U.S.: cobalt import value by form| Statista

U.S. imports of cobalt had a total value of 439 million U.S. dollars in 2020. Of that amount, cobalt in the form of metal accounted for the highest import value, at 323 million U.S. dollars. Cobalt oxides and hydroxides were the second-largest import category, accounting for 74.7 million U.S. dollars in imports that year.

Value of cobalt imports to the United States from 2016 to 2021, by form (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Metal*	267,000	465,000	627,000	453,000	282,000	323,000
Oxides and hydroxides	39,300	76,600	92,000	44,300	30,600	74,700
Acetates	930	2,210	3,090	1,110	1,550	10,700
Carbonates	11,300	17,300	20,000	16,400	12,600	13,500
Chlorides	247	412	1,800	1,500	795	1,230
Sulfates	8,010	14,300	17,200	8,840	8,600	15,000
Total	327,000	576,000	761,000	525,000	336,000	439,000

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May 2024

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United States

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2016 to 2021

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* Unwrought cobalt, excluding alloys and waste and scrap.
This statistic has been assembled using several editions of the report.

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