{"id":6624,"date":"2025-03-28T19:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inhedge.mx\/?p=6624"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:21:21","slug":"us-copper-tariffs-shake-global-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligence.inhedge.mx\/en\/metals\/us-copper-tariffs-shake-global-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"US copper tariffs shake global trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>The United States covers around 50% of its copper consumption through imports. Chile remains the largest supplier, followed by Canada and Mexico. While local production contributes just 5% of global output, it continues trending downward. According to the US Geological Survey, US copper production dropped 3% in 2024, following an 11% decrease in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Copper enters the country mainly as refined metal or concentrates, with total imports nearing 850,000 tonnes in 2024. Given current output levels and existing reserves, replacing these flows with domestic supply appears unlikely.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>Para seguir leyendo este an\u00e1lisis, inicia sesi\u00f3n o reg\u00edstrate.<\/p>\n<p>Como miembro de InHedge Intelligence, tendr\u00e1s acceso a nuestro Dashboard Interactivo, curvas forward, reportes t\u00e9cnicos completos, datos de oferta y demanda, y an\u00e1lisis de mercado de Henry Hub, HSC, Waha, Mt. 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Chile remains the largest supplier, followed by Canada and Mexico. While local production contributes just 5% of global output, it continues trending downward. According to the US Geological Survey, US copper production dropped 3% in 2024, following an 11% decrease in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Copper enters the country mainly as refined metal or concentrates, with total imports nearing 850,000 tonnes in 2024. Given current output levels and existing reserves, replacing these flows with domestic supply appears unlikely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,9],"tags":[60,17,59],"class_list":["post-6624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-copper","category-metals","tag-copper","tag-free","tag-metals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US copper tariffs shake global trade - InHedge Intelligence<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Traders shifted copper to the US as tariff speculation widened the COMEX-LME spread. 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