U.S. imports of cobalt had a total value of 336 million U.S. dollars in 2020. Of that amount, cobalt in the form of metal accounted for the highest import value, at 282 million U.S. dollars. Cobalt oxides and hydroxides were the second-largest import category, accounting for 30.6 million U.S. dollars in imports that year.
Value of cobalt imports to the United States from 2015 to 2020, by form (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
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US Geological Survey. (May 16, 2023). Value of cobalt imports to the United States from 2015 to 2020, by form (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/339791/value-of-cobalt-imports-of-the-us-by-form/
US Geological Survey. "Value of cobalt imports to the United States from 2015 to 2020, by form (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. May 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/339791/value-of-cobalt-imports-of-the-us-by-form/
US Geological Survey. (2023). Value of cobalt imports to the United States from 2015 to 2020, by form (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/339791/value-of-cobalt-imports-of-the-us-by-form/
US Geological Survey. "Value of Cobalt Imports to The United States from 2015 to 2020, by Form (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/339791/value-of-cobalt-imports-of-the-us-by-form/
US Geological Survey, Value of cobalt imports to the United States from 2015 to 2020, by form (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/339791/value-of-cobalt-imports-of-the-us-by-form/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Value of cobalt imports to the United States from 2015 to 2020, by form (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Geological Survey, May 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/339791/value-of-cobalt-imports-of-the-us-by-form/