U.S. cobalt net import reliance 2024| Statista

In 2024, approximately 76 percent of the cobalt used in the United States was imported from other countries, which was a slight increase compared to the previous years. The import volume of cobalt in the U.S. in 2023 stood at 9,600 metric tons.

Net import reliance on cobalt in the United States from 2017 to 2024 (as a percent of apparent consumption)

Characteristic	Import share of apparent consumption
2024*	76%
2023	69%
2022	73%
2021	73%
2020	76%
2019	78%
2018	64%
2017	69%

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February 2025

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United States

Survey time period

2017 to 2024

Supplementary notes

*The 2019–22 figures were calculated as imports minus exports plus or minus adjustments for Government and industry stock changes for refined cobalt. From 2023 onwards, the Government stock changes were not included.
This statistic has been assembled using several editions of the report.

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