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

The leading reported route is South Africa to China, with trade value of $3.3B.

## Route access evidence

| Route | Route trade | 5-year growth | Buyer imports | Supplier countries | Applied tariff | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa to China | $3.3B | +18.5% | $4.3B | 31 | 30.2% | 12,968 km |
| South Africa to Mozambique | $1.9B | +28.1% | $2.0B | 2 | 0.1% | 1,622 km |
| Turkey to China | $315.0M | +15.5% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 7,064 km |
| Zimbabwe to China | $311.5M | +27.3% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 10,898 km |
| South Africa to Indonesia | $243.1M | +31.1% | $293.3M | 6 | 0.2% | 9,478 km |
| Kazakhstan to Russia | $113.7M | +1.9% | $134.2M | 9 | 0.1% | 3,105 km |
| Pakistan to China | $104.2M | +11.1% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 3,883 km |
| Zimbabwe to Mozambique | $89.0M | +29.7% | $2.0B | 2 | 0.1% | 919 km |
| South Africa to China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $87.0M | +33.6% | $89.9M | 5 | 0% | 11,877 km |
| Albania to China | $74.3M | +7.6% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 7,686 km |
| South Africa to India | $67.6M | +25.1% | $73.1M | 17 | 0.5% | 9,311 km |
| South Africa to Singapore | $63.4M | +365.8% | $64.0M | 5 | 0% | 9,671 km |
| South Africa to United Arab Emirates | $56.5M | +3.4% | $61.9M | 9 | 0.1% | 7,530 km |
| Papua New Guinea to China | $48.6M | +24.8% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 6,344 km |
| South Africa to Turkey | $44.0M | +7.6% | $45.9M | 12 | 0.1% | 8,413 km |
| Oman to China | $42.9M | -2.9% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 5,658 km |
| Turkey to Sweden | $41.2M | -5% | $53.4M | 7 | 0% | 2,173 km |
| Turkey to Indonesia | $33.6M | +51.8% | $293.3M | 6 | 0.2% | 9,453 km |
| Madagascar to China | $33.2M | +35.3% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 9,676 km |
| Philippines to China | $29.0M | +31.3% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 2,850 km |
| South Africa to Netherlands | $28.1M | +245.2% | $30.2M | 16 | 0% | 9,694 km |
| Zimbabwe to South Africa | $26.3M | +49.4% | $26.4M | 12 | 0.1% | 2,186 km |
| South Africa to USA | $22.0M | -2.6% | $22.9M | 12 | 0% | 12,582 km |
| South Africa to Germany | $16.8M | +4.7% | $32.4M | 24 | 0% | 9,571 km |
| China to Indonesia | $14.3M | +218.2% | $293.3M | 6 | 0.2% | 5,221 km |
| Russia to Russia | $13.6M | 0% | $134.2M | 9 | 0% | 1,554 km |
| Pakistan to Japan | $13.6M | +41.2% | $22.2M | 9 | 0% | 5,980 km |
| Albania to Sweden | $11.9M | +16.4% | $53.4M | 7 | 0% | 2,007 km |
| Mozambique to China | $11.8M | +101.9% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 11,347 km |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Indonesia | $10.3M | +467.3% | $293.3M | 6 | 0.2% | 3,262 km |
| Turkey to Belgium | $10.3M | +8.7% | $11.7M | 7 | 0% | 2,179 km |
| China to Russia | $9.9M | +155.5% | $134.2M | 9 | 0.1% | 5,795 km |
| United Arab Emirates to China | $9.5M | -6.3% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 5,966 km |
| Netherlands to Germany | $8.9M | -9.5% | $32.4M | 24 | 0% | 174 km |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein to India | $7.4M | 0% | $73.1M | 17 | 0.5% | 6,249 km |
| Iran to China | $7.3M | -19% | $4.3B | 31 | 0.3% | 5,609 km |
| South Africa to Italy | $7.0M | +5.1% | $14.9M | 15 | 0% | 8,460 km |
| South Africa to Japan | $6.0M | -8.5% | $22.2M | 9 | 0% | 14,746 km |
| Turkey to Germany | $5.6M | +30.2% | $32.4M | 24 | 0% | 2,038 km |
| Albania to Italy | $5.5M | +109.8% | $14.9M | 15 | 0% | 612 km |

## Selected route history

| Year | Route trade | Year-on-year change | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | $811.1M | +54.9% | +27.9% |
| 2011 | $1.1B | +41.3% | +18.4% |
| 2012 | $753.8M | -34.2% | +12.9% |
| 2013 | $956.2M | +26.9% | +5.6% |
| 2014 | $754.2M | -21.1% | -13% |
| 2015 | $918.4M | +21.8% | +6.8% |
| 2016 | $860.0M | -6.4% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | $1.6B | +87% | +28.7% |
| 2018 | $1.4B | -12.1% | +15.5% |
| 2019 | $1.4B | +0.8% | +18.3% |
| 2020 | $1.2B | -16.5% | -9.5% |
| 2021 | $1.3B | +13.2% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | $1.8B | +36.2% | +8.8% |
| 2023 | $2.8B | +53.5% | +33.2% |
| 2024 | $3.3B | +18.1% | +35.1% |

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