Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$7 billion$7B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
44%
Busiest portTop port
Alexandria Bay, NY

The US buys the most uranium & isotopes from France: 25% of $7 billion.

United Kingdom is a close second at 20%. Radioactive chemical elements and isotopes, reactor fuel included.

Where US uranium & isotopes comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01France$1.71B24.6%
  2. 02United Kingdom$1.36B19.5%
  3. 03Canada$1.17B16.7%
  4. 04Russia$1.06B15.2%
  5. 05Netherlands$0.75B10.7%
  6. 06Germany$0.44B6.3%
  7. 07Kazakhstan$0.21B3.1%
  8. 08China$0.12B1.7%
  9. 09Belgium$59.8M0.9%
  10. 10Japan$30.7M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $64.7M0.9%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US uranium & isotopes imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US uranium & isotopes imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

France2.1% → 25%
United Kingdom14% → 20%
Kazakhstan1% → 3.1%
Belgium0.4% → 0.9%
Japan<0.1% → 0.4%
China1.7% → 1.7%
Germany7.7% → 6.3%
Netherlands14% → 11%
Canada21% → 17%
Russia32% → 15%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most imported uranium & isotopes comes from Europe. France and the United Kingdom send 44% between them, and Russia, the Netherlands and Germany add another 32%. Canada adds 17%.

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  1. 01France
  2. 02United Kingdom
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Russia
  5. 05Netherlands
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Kazakhstan
  8. 08China

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 47% by land and other routes, 44% by ship and 9% by air. Alexandria Bay and Baltimore take 25% each. Eastport follows at 9%.

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  1. AAlexandria Bay, NY $1.75B
  2. BBaltimore, MD $1.71B
  3. CEastport, ID $0.63B
  4. DPortal, ND $0.59B
  5. ENewark, NJ $0.45B
  6. FPhiladelphia, PA $0.34B
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 uranium & isotopes is used.

Three states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Washington$1.72B
  2. 02South Carolina$1.70B
  3. 03North Carolina$1.33B
  4. 04Illinois$0.86B
  5. 05Pennsylvania$0.35B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 2844. How we count.