目前,巴西、澳大利亚、印度、加拿大、前苏联、南非、瑞典、毛里塔尼亚及委内瑞拉是世界铁矿石的主要出口国。巴西和澳大利亚又是其中最大的两个国家,它们每年铁矿石的出口量占世界出口总量的61%～62%。因此,目前这两个国家在世界铁矿石出口贸易中居主导地位。日本、中国、德国 At present, Brazil, Australia, India, Canada, the former Soviet Union, South Africa, Sweden, Mauritania and Venezuela are the major exporters of iron ore in the world. Brazil and Australia are the two largest countries with annual iron ore exports accounting for 61% -62% of the world total. Therefore, at present, these two countries dominate the world iron ore export trade. Japan, China, Germany