Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$10.3 billion$10.3B
vs 2010
2.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
under 0.1%
Busiest portTop port
JFK Airport, NY

Most imported platinum comes from South Africa: 50% of $10.3 billion.

Germany is second at 11%. Platinum, palladium and related metals.

Where US platinum comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $10.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01South Africa$5.19B50.5%
  2. 02Germany$1.09B10.6%
  3. 03Belgium$0.87B8.5%
  4. 04Russia$0.73B7.1%
  5. 05Switzerland$0.63B6.1%
  6. 06Italy$0.37B3.6%
  7. 07United Kingdom$0.37B3.6%
  8. 08South Korea$0.34B3.3%
  9. 09Japan$0.23B2.2%
  10. 10Canada$0.16B1.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.31B3.0%

Total US platinum imports by year · $4.1B in 2010 to $10.3B 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 platinum imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US platinum imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

South Africa40% → 50%
Belgium0.9% → 8.5%
Germany4.8% → 11%
Switzerland2.3% → 6.1%
Japan0.5% → 2.2%
Canada3% → 1.6%
United Kingdom5.9% → 3.6%
South Korea6.5% → 3.3%
Russia16% → 7.1%
Italy13% → 3.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

South Africa alone sends 50%, and Germany, Belgium, Russia and Switzerland add another 32%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 40%.

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  1. 01South Africa
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Belgium
  4. 04Russia
  5. 05Switzerland
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08South Korea

Where it lands

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

99% arrives by air. Most of it enters at JFK Airport (94%).

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AJFK Airport, NY $9.72B
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.22B
  3. CChicago, IL $84.2M
  4. DNew Orleans, LA $75.7M
  5. EAnchorage, AK $61.1M
  6. FMiami Airport, FL $38.3M
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 platinum is used.

Three states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01New York$3.39B
  2. 02New Jersey$2.85B
  3. 03Pennsylvania$2.60B
  4. 04Michigan$0.35B
  5. 05California$0.28B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 7110. How we count.