Route intelligence

The routes that move Zirconium ores and concentrates

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 corridorSouth Africa China$377.5M latest reported trade
Top five concentration82.4%share of the displayed product total
Latest reported year2024100 tracked route records
Market pulseReported movementproduct-level direction
Growth lanes65corridors 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
South Africa ChinaZAF / CHN
$377.5M+27.8%33.6%No FTA reportedAccelerating
02
Australia ChinaAUS / CHN
$355.1M+1.7%31.6%FTA reportedAccelerating
03
Mozambique ChinaMOZ / CHN
$69.4M+4.7%6.2%No FTA reportedGrowing
04
Indonesia ChinaIDN / CHN
$68.7M+1.1%6.1%FTA reportedGrowing
05
Senegal ChinaSEN / CHN
$56.0M+38.7%5%No FTA reportedAccelerating
06
Australia IndiaAUS / IND
$45.1M-9%27.7%No FTA reportedGrowing
07
Sierra Leone ChinaSLE / CHN
$40.4M+25.8%3.6%No FTA reportedAccelerating
08
Indonesia IndiaIDN / IND
$40.1M+64.1%24.7%FTA reportedGrowing
09
Australia SpainAUS / ESP
$39.3M-5.2%29.4%No FTA reportedGrowing
10
South Africa IndiaZAF / IND
$35.7M+14.1%22%No FTA reportedAccelerating
11
South Africa MalaysiaZAF / MYS
$34.4M+77.7%55.5%No FTA reportedGrowing
12
South Africa NetherlandsZAF / NLD
$31.9M+25.8%68.7%FTA reportedGrowing
13
South Africa SpainZAF / ESP
$29.8M-15%22.3%FTA reportedStable
14
Madagascar ChinaMDG / CHN
$26.2M+23.7%2.3%No FTA reportedGrowing
15
South Africa USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsZAF / USA
$25.4M+17.9%48.1%No FTA reportedGrowing
16
Senegal SpainSEN / ESP
$23.2M-10.5%17.4%No FTA reportedGrowing
17
Viet Nam ChinaVNM / CHN
$22.5M-14.9%2%FTA reportedAccelerating
18
Australia JapanAUS / JPN
$21.2M+8.4%43%FTA reportedStable
19
Australia MalaysiaAUS / MYS
$20.8M-13.6%33.5%FTA reportedGrowing
20
South Africa ItalyZAF / ITA
$20.5M+1.9%35.3%FTA reportedStable
21
Nigeria ChinaNGA / CHN
$20.2M+110.5%1.8%No FTA reportedAccelerating
22
Kenya ChinaKEN / CHN
$19.0M-12.8%1.7%No FTA reportedGrowing
23
South Africa BrazilZAF / BRA
$18.6M-2.4%63.3%No FTA reportedGrowing
24
Mozambique ItalyMOZ / ITA
$18.2M-11.3%31.3%No FTA reportedGrowing
25
Australia USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsAUS / USA
$14.8M+16%28%FTA reportedStable

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

Egypt Netherlands

+11,830.1%3-year CAGR

$1.8M latest value · 3.9% share

02

Growth leader

Mauritania China

+541.4%3-year CAGR

$13.4M latest value · 1.2% share

03

Growth leader

Poland Russia

+503%3-year CAGR

$4.1M latest value · 20.5% share

04

Growth leader

USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Brazil

+429.4%3-year CAGR

$3.8M latest value · 13% share

Emerging signals

Routes changing shape

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

AcceleratingSouth Africa China+27.8%
AcceleratingAustralia China+1.7%
GrowingMozambique China+4.7%
GrowingIndonesia China+1.1%

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$755.2M
40 corridors · +337.1% average growth
No FTA reported$1.1B
60 corridors · +61.2% 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.