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
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The Observatory of Economic Complexity. (November 8, 2024). Distribution of cobalt imports worldwide in 2022, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171856/distribution-of-global-cobalt-imports-by-country/
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