A planetary atlas of material flowsOpening this view…
Start with an everyday object or material.
Jump directly to a material, regional account or named facility.
Discover how materials connect countries. Explore where they come from, where they go and how the pattern changes with each material form.
For newer reported commodity markets, check UN Comtrade. For British Columbia, check Statistics Canada’s provincial commodity table. Those releases may use different reporting years, units and revisions; they are separate from this 2024 map.
A customs record names reported trading partners. It does not identify a mine, transport route, final factory or waste-treatment outcome. The same material may cross several borders.
BC HS 26.02–26.17 quantities can follow metal-content or assay conventions. Air-dry mass, gross weight, contained metal, item counts and currency remain distinct. Do not combine them into an overall tonnage.
Incoming views use import declarations where the oil or detailed copper series supports them; otherwise they use selected partners’ export reports. For copper, the selected reporter’s own imports and exports are kept separate. Source-estimated copper weights are excluded unless selected.
Search the BC commodity catalogue.