In 2020, Australia was China's largest supplier of iron ore by a significant margin, accounting for around 70.8 billion U.S. dollars worth of imports to China. Brazil was the second-largest source of Chinese iron ore imports that year.
China's iron ore imports amounted to a total of approximately 1,069 million metric tons in 2019.
Import value of iron ore to China in 2020, by country of origin
(in million U.S. dollars)
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WTEx. (June 5, 2021). Import value of iron ore to China in 2020, by country of origin (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1070171/china-iron-ore-import-share-by-country/
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