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Chile is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $195.4M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chile | $195.4M | +0.4% | 15 | China |
| Brazil | $128.2M | +5.6% | 18 | China |
| Kazakhstan | $121.4M | +24.7% | 11 | China |
| Peru | $104.5M | +7.3% | 15 | China |
| Mexico | $78.4M | +5.3% | 44 | USA |
| Australia | $59.6M | +4.2% | 14 | China |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | $57.1M | +23% | 17 | China |
| Mongolia | $52.1M | +1.3% | 4 | China |
| Canada | $50.6M | +6.4% | 16 | China |
| USA | $31.3M | -4.4% | 27 | Canada |
| Ghana | $28.6M | -9.8% | 9 | China |
| Serbia | $25.3M | +65% | 10 | China |
| Ecuador | $20.2M | +10.7% | 8 | China |
| Saudi Arabia | $17.2M | +18.2% | 28 | China |
| Indonesia | $16.9M | -12.1% | 17 | China |
| Netherlands | $16.6M | +28.4% | 46 | Poland |
| Dominican Republic | $16.5M | +8.6% | 6 | Mexico |
| Guinea | $16.0M | +14.3% | 7 | China |
| Armenia | $15.8M | +21% | 7 | Russia |
| Zambia | $15.7M | +31.1% | 8 | China |
| Mali | $15.6M | -1.4% | 8 | Italy |
| Bolivia | $15.0M | +6.9% | 7 | China |
| United Rep. of Tanzania | $15.0M | +0.8% | 10 | China |
| Burkina Faso | $15.0M | -3.1% | 11 | China |
| Côte d\'Ivoire | $14.7M | +1% | 12 | China |
| Thailand | $13.7M | +14.7% | 17 | China |
| Spain | $13.7M | +38% | 23 | China |
| Russia | $13.1M | -0.3% | 12 | China |
| Suriname | $13.0M | -5.9% | 4 | China |
| Mauritania | $12.9M | -1.7% | 8 | China |
| Namibia | $12.5M | +11.5% | 5 | China |
| Bulgaria | $12.3M | +16.7% | 11 | Poland |
| Philippines | $12.1M | -1.9% | 15 | China |
| Poland | $10.6M | +23.5% | 19 | Spain |
| Zimbabwe | $10.6M | +32.5% | 8 | South Africa |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chile | 2023 | $179.7M | $880.53 |
| Kazakhstan | 2023 | $125.6M | $1,110.5 |
| Brazil | 2023 | $111.1M | $1,072.69 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $74.7M | $1,108 |
| Peru | 2023 | $74.3M | $1,059.88 |
| USA | 2023 | $52.6M | $1,208.49 |
| Australia | 2023 | $51.4M | $1,067.4 |
| Canada | 2023 | $43.8M | $1,060.72 |
| Ghana | 2023 | $42.7M | $969.01 |
| Mongolia | 2023 | $42.2M | $949.13 |
| Ecuador | 2023 | $36.2M | $1,088.24 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2023 | $32.6M | $1,144.91 |
| Burkina Faso | 2023 | $28.2M | $1,449.05 |
| Bolivia | 2023 | $27.6M | $1,265.91 |
| Mali | 2023 | $22.0M | $1,287.19 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2023 | $21.5M | $1,131.41 |
| Côte d\'Ivoire | 2023 | $20.2M | $1,136.91 |
| United Rep. of Tanzania | 2023 | $20.0M | $1,136.06 |
| Laos | 2023 | $18.6M | $1,183.2 |
| Dominican Republic | 2023 | $17.7M | $1,298.77 |

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