Global Trade
Commodity Trade Flows
The annual seaborne movement of the major dry-bulk and energy commodities — iron ore, coal, grain, crude oil and gas — by leading trading nation. The global trade-flow layer that complements live vessel tracking: who moves how much of what by sea, and how the volumes are trending.
1,158 Mt
Tracked seaborne · 2025
5
Commodities
2025
Latest year
614 Mt
Crude oil
Crude oil
614 Mt imported · 245 Mt exported
Top importers
- USA352 Mt
- Rep. of Korea137 Mt
- Japan115 Mt
- Australia10.1 Mt
Top exporters
- USA231 Mt
- Australia13.3 Mt
- Japan0 kt
- Rep. of Korea0 kt
Coal
275 Mt imported · 408 Mt exported
Top importers
- Japan162 Mt
- Rep. of Korea111 Mt
- USA2.6 Mt
Top exporters
- Australia356 Mt
- USA52.8 Mt
- Japan3 kt
- Brazil0 kt
Petroleum gas & LNG
150 Mt imported · 81.0 Mt exported
Top importers
- Japan74.9 Mt
- Rep. of Korea54.8 Mt
- USA19.3 Mt
- Australia691 kt
Top exporters
- Australia80.6 Mt
- Rep. of Korea409 kt
Iron ore
102 Mt imported · 5.2 Mt exported
Top importers
- Japan95.9 Mt
- USA5.2 Mt
- Australia1.2 Mt
Top exporters
- USA5.2 Mt
- Japan0 kt
Wheat
16.8 Mt imported · 52.2 Mt exported
Top importers
- Brazil6.9 Mt
- Japan5.3 Mt
- Rep. of Korea4.6 Mt
- Australia0 kt
Top exporters
- USA25.1 Mt
- Australia24.8 Mt
- Brazil2.3 Mt
- Japan0 kt
Annual net-weight trade for the leading trading nations in each commodity, aggregated across all partners. Tonnage moved is the seaborne-demand primitive behind freight; the trend line is each commodity’s total reported import volume over the available years. Trade lanes →