In 2024, the price of germanium metal in the United States stood at some 2,100 U.S. dollars per kilogram, while the germanium dioxide price stood at approximately 1,400 U.S. dollars per kilogram at that time. Both of those prices were the highest they had been in several years.

Germanium fell to 13,850 CNY/Kg on December 2, 2025, down 0.36% from the previous day. Over the past month, Germanium's price has fallen 0.72%, and is down 24.11% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Germanium.

The price of germanium increased drastically in January 2025 when compared to previous years, at ******** U.S. dollars per kilogram, compared to some ******** U.S. dollars the previous January. During the period of consideration, the lowest germanium price was in January 2018, at ******** U.S. dollars per kilogram.