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United States: gallium, germanium, rare earths and magnets

How much of United States's trade in each good is with China, which controls their export.

The lines: gallium and germanium, a country is inside the lines when at least 15% of its trade in the good is with China, Hong Kong and Macao, on a side with at least US$10m of trade; Medium from 25%, High from 40%; rare earths and magnets, a country is inside the lines when at least 15% of its trade in the good is with China, Hong Kong and Macao, on a side with at least US$50m of trade; Medium from 25%, High from 40%.

Gallium and germanium unwrought gallium and germanium, their powders and germanium articles

Assessment pending open data

USGS gives China as the source of 18% of US imports of gallium metal and 23% of germanium imports (2021-24), but publishes no value of these imports; a value would rest on our own unpublished conversion of USGS quantities and prices, so the cell carries no band until an open value is published. China's ban on gallium and germanium exports to the US (MOFCOM Announcement No. 46 of 2024) is suspended until 27 November 2026 (No. 72 of 2025).

Rare earths and magnets rare-earth compounds, rare-earth metals and permanent magnets of metal (HS 2846, 280530, 850511)

High

The source publishes this share by quantity and with no value, so the money floor is not tested; the owner accepts the share without it.

Share of rare-earth compounds and rare-earth metals (HS 2846, 280530; not permanent magnets) imports from China including Hong Kong, by quantity, 2021-24 average

71.0% imports from China including Hong Kong, 2021-24

A large part of United States's imports of rare-earth compounds and metals (by quantity, 2021-24) came from China including Hong Kong.

The other side

  • Assessment pending open data

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (data release, 6 Feb 2026), Rare Earths, import sources 2021-24 (English). Confidence: medium

9 counted control actions aimed at United States in the tracker

A cell shows a figure only when it rests on an open official source. “Assessment pending open data” means the figure rests on a source we may not publish yet: it carries no number and no band, is hatched on the map and adds no points to the ranking, until an open national figure replaces it. “At least Medium” means only one side of the trade has an open figure: the band is a floor, not the full assessment.

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