Overview

• President Biden's administration is probing a significant increase in enriched uranium imports from China since late 2023.
• The US banned Russian uranium imports in December 2023 to disrupt funding for Russia's war on Ukraine.
• China exported 242,990 kilograms of enriched uranium to the US in December 2023 and 123,894 kilograms in May 2024.
• US officials are concerned that China may be using Russian uranium domestically and exporting its own production to the US.
• The US uranium industry is urging increased tariffs on Chinese uranium to prevent circumvention of the Russian import ban.