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Top Bentonite Suppliers

Turkey, China, and Italy are the 3 top Bentonite suppliers among the countries. According to the 2018 international trade stat, the USA, with more than 192$ million, was the largest Bentonite Supplier, with India in second place with just 83$ million worth of Bentonite exports.

Bentonites of various types exist in different geographical locations throughout the world, are mined from different depths, and are obtained in different levels of purity, particle size, adsorption capacity, and swelling ability (Marchal et al., 1995). Bentonite is an absorbent natural smectite clay which has a colloidal structure in water.

Bentonite Supplier

Bentonite Supplier

Bentonite’s top 15 exporting countries

According to Comtrade, in 2018, the USA was the number-one Bentonite supplier in the world, exporting $ 192.73 M for 845.4 MT of Bentonite. After the USA, India exported $ 83.2 M, but for a much higher quantity, 1.7 million Ton!

The Bentonite price difference is usually due to the Bentonite Chemical and Physical Characteristics in different geographical locations, which also affects its applications. Other Bentonite Suppliers after the USA and India are as follows:

 

Country Qty (MT) Ave. Unit Price ($) Trade Value ($)
Turkey 693,721 107 74,319,593
China 239,410 271 64,950,641
Italy 269,928 178 47,989,844
Netherlands 144,568 320 46,268,993
United Kingdom 31,790 908 28,858,462
Germany 76,187 354 26,995,849
Czechia 164,149 143 23,457,678
Spain 71,279 256 18,245,547
Slovakia 210,121 64 13,354,783
Poland 37,756 322 12,148,396
Belgium 48,851 226 11,026,226
Argentina 55,349 180 9,989,611
Denmark 33,512 273 9,155,069

 

Bentonite international trade flow

Bentonite Supplier TradeFlow 2018

Bentonite Supplier TradeFlow 2018

In the above picture from resourcetrade.earth, the trade flow of Bentonite in 2018 is shown.

Based on the information provided by the above website as well as Comtrade, the total value of traded Bentonite was $ 840 million in 2018. The largest trade flows of Bentonite in 2018 were as follows:

Top 5 Trade flow of Bentonite:

  1. United States to Canada ($42.1m)
  2. Netherlands to Germany ($27.5m)
  3. United States to Japan ($23.4m)
  4. United States to China ($18.9m)
  5. China to Japan ($15.8m)

Top 5 Importers of Bentonite:

  1. Germany ($86.4m)
  2. Canada ($51.4m)
  3. Netherlands ($42.5m)
  4. Japan ($39.7m)
  5. France ($34m) 

 

Top World Mine Production and Reserves of Bentonite

Bentonite mine

Bentonite mine

According to U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, February 2019, Global reserves are large, but country-specific data are not available:

Country 2017 2018e
China 5600 5590
United States e4300 3700
Turkey 3140 3090
Greece 1100 1200
India 800 810
Mexico 470 460
Iran 436 440
Brazil 405 400
Germany 395 390
Czechia 369 370
Ukraine 210 200
Spain 113 100
Ukraine 210 200
United Kingdom
Senegal
Other Countries 3300 3800
World Total 20600 21000

 

Top Bentonite Suppliers by company name

We have listed nine companies that supply Bentonite. Ashapura Group (India), CIMBAR PERFORMANCE MINERALS (USA), Mineral Technologies (USA), Imerys (France), and Kemira (Finland) are some of the top suppliers of Bentonite. We have linked each Bentonite supplier company name to its website.

 

Bentonite Manufacturer/Supplier in India:

Bentonite manufacturer/Supplier in the USA:

Bentonite manufacturer/Supplier in France:

Bentonite manufacturer/Supplier in Finland:

Bentonite manufacturer/Supplier in Denmark:

Bentonite manufacturer/Supplier in Turkey:

 


 

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