison

Does preferential access show up in the route mix?

Compare the value and growth of corridors with a reported free-trade agreement indicator against corridors without one. This is context for research, not a tariff recommendation.

Read the methodology
FTA reported$94.4B
40 corridors · +13.6% average growth
No FTA reported$49.4B
60 corridors · +450.9% average growth
Access fields are shown only where reported context is available.

How to read this view

Scale, momentum, and access belong in the same frame.

Trade value identifies the routes with the largest observed footprint. Growth shows how that footprint has changed over the available three-year comparison. Share indicates the route's position within the displayed product view.

Distance, FTA status, volatility, and signals add context from supporting bilateral datasets. Missing values are not filled or treated as zero.

Data source

OECD trade statistics with CEPII context

OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.