China is by far the world's leading iron ore importing country. In 2022, China's iron ore imports amounted to a value of nearly *** billion U.S. dollars, which accounted for over ** percent of global iron ore imports that year based on value. The world's second largest importer of iron ore that year was Japan, worth a distant **** billion U.S. dollars, and accounting for **** percent of global imports.Â
The total global purchase value of iron ore imports in 2022 amounted to *** billion U.S. dollars.
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The Observatory of Economic Complexity. (November 27, 2024). Leading iron ore importing countries worldwide in 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/300323/top-importing-countries-of-iron-ore/
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