U.S. imports of Other Precious Metals (End-Use 14280) totaled $2.0B in August 2026, imported from 82 countries.
Importers of Other Precious Metals paid $1.1M in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 0.05% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule.
Last updated: August 2026 dataSilver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium, and ruthenium — the platinum-group metals (PGMs) alongside silver — make up this category, serving industrial applications in catalytic converters, electronics, jewelry, and chemical processing. Palladium and rhodium in particular are critical inputs for automotive catalytic converter manufacturing, and their supply is highly concentrated geographically, creating acute price and availability risk for US auto-sector importers. Each metal is classified under HTS Chapter 71 in distinct subheadings covering unwrought, semi-manufactured, powder, and waste-and-scrap forms.
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1.3K import shipments a month
End-Use codes describe different products on the import and export sides. Cross-direction exports are not shown for this slug.
Palladium, rhodium, and platinum production is concentrated in a very small number of countries, meaning that mining output changes, export restrictions, or logistical disruptions can rapidly affect global availability and prices. Automotive manufacturers and chemical catalyst producers that depend on PGMs often hedge forward on futures markets and maintain strategic inventory to buffer against supply shocks.
Waste and scrap of precious metals — such as spent catalytic converters or manufacturing sweepings — are classified in separate HTS subheadings within Chapter 71, distinct from unwrought or semi-manufactured forms. The scrap subheadings typically carry different duty rates, and the shipment may require additional documentation to establish metal content and origin for valuation purposes.
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Commodity 14280 · $2.0B of $63.1B
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Imports · August 2026
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Mexico and South Africa together supply 49% of it.
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$2.0BYoY · free account
12-mo low · imports
Low · free accountOver the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $22.3B of Other Precious Metals.
Through August 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.