Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$751 million$751M
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
96%
Busiest portTop port
Seattle, WA

Uranium or thorium ores and concentrates: mostly from Australia, 80% of $751 million.

Namibia is second at 20%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $751M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Australia$604M80.4%
  2. 02Namibia$147M19.5%
  3. 03Netherlands$52K<0.1%

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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.

Australia66% → 80%
Namibia9.3% → 20%
Netherlands0% → <0.1%
Kazakhstan24% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Australia alone sends 80%, and Namibia adds another 20%. Africa is the next-largest source region at 20%.

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  1. 01Australia
  2. 02Namibia
  3. 03Netherlands

Where it lands

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

96% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West Coast ports. Most of it enters at Seattle (70%). New Orleans and Houston follow at 11% and 8%.

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  1. ASeattle, WA $523M
  2. BNew Orleans, LA $84.4M
  3. CHouston, TX $62.5M
  4. DAlexandria Bay, NY $29.6M
  5. ENorfolk, VA $28.5M
  6. FTacoma, WA $23.4M
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.

Two states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Illinois$467M
  2. 02Washington$284M
  3. 03Missouri$52K
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2612. How we count.