Beryllium: Movement

How Kazakhstan exports and China imports almost all of it

What this tab covers How it flows between countries: the largest bilateral trade routes drawn on a world map, 2024 UN Comtrade export and import values with the top exporters and importers by share, plus shipping routes, chokepoints and trade restrictions.

Comtrade records only $29.1 million of unwrought beryllium and powder exports (HS 8112.12) in 2023. Kazakhstan, which processes beryllium, supplied 81.1%, followed by the UK (10.7%) and the US (5.7%). Imports of $18.1 million went overwhelmingly to China (93.8%), with France at 3.0%. So the unwrought metal trade is mainly a Kazakhstan-to-China flow. US-mined beryllium is mostly processed at home into alloys and products. USGS shows US imports in 2021-24 from Kazakhstan (31%), Latvia (25%) and Japan (19%), and US exports falling 43% in 2025.

Main trade routes, 2023

Chart: World map of the largest trade flows

Exporter (size = share of world exports) Importer (share of world imports) Largest bilateral flows (width = value) Shipping chokepoint UN Comtrade 2023, reported exports by the top four exporters of each traded form to their partners (US$). Bubbles: shares of reported world exports and imports for the main traded form. Hover a line or circle for values.

Beryllium, unwrought · HS 811212

World exports 2023 $29.1 m sum of 14 reporting countries World imports 2023 $18.1 m sum of 24 reporting countries Top exporters, share of value Kazakhstan 81.1% United Kingdom 10.7% United States 5.7% France 1.7% Nigeria 0.4% Madagascar 0.2% Top importers, share of value China 93.8% France 3% Germany 1.3% Spain 0.5% Canada 0.3% Japan 0.3% UN Comtrade, reporter declarations to the world, US$. Exports and imports are reported separately, so totals differ. Re-exporting hubs (Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE) can appear large.