# Nickel Mattes buyer markets and demand | HS 750110 | Yugalinks

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $2.2B.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $2.2B | +92.9% | 11 | Indonesia |
| Norway | $1.8B | +6.1% | 21 | Canada |
| Japan | $1.2B | +5.7% | 4 | Indonesia |
| Finland | $697.0M | -5.6% | 23 | Russia |
| South Africa | $514.7M | +57% | 2 | Zimbabwe |
| Netherlands | $135.9M | +68% | 4 | Indonesia |
| France | $124.0M | +1.5% | 13 | Finland |
| Canada | $89.7M | +6.4% | 8 | Finland |
| Malaysia | $25.6M | +165.5% | 6 | South Africa |
| Sudan | $5.0M | +32.7% | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| Thailand | $2.1M | +99.6% | 5 | Namibia |
| Laos | $2.0M | +80.8% | 9 | China |
| Zambia | $1.4M | +562.8% | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe | $810.9K | -59.5% | 1 | Botswana |
| Nigeria | $721.3K | +1% | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $685.5K | -30.1% | 3 | Zimbabwe |
| Slovakia | $548.0K | +259.1% | 18 | Austria |
| Republic of Korea | $532.2K | +4% | 7 | Taiwan |
| Germany | $495.6K | -56.4% | 17 | Slovakia |
| Afghanistan | $432.5K | -20.6% | 7 | Pakistan |
| Uzbekistan | $364.2K | -14.2% | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| Hungary | $321.9K | -20.9% | 2 | Norway |
| Azerbaijan | $311.0K | +161.1% | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| State of Palestine | $285.3K | +92.5% | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| Egypt | $262.6K | -32.5% | 1 | Japan |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | $155.7K | -48.9% | 2 | Zimbabwe |
| USA | $151.1K | -22.7% | 11 | United Kingdom |
| Algeria | $148.4K | -32.1% | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| Rwanda | $146.9K | +6% | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| Singapore | $145.5K | -13.7% | 6 | Republic of Korea |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $136.4K | -70.6% | 4 | Botswana |
| Italy | $108.9K | -52.2% | 11 | China |
| India | $55.7K | -29% | 3 | United Kingdom |
| Saudi Arabia | $54.9K | +74.8% | 8 | Turkey |
| Australia | $41.0K | -27.4% | 3 | USA |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $2.6B | $10,019.81 |
| Norway | 2023 | $2.5B | $13,979.64 |
| Japan | 2023 | $1.7B | $14,008.86 |
| Finland | 2023 | $1.1B | $12,744.55 |
| South Africa | 2023 | $989.3M | $37,163.56 |
| France | 2023 | $184.4M | $12,267.25 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $158.6M | $11,456.53 |
| Canada | 2023 | $118.8M | $10,308.9 |
| USA | 2023 | $33.7M | $26,925.53 |
| Sweden | 2023 | $14.2M | $25,701.96 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $3.6M | $14,374.21 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $1.4M | $70,138.74 |
| Laos | 2023 | $1.4M | $4,809.23 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $587.1K | $8,457.81 |
| Italy | 2023 | $472.4K | $1,325.87 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $330.8K | $15,421.06 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $286.0K | $3,207.58 |
| Egypt | 2023 | $262.7K | $245,467.29 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $247.6K | $6,554.98 |
| Philippines | 2023 | $209.5K | $5,399.69 |

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