# Vermiculite: Movement

Why US imports come from South Africa and Brazil

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/vermiculite/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.

Vermiculite concentrate is grouped with perlite and chlorites under HS 2530.10, so there is no separate trade code for it, and flows are described from USGS import data. US imports in 2021-24 came from South Africa (46%), Brazil (43%), Zimbabwe (6%) and Uganda (5%). US imports were about 38,000 t in 2025, against 40,000 t in 2024. Concentrate moves by ship to coastal exfoliating plants, and US tariffs are zero.

No distinct HS trade code for this commodity, so trade flows are not charted.

## Other sections

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