Palladium: Movement
Why the US both exports and imports the most
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.World trade in unwrought palladium (HS 711021) was about $9.3 billion of exports and $12.8 billion of imports in 2024. The US was both the largest exporter (25.7%) and importer (15.9%), reflecting re-exports and recycling flows. South Africa (21.2%), the UK (16.0%) and Italy (10.3%) also exported heavily, while Germany (15.6%), Switzerland (11.9%) and Japan (9.6%) were major buyers. Russia, the largest miner, is absent from the reported exporters because it stopped publishing detailed trade statistics in 2022; USGS says it supplied 36% of US imports in 2021-24. US net import reliance reached 57% in 2025.
Main trade routes, 2024
Chart: World map of the largest trade flows
Exporter (size = share of world exports) Importer (share of world imports) Largest bilateral flows (width = value) Shipping chokepoint UN Comtrade 2024, reported exports by the top four exporters of each traded form to their partners (US$). Bubbles: shares of reported world exports and imports for the main traded form. Hover a line or circle for values.