In 2022, nearly 60 percent of the global cobalt imports based on value went to China. China's share of global cobalt imports had a monetary value of 6.1 billion U.S. dollars that year. Japan was the world's second-largest cobalt importer in 2022, having accounted for 5.79 percent of global cobalt imports based on value.
Global cobalt imports had a total value of 10.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2022.
Distribution of cobalt imports worldwide in 2022, by country
Characteristic
Share of imports
China
60.2%
Japan
5.79%
United States
5.18%
Netherlands
3.93%
Taiwan
3.19%
Belgium
2.54%
South Korea
2.09%
Germany
1.9%
United Kingdom
1.7%
Singapore
1.7%
Norway
1.62%
France
1.28%
Malaysia
0.98%
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