# Manganese Ores And Concentrates trade corridors and routes...

The leading reported route is South Africa to China, with trade value of $1.9B.

## Route access evidence

| Route | Route trade | 5-year growth | Buyer imports | Supplier countries | Applied tariff | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa to China | $1.9B | -1.9% | $3.7B | 38 | 30.2% | 12,968 km |
| Gabon to France | $932.9M | +91.8% | $958.3M | 26 | 0% | 5,439 km |
| Gabon to China | $912.9M | +9.8% | $3.7B | 38 | 0.3% | 11,432 km |
| South Africa to India | $550.5M | +15.1% | $982.3M | 23 | 0.5% | 9,311 km |
| Gabon to India | $378.0M | +67.9% | $982.3M | 23 | 0.5% | 7,839 km |
| Ghana to China | $357.3M | -1.5% | $3.7B | 38 | 0.3% | 11,832 km |
| Australia to China | $295.2M | -19.2% | $3.7B | 38 | 0.3% | 8,956 km |
| Gabon to Norway | $165.7M | +7.7% | $278.2M | 6 | 0% | 6,627 km |
| South Africa to Japan | $122.6M | -7% | $180.0M | 11 | 0% | 14,746 km |
| South Africa to Norway | $109.0M | -0.2% | $278.2M | 6 | 0% | 10,470 km |
| South Africa to Malaysia | $107.8M | -4.6% | $147.9M | 10 | 0.1% | 9,589 km |
| South Africa to Singapore | $99.3M | +32.1% | $99.8M | 10 | 0% | 9,671 km |
| Singapore to India | $85.7M | +103.7% | $982.3M | 23 | 0.5% | 4,154 km |
| Brazil to China | $72.8M | -30.6% | $3.7B | 38 | 0.3% | 17,614 km |
| South Africa to Latvia | $59.1M | +32.4% | $64.7M | 9 | 0% | 10,129 km |
| Gabon to USA | $55.6M | -1.5% | $82.4M | 19 | 0% | 9,434 km |
| Côte d\'Ivoire to China | $53.3M | -15.4% | $3.7B | 38 | 0.3% | 12,145 km |
| Myanmar to China | $52.8M | -10.1% | $3.7B | 38 | 0.3% | 3,234 km |
| South Africa to Republic of Korea | $45.0M | -11.9% | $72.2M | 15 | 0.1% | 13,723 km |
| Gabon to Japan | $42.8M | +24.8% | $180.0M | 11 | 0% | 13,518 km |
| Gabon to Estonia | $41.3M | 0% | $41.3M | 7 | 0% | 6,704 km |
| South Africa to Indonesia | $40.6M | +316.1% | $69.6M | 12 | 0.2% | 9,478 km |
| Ghana to Ukraine | $29.3M | -22.1% | $29.5M | 8 | 0.1% | 5,756 km |
| France to India | $26.5M | +120.9% | $982.3M | 23 | 0.5% | 6,594 km |
| United Rep. of Tanzania to Iran | $24.9M | +15.9% | $42.8M | 7 | 0.6% | 4,900 km |
| South Africa to Saudi Arabia | $23.8M | -7.6% | $24.0M | 3 | 0.1% | 7,174 km |
| South Africa to France | $23.3M | -11.1% | $958.3M | 26 | 0% | 9,354 km |
| South Africa to Turkey | $23.2M | +304.2% | $30.3M | 15 | 0.1% | 8,413 km |
| Côte d\'Ivoire to India | $21.3M | +3.8% | $982.3M | 23 | 0.5% | 8,878 km |
| Australia to Malaysia | $21.1M | -20.2% | $147.9M | 10 | 0.1% | 6,617 km |
| Australia to India | $20.6M | -17.8% | $982.3M | 23 | 0.5% | 10,435 km |
| South Africa to United Arab Emirates | $18.8M | +114.3% | $19.9M | 11 | 0.1% | 7,530 km |
| Guyana to China | $17.2M | +470.4% | $3.7B | 38 | 0% | 14,808 km |
| Brazil to Latvia | $16.3M | +393.4% | $64.7M | 9 | 0% | 11,104 km |
| Australia to Viet Nam | $16.3M | +20.7% | $44.7M | 11 | 0.2% | 7,770 km |
| Gabon to Ukraine | $16.1M | -0.9% | $29.5M | 8 | 0.1% | 5,916 km |
| Gabon to Georgia | $15.7M | +32.3% | $22.8M | 6 | 0.1% | 5,810 km |
| Morocco to Namibia | $15.1M | +13.7% | $15.1M | 2 | 0% | 6,791 km |
| Malaysia to China | $15.0M | -29.5% | $3.7B | 38 | 0.3% | 4,355 km |
| South Africa to Spain | $14.1M | -15.7% | $26.8M | 20 | 0% | 8,583 km |

## Selected route history

| Year | Route trade | Year-on-year change | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | $646.5M | +100.5% | +45.2% |
| 2011 | $594.7M | -8% | -7.4% |
| 2012 | $490.5M | -17.5% | +15% |
| 2013 | $798.9M | +62.9% | +7.3% |
| 2014 | $753.8M | -5.7% | +8.2% |
| 2015 | $631.9M | -16.2% | +8.8% |
| 2016 | $783.6M | +24% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | $1.4B | +73.1% | +21.6% |
| 2018 | $2.0B | +50.5% | +47.8% |
| 2019 | $2.1B | +3.1% | +39% |
| 2020 | $1.7B | -19.7% | +7.6% |
| 2021 | $1.7B | +0.4% | -6% |
| 2022 | $1.9B | +13.8% | -2.8% |
| 2023 | $1.7B | -12.4% | +0% |
| 2024 | $1.9B | +12.7% | +4% |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._