Titanium: Movement

From African beaches to Chinese pigment plants

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 tracks titanium ores and concentrates under HS 2614, worth about $2.0 billion of exports in 2024. Africa dominates: South Africa 30%, Mozambique 18%, Senegal 8%, Madagascar 8% and Kenya 5%. China takes 43% of imports, and its imports through September 2025 were 3.8 Mt gross weight. The United States (10%) and Japan (9.5%) follow. US sponge came mainly from Japan, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia. The United States charges 15% duty on unwrought titanium metal, while concentrates enter free.

Where it is exported from and imported to, 2024

Chart: World map of the largest trade flows

Exporter (size = share of world exports) Importer (share of world imports) Shipping chokepoint UN Comtrade 2024. Bubbles: shares of reported world exports and imports for the main traded form. Country-to-country route lines are not available for this commodity yet. Hover a circle for values.

Titanium ores · HS 2614

World exports 2024 $1.96 bn sum of 40 reporting countries World imports 2024 $3.51 bn sum of 40 reporting countries Top exporters, share of value South Africa 30.2% Mozambique 17.8% Senegal 8.2% Madagascar 8.1% Kenya 5.2% Australia 4.6% Top importers, share of value China 43.3% United States 10.3% Japan 9.5% Germany 6.3% United Kingdom 4.3% Saudi Arabia 3.5% UN Comtrade, reporter declarations to the world, US$. Exports and imports are reported separately, so totals differ. Re-exporting hubs (Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE) can appear large.