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Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement

$66.1B traded in 2024 in 9,344 flows, sold by 215 nations and bought by 224: 0.3% of all goods trade, ranked 52 of 96.
Traded
$66.1B2024
Share of all trade
0.3%rank 52 of 96
Exporters
215nations
Importers
224nations

World trade by year, 1995 to 2024

In current US dollars, not adjusted for prices.

Largest exporters

In 2024, with each one's share of trade in the category.

NationValueShareSince 2000
China$4.41B
6.7%
Australia$4.22B
6.4%
Turkey$3.55B
5.4%
United States$3.15B
4.8%
United Arab Emirates$2.62B
4.0%
India$2.62B
4.0%
Germany$2.59B
3.9%
Egypt$1.94B
2.9%
Spain$1.87B
2.8%
Canada$1.80B
2.7%
Vietnam$1.78B
2.7%
Morocco$1.65B
2.5%
France$1.36B
2.1%
Kazakhstan$1.34B
2.0%
Netherlands$1.31B
2.0%
Brazil$1.13B
1.7%
Belgium$1.08B
1.6%
Italy$1.06B
1.6%
Jordan$1.06B
1.6%
Saudi Arabia$1.03B
1.6%

Largest importers

In 2024, with each one's share of trade in the category.

NationValueShareSince 2000
China$10.1B
15%
United States$5.53B
8.4%
India$4.68B
7.1%
Netherlands$2.07B
3.1%
Germany$1.94B
2.9%
Morocco$1.92B
2.9%
Italy$1.72B
2.6%
Japan$1.52B
2.3%
France$1.48B
2.2%
Indonesia$1.47B
2.2%
Belgium$1.29B
1.9%
United Kingdom$1.24B
1.9%
Canada$1.15B
1.7%
Taiwan$1.09B
1.7%
South Korea$1.04B
1.6%
Brazil$1.00B
1.5%
Poland$908M
1.4%
Singapore$841M
1.3%
Spain$789M
1.2%
Philippines$748M
1.1%

Largest flows

From one nation to another in 2024.

Largest products

The six-digit codes of the Harmonized System within the chapter, by world trade in 2024.

CodeProductValueShareSince 2000
252329Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured$8.37B13%
253090Mineral substances: n.e.s. in chapter 25$5.72B8.7%
250310Sulphur: crude or unrefined$5.57B8.4%
250100Salt (including table salt and denatured salt): pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution: sea water$4.87B7.4%
252310Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured)$3.75B5.7%
251010Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk: unground$3.36B5.1%
251710Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone: of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated$2.40B3.6%
251990Magnesia, fused or dead-burned (sintered): whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering, other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, (not natural magnesium carbonate)$2.06B3.1%
250700Kaolin and other kaolinic clays: whether or not calcined$1.89B2.9%
251020Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk: ground$1.76B2.7%

Shares are of all trade in this category. The line is each figure’s history from 2000, drawn to its own peak: it shows the shape of the years, and the value shows the size.

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