Official data Source: US Census Bureau international trade data
Track this productCobalt ores and concentrates
In short
- The US imported $105K of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 48% on the year before.
- 3 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.
- US exports were $119K over the last 12 months; the largest market is Malaysia, with 94.8%.
US imports, Aug 2026
$0
Last 12 months
$105K
↓ −48% vs the 12 months before
Average duty paid
n/a
Top supplier
None
US imports by month
The last 13 months, so the same month a year ago is on the left. August 2026 is highlighted.
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| Month | US imports |
|---|---|
| August 2025 | $0 |
| September 2025 | $0 |
| October 2025 | $0 |
| November 2025 | $0 |
| December 2025 | $15K |
| January 2026 | $0 |
| February 2026 | $23K |
| March 2026 | $18K |
| April 2026 | $13K |
| May 2026 | $30K |
| June 2026 | $0 |
| July 2026 | $6K |
| August 2026 | $0 |
What changed
- The US recorded no imports of this product in August 2026.
- Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $105K, down 48% on the 12 months before.
- Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Germany down from 100.0% to 0.0%.
US trade by year
US imports were $105K in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 83% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $119K, down 92%.
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| Period | US imports |
|---|---|
| 12 months to Aug 2017 | $614K |
| 12 months to Aug 2018 | $691K |
| 12 months to Aug 2019 | $435K |
| 12 months to Aug 2020 | $673K |
| 12 months to Aug 2021 | $566K |
| 12 months to Aug 2022 | $1.5M |
| 12 months to Aug 2023 | $309K |
| 12 months to Aug 2024 | $937K |
| 12 months to Aug 2025 | $203K |
| 12 months to Aug 2026 | $105K |
- Germany
- All countries
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| Period | Germany |
|---|---|
| 12 months to Aug 2017 | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2018 | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2019 | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2020 | 46.4% |
| 12 months to Aug 2021 | 21.9% |
| 12 months to Aug 2022 | 37.9% |
| 12 months to Aug 2023 | 26.4% |
| 12 months to Aug 2024 | 90.5% |
| 12 months to Aug 2025 | 99.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2026 | 100.0% |
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| Period | Germany | All countries |
|---|---|---|
| 12 months to Aug 2017 | n/a | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2018 | n/a | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2019 | n/a | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2020 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2021 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2022 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2023 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2024 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2025 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 12 months to Aug 2026 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Period | US imports | Duty paid | US exports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 months to Aug 2026 | $105K−48% | 0.0%0.0 pts | $119K−18% |
| 12 months to Aug 2025 | $203K−78% | 0.0%0.0 pts | $146K+358% |
| 12 months to Aug 2024 | $937K+203% | 0.0%0.0 pts | $32K−70% |
| 12 months to Aug 2023 | $309K−80% | 0.0%0.0 pts | $104K+356% |
| 12 months to Aug 2022 | $1.5M+168% | 0.0%0.0 pts | $23K+69% |
| 12 months to Aug 2021 | $566K−16% | 0.0%0.0 pts | $14K−98% |
| 12 months to Aug 2020 | $673K+55% | 0.0%0.0 pts | $746K+36% |
| 12 months to Aug 2019 | $435K−37% | 0.0%0.0 pts | $549K+36% |
| 12 months to Aug 2018 | $691K+13% | 0.0%0.0 pts | $403K−72% |
| 12 months to Aug 2017 | $614K | 0.0% | $1.5M |
Who supplies the US
August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025.
| Country | US imports | Share | Average price | Duty paid | Last 13 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All countries | $0 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tariff actions touching this product
Federal Register notices from the last 12 months that list this product's tariff codes. A notice can add a duty, exclude products from one or only mention them, so read each for what it changes. Search the Federal Register for 2605.00
- Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation
- Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation
- Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal Trade
Where it enters the US
Main ports of entry over the 12 months to August 2026: US imports and share.
Where US exports go
US exports were $0 in August 2026, down 100% from August 2025, and $119K over the last 12 months, down 18% on the 12 months before.
| Market | Last 12 months | Share | vs 12 months before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | $113K | 94.8% | −22% |
| India | $3K | 2.7% | new |
| Cameroon | $3K | 2.5% | new |
| All countries | $119K | 100.0% | −18% |
Markets abroad
Each country's own import figures for this product, from UN Comtrade: the 8 biggest importers outside the US in the latest year each has reported, what they bought from the US, and the change from the year before. Values usually include freight and insurance to the importer's border, so they run a little above US export figures. Countries report a year or more late; 35 have reported 2025 so far.
| Market | Imports | vs year before | From the US | US share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | $18.7Min 2024 | +118% | $0 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | $16.9Min 2024 | −15% | $0 | 0.0% |
| Belgium | $1.8Min 2025 | +614% | $0 | 0.0% |
| Italy | $893Kin 2025 | +642% | $0 | 0.0% |
| Finland | $873Kin 2025 | +159% | $0 | 0.0% |
| Malaysia | $816Kin 2025 | +264% | $52K | 6.4% |
| China | $515Kin 2025 | −66% | $0 | 0.0% |
| France | $268Kin 2025 | +105524% | $0 | 0.0% |
The biggest market outside the US is Morocco, which imported $18.7M of this product in 2024, none of it from the US.
Of these, imports into Morocco grew fastest: up 118% from 2023 to 2024.
About these figures
- Source: US Census Bureau international trade data, not seasonally adjusted, in US dollars. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
- US imports are general imports at customs value, which excludes freight and insurance. Exports are at free-alongside-ship value.
- Average price is customs value divided by quantity (kilograms), across all of the product's 10-digit lines.
- Duty paid is the duty Census calculates on each country's imports for consumption, as a share of their value. It moves with tariff changes, exemptions and the mix of goods within the product.
- Markets abroad are each country's imports as it reports them to UN Comtrade, in US dollars, usually including freight and insurance. Countries report a year or more late and in their own edition of the HS codes, so one still on an older edition is missing for codes that changed in 2022.
- Tariff notices are from the Federal Register, matched to this product by the HTS numbers in their text.
- Census revises recent months, so figures can change slightly. These are estimates for research and planning, not customs or legal advice.