Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$484 million$484M
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
78%
Busiest portTop port
Baltimore, MD

Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy: Canada leads with 18% of $484 million.

Norway is a close second at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $484M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$88.8M18.3%
  2. 02Norway$78.3M16.2%
  3. 03Japan$61.6M12.7%
  4. 04Indonesia$61.1M12.6%
  5. 05United Kingdom$41.5M8.6%
  6. 06Madagascar$41.3M8.5%
  7. 07Australia$23.9M4.9%
  8. 08Germany$18.3M3.8%
  9. 09France$17.7M3.7%
  10. 10China$12.7M2.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $38.6M8.0%

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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.

Indonesia0% → 13%
Canada13% → 18%
United Kingdom5.1% → 8.6%
Japan10% → 13%
France1.7% → 3.7%
Norway15% → 16%
Madagascar7.1% → 8.5%
Germany2.8% → 3.8%
Australia5.1% → 4.9%
China13% → 2.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 36%, then Asia at 30%. Canada and Norway send 35% between them, and Japan, Indonesia and the United Kingdom add another 34%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Norway
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04Indonesia
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06Madagascar
  7. 07Australia
  8. 08Germany

Where it lands

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

78% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Baltimore alone takes 49%. Newark follows at 9%.

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  1. ABaltimore, MD $236M
  2. BNewark, NJ $42.2M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $24.1M
  4. DLong Beach, CA $19.2M
  5. EBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $15.6M
  6. FLos Angeles, CA $14.9M
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 $100M.

  1. 01Maryland$224M
  2. 02New York$59.3M
  3. 03California$53.7M
  4. 04Pennsylvania$39.1M
  5. 05North Carolina$17.2M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8105. How we count.