Global trade value
$4.5BLatest year: 2024Global Product Trade Snapshot
Global trade in mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, powders
A reported trade view for HS 810520, with available observations through 2024.
Explore this product5-year growth
+3.2%Annualized changeBuyer countries
124Reported importersSupplier countries
80Reported exportersReported observations
Annual trade evidence
Year-by-year reported product trade.
| Year | Global trade | Year-on-year growth | 3-year growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $1.9B | -2.2% | -6.5% |
| 2014 | $2.2B | +15% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | $2.3B | +3.6% | +5.2% |
| 2016 | $2.1B | -8.3% | +3% |
| 2017 | $4.4B | +105.4% | +25% |
| 2018 | $7.0B | +59.7% | +44.4% |
| 2019 | $3.9B | -44.5% | +22.1% |
| 2020 | $3.9B | +0.5% | -3.8% |
| 2021 | $6.7B | +71.5% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | $8.7B | +30.4% | +31% |
| 2023 | $4.3B | -50.8% | +3.3% |
| 2024 | $4.5B | +5.8% | -12.1% |
Market reading
How large is the global market for HS 810520?
Reported global trade in mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, powders reached $4.5B in 2024, with five-year annual growth of +3.2%.
How to use this view
Start with the leading rows in the first table, then use the chart to compare market scale and annual change for mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, powders. The second table adds a related reported comparison.
Coverage extends to 2024. Missing values are shown as not reported.
Further comparison
Leading buyer markets
Largest reported importing countries for this product.
| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | $3.1B | +9.8% | 33 |
| USA | $273.3M | -7.6% | 29 |
| Netherlands | $160.4M | -8.6% | 38 |
| Japan | $138.0M | -17.7% | 23 |
| Taiwan | $112.8M | +28.7% | 20 |
| Belgium | $99.1M | -1.4% | 22 |
| Germany | $85.0M | -4.1% | 39 |
| United Kingdom | $77.6M | -5.2% | 25 |
| Republic of Korea | $69.8M | +3.7% | 23 |
| Malaysia | $65.7M | +1.6% | 20 |
| France | $45.8M | +0.1% | 27 |
| India | $38.4M | -1.4% | 21 |
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Latest observed year: 2024. Page updated 2026-08-14.
Source and date
Reported merchandise-trade observations for HS6 products. Coverage shown on this page: 1995-2024. Updated 2026-08-14.
Definitions
Trade value is reported in current US dollars. Unit value is trade value divided by reported quantity and is shown per metric ton where available. Growth is an annualized or year-on-year calculation from reported values.
Reading the data
“Not reported” means a value was not available for this view. Values can be revised as reporting is updated. See the methodology for coverage and classification details.