Copper
We don't have an honest retail series for this yet — copper reaches consumers inside wiring, plumbing and electronics, never as a priced retail good.
US scope. We show a retail endpoint only when a published BLS series measures it honestly.
Market stress
2/10Muted
12-month price change
+35.6%
Sep ’25 → Sep ’26
Top exporter
20.4%
DR Congo · of world exports
In your life
Circle size ∝ share of world exports — country area does not imply volume
DR Congo
20.4% of world copper exports · 2024 trade value
Top 3 exporters: 45.5% of world exports.
DR Congo accounts for 20.4% of the world's exported copper by value — a disruption here travels through the buyers and companies below.
See who depends on it ↓Documented supply-chain relationships — independent of your scenario assumptions.
Copper
Wire and cable manufacturers
power cables · building wire · wiring harnesses
EVs and finished goods
electric vehicles · motors · electronics · home wiring
A copper supply shock would likely first appear in futures and cash bids — timing and size are not established in our sources.
Trade structure
Critical exporters & importers
2024 vintage · annual data, 1–2y lagTop exporters
DR Congodominant
20.4% of world exports
Chile
18% of world exports
Japan
7.1% of world exports
China
4.6% of world exports
Kazakhstan
4.3% of world exports
Next tier: Australia (3.7%), Poland (2.9%), Peru (2.6%)
Top importers
42.1% of world imports34.8% from DR Congo
9.1% of world imports70.4% from Chile
5.4% of world imports
5.3% of world imports
4.2% of world imports
An importer is “critical” here by share of world copper imports; the per-exporter dependency underneath is what makes a shock travel. 2024 vintage · annual data, 1–2y lag — annual data, 1–2y lag.
Market stress data as of Sep 24, 2026 from the commodity supply-risk monitor.