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Where does the United States get its nickel? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $1.6 billion of nickel (87 thousand tonnes), 5.7% of the world total. Its main sources were Canada (49%), Norway (14%) and Australia (9%). The United States was the world’s 4th-largest importer of nickel.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
87thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.7%
World rank
4th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Canada773Tonnes: 45,838USD per tonne: $16,86149.5%Land
Norway222Tonnes: 12,589USD per tonne: $17,60914.2%Sea
Australia133Tonnes: 7,624USD per tonne: $17,4448.5%Sea
Finland116Tonnes: 6,638USD per tonne: $17,4277.4%Sea
United Kingdom70.1Tonnes: 2,172USD per tonne: $32,2654.5%Sea
Japan58.3Tonnes: 3,340USD per tonne: $17,4603.7%Sea
South Africa55Tonnes: 3,267USD per tonne: $16,8463.5%Sea
Madagascar37.7Tonnes: 1,063USD per tonne: $35,4282.4%Sea
China28.8Tonnes: 1,607USD per tonne: $17,9141.8%Sea
Belgium re-exports19.7Tonnes: 786USD per tonne: $25,0311.3%Sea
Italy19.4Tonnes: 768USD per tonne: $25,2181.2%Sea
Indonesia14.8Tonnes: 680USD per tonne: $21,7780.95%Sea
France6.9Tonnes: 443USD per tonne: $15,5460.44%Sea
Netherlands re-exports2.6Tonnes: 150USD per tonne: $17,4290.17%Sea
Germany1.3Tonnes: 47USD per tonne: $27,7900.08%Sea
Israel1.3Tonnes: 112USD per tonne: $11,4780.08%Sea
Taiwan0.86Tonnes: 45USD per tonne: $19,1780.06%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.4Tonnes: 18USD per tonne: $22,5290.03%Sea
Hungary0.27Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $46,0970.02%Sea
Poland0.26Tonnes: 7USD per tonne: $38,3950.02%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Canada has been its main source since 2011

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Canada 0.77
  • Norway 0.22
  • Australia 0.13
  • Finland 0.12
  • United Kingdom 0.07

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada0.360.77
Norway0.160.22
Australia0.110.13
Finland0.020.12
United Kingdom0.020.07

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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