# Lithium-Ion trade corridors and routes | HS 850760 | Yugalinks

The leading reported route is China to USA, with trade value of $15.9B.

## Route access evidence

| Route | Route trade | 5-year growth | Buyer imports | Supplier countries | Applied tariff | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China to USA | $15.9B | +54% | $25.1B | 89 | 4.7% | 10,994 km |
| China to Germany | $11.7B | +53.9% | $22.0B | 94 | 0% | 7,785 km |
| China to Republic of Korea | $3.8B | +29.5% | $4.6B | 56 | 0.1% | 956 km |
| China to Viet Nam | $3.3B | +30.3% | $4.2B | 43 | 0.2% | 2,331 km |
| Hungary to Germany | $3.1B | +53.7% | $22.0B | 94 | 0% | 976 km |
| Poland to Germany | $3.0B | +53% | $22.0B | 94 | 0% | 966 km |
| USA to Mexico | $2.8B | +78.8% | $5.1B | 113 | 0.1% | 3,369 km |
| China to India | $2.3B | +25.1% | $2.7B | 56 | 0.5% | 3,785 km |
| Republic of Korea to USA | $2.2B | +27.3% | $25.1B | 89 | 0% | 11,066 km |
| China to Japan | $2.1B | +24.1% | $2.8B | 49 | 0% | 2,098 km |
| China to Netherlands | $2.0B | +41.3% | $2.9B | 87 | 0% | 7,831 km |
| Czechia to Germany | $1.9B | +130.4% | $22.0B | 94 | 0% | 546 km |
| China to United Kingdom | $1.7B | +55.8% | $2.8B | 84 | 0% | 8,151 km |
| Japan to USA | $1.6B | +15.2% | $25.1B | 89 | 0% | 10,856 km |
| China to Australia | $1.6B | +57.6% | $3.0B | 60 | 0.1% | 8,956 km |
| China to France | $1.3B | +48% | $3.2B | 88 | 0% | 8,225 km |
| Hungary to USA | $1.2B | +84.3% | $25.1B | 89 | 0% | 7,012 km |
| USA to Canada | $1.2B | +59.3% | $2.2B | 74 | 0% | 548 km |
| China to Czechia | $1.1B | +59.3% | $2.4B | 72 | 0.1% | 7,462 km |
| China to Spain | $1.0B | +56.7% | $1.9B | 77 | 0% | 9,232 km |
| Canada to USA | $994.0M | +85.2% | $25.1B | 89 | 0% | 548 km |
| China to China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $965.0M | -3.9% | $1.1B | 57 | 0% | 1,976 km |
| USA to Australia | $943.7M | +47.5% | $3.0B | 60 | 0.1% | 16,009 km |
| Poland to France | $930.6M | +19.8% | $3.2B | 88 | 0% | 1,368 km |
| China to Poland | $875.2M | +25.5% | $1.4B | 73 | 0.1% | 6,948 km |
| China to Finland | $819.0M | +102.3% | $1.0B | 55 | 0% | 6,327 km |
| China to Taiwan | $785.1M | +25.7% | $1.2B | 49 | 0% | 1,718 km |
| Mexico to USA | $770.9M | +31% | $25.1B | 89 | 0% | 3,369 km |
| China to Italy | $698.4M | +46.4% | $1.8B | 60 | 0% | 8,135 km |
| China to Mexico | $656.9M | +37% | $5.1B | 113 | 0.1% | 12,467 km |
| China to Belgium | $601.8M | +58.7% | $1.7B | 61 | 0% | 7,971 km |
| China to Hungary | $583.5M | +86.1% | $1.4B | 55 | 0.1% | 7,347 km |
| China to Sweden | $575.9M | +55.7% | $1.2B | 56 | 0% | 6,714 km |
| Germany to China | $567.7M | +11.5% | $2.3B | 60 | 0.3% | 7,785 km |
| China to Saudi Arabia | $563.8M | +64.6% | $597.4M | 55 | 0.1% | 6,605 km |
| Finland to Germany | $555.2M | +219.1% | $22.0B | 94 | 0% | 1,475 km |
| Germany to USA | $533.7M | +22.8% | $25.1B | 89 | 0% | 6,035 km |
| Indonesia to Republic of Korea | $502.8M | +434.3% | $4.6B | 56 | 0.1% | 5,292 km |
| China to Brazil | $495.6M | +17.7% | $636.0M | 58 | 0.3% | 17,614 km |
| China to Thailand | $494.8M | +45.1% | $674.4M | 47 | 0.3% | 3,304 km |

## Selected route history

| Year | Route trade | Year-on-year change | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | $558.1M | +25.4% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | $623.2M | +11.7% | +6.7% |
| 2012 | $518.9M | -16.7% | +5.3% |
| 2013 | $582.4M | +12.2% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | $780.0M | +33.9% | +7.8% |
| 2015 | $912.7M | +17% | +20.7% |
| 2016 | $999.3M | +9.5% | +19.7% |
| 2017 | $1.0B | +2.9% | +9.7% |
| 2018 | $1.4B | +39.5% | +16.3% |
| 2019 | $1.8B | +27.7% | +22.4% |
| 2020 | $2.3B | +25% | +30.6% |
| 2021 | $4.7B | +104% | +48.2% |
| 2022 | $9.6B | +105.9% | +73.8% |
| 2023 | $13.2B | +37.7% | +79.5% |
| 2024 | $15.9B | +19.8% | +50.3% |

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