Bismuth: Movement
A tiny trade where re-exports muddy the picture
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.UN Comtrade shows a tiny trade in bismuth and articles (HS 8106): $92 million of reported exports and $85 million of imports in 2024. China supplied 44.4% of exports, followed by the United States (17.9%), Korea (10.1%), Belgium (7.5%) and Germany (7.0%). US exports are largely re-exports, since it refines no primary bismuth. The US was also the top importer at 24.2%, ahead of Germany (16.8%) and China (12.7%). In 2025 US imports from China fell 40%, to about 460 t, after the export controls. Licences, not logistics, are the constraint.
Main trade routes, 2024
Chart: World map of the largest trade flows
Exporter (size = share of world exports) Importer (share of world imports) Largest bilateral flows (width = value) Shipping chokepoint UN Comtrade 2024, reported exports by the top four exporters of each traded form to their partners (US$). Bubbles: shares of reported world exports and imports for the main traded form. Hover a line or circle for values.