Battery anode materials: Movement

How Chinese graphite powder reaches cell plants worldwide

What this tab covers How it moves between countries: share of output traded, physical form and transport, the largest exporters and importers, main routes, India's trade, and handling rules in transit.

Trade in 2024 UN Comtrade, HS 380190

World exports $836.8 m 83 reporting exporters · about 339k t Largest exporter China 59.7% of world exports Largest importer China 19.6% of world imports India imports $65.9 m
exports $19.5 m #3 importer · #7 exporter

Where it is exported from and imported to, 2024

Chart: World map of the largest trade flows

Exporter (size = share of world exports) Importer (share of world imports) Shipping chokepoint UN Comtrade 2024, HS 380190: shares of reported world exports and imports by value. Country-to-country route lines are not available for this commodity yet. Hover a circle for values.

HS 380190: largest exporters

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
China	59.7%	$499.3 m	149k
Germany	10.2%	$85.5 m	18k
Austria	3.9%	$32.6 m	2,307
United States	3.5%	$29.4 m	3,162
France	3%	$25.3 m	5,458
Japan	2.3%	$19.6 m	2,305
India	2.3%	$19.5 m	10k
Malaysia	2.2%	$18.8 m	43k

HS 380190: largest importers

Country	Share	Value (US$)	Tonnes
China	19.6%	$123.7 m	21k
Hungary	16.6%	$104.7 m	–
India	10.5%	$65.9 m	43k
Malaysia	6.6%	$41.6 m	51k
Germany	5.9%	$37.0 m	15k
France	5.3%	$33.6 m	9,104
United States	4.3%	$26.9 m	6,657
Japan	3.8%	$23.8 m	46k

UN Comtrade 2024, reported by each country (exports by exporters, imports by importers), all partners. Some countries (for example Russia and Iran) do not report, so their shares are missing. HS codes can be broader than the tile: check the code before reading a share as the whole market.

How it moves

Measure	Figure
Share traded	moderate: China exports anode to Korean, Japanese, Southeast Asian, European and US cell plants; most is used in Chinese cells (indicative)
How it moves	Dry powder in bulk bags by container; some intermediate spherical graphite moves from China to Korea (40%) and Indonesia (33%) (USGS, 9M 2025)
Routes and chokepoints	China to Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Hungary, Poland and the US; African flake to China. HS 380190.
India	India imports anode only for pilot and small cell lines; trade figures under HS 380190. HS 380190: India imported $66 million (10.5% of world imports, rank 3) and exported $20 million (2.3% of world exports, rank 7) (UN Comtrade 2024).
Handling in transit	Graphite powder is generally not dangerous goods; fine carbon dust is combustible (indicative).