# Bismuth: Movement

A tiny trade where re-exports muddy the picture

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/movement/

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.

#### Bismuth · HS 8106
 World exports 2024 $92.3 m sum of 40 reporting countries World imports 2024 $84.7 m sum of 40 reporting countries Top exporters, share of value China 44.4% United States 17.9% South Korea 10.1% Belgium 7.5% Germany 7% Japan 4.4% Top importers, share of value United States 24.2% Germany 16.8% China 12.7% India 6.6% South Korea 4.2% Japan 3.5% UN Comtrade, reporter declarations to the world, US$. Exports and imports are reported separately, so totals differ. Re-exporting hubs (Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE) can appear large.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/correlation/index.md)
- [Extraction](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/extraction/index.md)
- [Production](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/production/index.md)
- [Stocks](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/stocks/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/trading/index.md)
- [Criticality](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/criticality/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/emissions/index.md)
- [Relationships](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bismuth/links/index.md)