Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
under $1 million$139K
vs 2010
0.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
99%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Cobalt ores and concentrates: mostly from Germany, 99% of a total under $1 million.

Spain is second at 1%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $139K the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$137K98.5%
  2. 02Spain$2K1.5%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Germany0% → 99%
Spain0% → 1.5%
United Kingdom7.8% → 0%
Japan16% → 0%
South Africa76% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Germany sends almost all of it (99%). Spain is next at 1%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Spain

Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

99% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Most of it enters at Newark (99%).

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AB
  1. ANewark, NJ $137K
  2. BJFK Airport, NY $2K
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the product is used.

One state is listed for over $100K.

  1. 01Rhode Island$137K
  2. 02Michigan$2K
$100K+$40–100K$10–40K$1–10KUnder $1K

Counted under HS 2605. How we count.