Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$72.5 million$72.5M
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
over 99%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Tungsten ores and concentrates: mostly from Bolivia, 54% of $72.5 million.

Portugal is second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $72.5M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Bolivia$39.4M54.3%
  2. 02Portugal$10.5M14.5%
  3. 03Spain$10.4M14.3%
  4. 04Mongolia$5.8M8.0%
  5. 05Rwanda$4.2M5.7%
  6. 06Australia$953K1.3%
  7. 07Brazil$476K0.7%
  8. 08China$392K0.5%
  9. 09Thailand$198K0.3%
  10. 10Japan$23K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $265K0.4%

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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.

Bolivia26% → 54%
Rwanda0% → 5.7%
Portugal9.3% → 14%
Mongolia4.3% → 8%
China0.3% → 0.5%
Brazil0.6% → 0.7%
Japan0% → <0.1%
Thailand1.1% → 0.3%
Spain20% → 14%
Australia7.7% → 1.3%
Canada26% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Bolivia alone sends 54%, and Portugal, Spain, Mongolia and Rwanda add another 43%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 29%.

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  1. 01Bolivia
  2. 02Portugal
  3. 03Spain
  4. 04Mongolia
  5. 05Rwanda
  6. 06Australia
  7. 07Brazil
  8. 08China

Where it lands

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

Over 99% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 41%. Los Angeles and New York follow at 26% and 14%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ANewark, NJ $30.0M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $19.2M
  3. CNew York, NY $9.9M
  4. DSavannah, GA $9.0M
  5. EPort Everglades, FL $1.3M
  6. FMobile, AL $1.2M
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.

Four states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Pennsylvania$24.3M
  2. 02Nevada$19.2M
  3. 03New York$14.4M
  4. 04Alabama$13.2M
  5. 05New Jersey$977K
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2611. How we count.