Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$81.8 million$81.8M
vs 2010
2.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
97%
Busiest portTop port
Philadelphia, PA

Niobium, tantalum, vanadium or zirconium ores and concentrates: mostly from Australia, 75% of $81.8 million.

South Africa is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $81.8M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Australia$61.4M75.1%
  2. 02South Africa$10.7M13.1%
  3. 03Russia$2.4M2.9%
  4. 04Senegal$2.1M2.6%
  5. 05Mozambique$1.4M1.7%
  6. 06Singapore$914K1.1%
  7. 07Canada$732K0.9%
  8. 08Taiwan$681K0.8%
  9. 09Mexico$533K0.7%
  10. 10China$318K0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $617K0.8%

Total US HS 2615 imports by year · $30.6M in 2010 to $81.8M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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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.

Australia14% → 75%
Mozambique0% → 1.7%
Singapore0% → 1.1%
Taiwan0% → 0.8%
Canada<0.1% → 0.9%
Mexico<0.1% → 0.7%
Russia3.3% → 2.9%
China1.1% → 0.4%
South Africa19% → 13%
Senegal11% → 2.6%
Rwanda19% → 0%
Brazil23% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Australia alone sends 75%, and South Africa, Russia, Senegal and Mozambique add another 20%. Africa is the next-largest source region at 17%.

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  1. 01Australia
  2. 02South Africa
  3. 03Russia
  4. 04Senegal
  5. 05Mozambique
  6. 06Singapore
  7. 07Canada
  8. 08Taiwan

Where it lands

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

97% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Philadelphia alone takes 40%. New Orleans and Newark follow at 21% and 13%.

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  1. APhiladelphia, PA $33.1M
  2. BNew Orleans, LA $16.9M
  3. CNewark, NJ $10.9M
  4. DCharleston, SC $8.1M
  5. ENorfolk, VA $5.5M
  6. FSeattle, WA $3.3M
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 $10M each.

  1. 01Pennsylvania$47.5M
  2. 02Ohio$13.3M
  3. 03Illinois$7.6M
  4. 04South Carolina$5.8M
  5. 05Tennessee$1.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2615. How we count.