In 2023, China's copper ore imports amounted to a value of approximately ***** billion U.S. dollars, which made it the world's leading copper ore importer by a significant margin. In a distant second place that year was Japan, with copper ore imports amounting to ***** billion U.S. dollars.
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WITS. (February 6, 2025). Leading copper ore importing countries worldwide in 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/920868/global-copper-ore-imports-by-country/
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WITS. (2025). Leading copper ore importing countries worldwide in 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/920868/global-copper-ore-imports-by-country/
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