The market demand for rhenium is closely related to the development of high-tech industries. As a strategic material, the main consumer countries of rhenium are the United States, Western Europe, Japan and other developed countries and the military power Russia. In recent years, the world's total annual consumption has reached 40t, and it has been increasing year by year. Among them, due to the better economic situation in Europe, the consumption has increased rapidly, and its annual consumption has increased from 2-3t to nearly 10t. The annual consumption of rhenium in the United States remains at 20-25t. Japan's rhenium consumption has also grown with the economic recovery to a scale of about 2-3t/a, mainly used in electronic materials such as automotive exhaust sensor Re-W wire, thin film electrodes of integrated circuits, etc. 

Chile is the world's largest supplier of rhenium, accounting for more than 60% of the imported rhenium raw material market in the United States; other rhenium-producing countries include the United States, Russia, Germany, and Kazakhstan.
In recent years, due to the rapid improvement of comprehensive utilization technology of resources, the amount of rhenium recovered from waste catalysts has shown a steady increase, and the output of primary rhenium has also expanded year by year. Therefore, although the world's consumption of rhenium is increasing year by year, the price of rhenium is still relatively stable.