China is by far the world's leading iron ore importing country. In 2025, 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 2025 amounted to ****billion U.S. dollars.
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Trade Map. (August 3, 2026). Leading iron ore importing countries worldwide in 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½app×îа汾. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from /statistics/300323/top-importing-countries-of-iron-ore/
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