Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$147 million$147M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
67%
Busiest portTop port
Baltimore, MD

Molybdenum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap: Austria leads with 27% of $147 million.

China is a close second at 22%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $147M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Austria$39.2M26.6%
  2. 02China$32.6M22.1%
  3. 03United Kingdom$29.1M19.8%
  4. 04Canada$14.6M9.9%
  5. 05South Korea$10.4M7.1%
  6. 06Uzbekistan$6.6M4.5%
  7. 07Taiwan$5.0M3.4%
  8. 08Germany$4.7M3.2%
  9. 09Japan$2.4M1.6%
  10. 10Sweden$367K0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.5M1.7%

Total US HS 8102 imports by year · $90.5M in 2010 to $147M 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.

United Kingdom2% → 20%
South Korea0.3% → 7.1%
Austria23% → 27%
Uzbekistan0.4% → 4.5%
Taiwan0.8% → 3.4%
Japan1.8% → 1.6%
Canada10% → 9.9%
Sweden1% → 0.2%
Germany10% → 3.2%
China46% → 22%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Austria and the United Kingdom send 46% between them, and Germany adds another 3%. China, South Korea and Uzbekistan send 34% from Asia.

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  1. 01Austria
  2. 02China
  3. 03United Kingdom
  4. 04Canada
  5. 05South Korea
  6. 06Uzbekistan
  7. 07Taiwan
  8. 08Germany

Where it lands

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

67% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Baltimore takes 22%. Newark and Charleston follow at 21% and 7%.

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  1. ABaltimore, MD $32.5M
  2. BNewark, NJ $30.5M
  3. CCharleston, SC $10.3M
  4. DWilmington, NC $9.9M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $8.6M
  6. FSalem, MA $7.1M
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.

Five states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Pennsylvania$46.6M
  2. 02Maryland$15.7M
  3. 03New York$11.5M
  4. 04South Carolina$10.9M
  5. 05North Carolina$10.7M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8102. How we count.