The following is a list of countries by iron ore exports. Data is for 2012 & 2016, in millions of United States dollars, as reported by The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Currently the top twenty countries (as of 2016) are listed.
* indicates "Natural resources of COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
Country | 2012 | 2016 |
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Australia | 54,397 | 38,101 |
Brazil | 32,738 | 14,110 |
South Africa | 5,580 | 4,189 |
Canada | 4,569 | 2,656 |
Ukraine | 3,170 | 1,929 |
Sweden | 3,076 | 1,664 |
India | 3,212 | 1,047 |
Mauritania | 1,583 | 983 |
Russia | 2,813 | 920 |
Chile | 1,389 | 832 |
Iran | 1,499 | 711 |
United States | 1,534 | 560 |
Oman | 547 | 484 |
Malaysia | 516 | 475 |
Kazakhstan | 2,362 | 385 |
Peru | 889 | 368 |
Bahrain | 273 | 363 |
Venezuela | 730 | 302 |
Mongolia | 514 | 235 |
Sierra Leone | 376 | 142 |
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of countries by iron-ore exports.
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