In 2023, the world imports of "Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel." exceeded $38 billion (according to external trade statistics of 123 countries). It was $49 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 129 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such importers as Korea (5.63% of the world imports in 2022), Vietnam (3.87%), Rwanda (0.039%), Nepal (0.015%), State of Palestine (0.003%)
The world's largest importers of this commodity group in 2023:
«Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel.» accounted for a substantial share of total imports of
According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel.» in 2023:
In 2023, the world exports of "Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel." exceeded $42 billion (according to external trade statistics of 127 countries). It was $44 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 129 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such exporters as Korea (0.715% of the world exports in 2022), State of Palestine (0.232%), Vietnam (0.1%), Trinidad and Tobago (0.06%), Azerbaijan (0.001%), Antigua and Barbuda (0.001%)
The world's largest exporters of this commodity group in 2023:
«Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel.» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel.» in 2023:
| Reporter | 7204. Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel. | |||
| Exports | Imports | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | |||
| Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | |
| USA | 6,753,145,173.00 | 16.05 | 2,281,993,663.00 | 5.95 |
| Germany | 4,237,362,035.50 | 10.07 | 1,604,390,001.68 | 4.19 |
| Netherlands | 3,338,752,021.84 | 7.93 | 1,560,958,271.98 | 4.07 |
| United Kingdom | 3,233,345,822.89 | 7.68 | 204,864,746.06 | 0.53 |
| Japan | 3,081,902,785.79 | 7.32 | 130,998,225.13 | 0.34 |
| France | 2,693,881,877.14 | 6.40 | 497,798,861.01 | 1.30 |
| Canada | 2,078,464,739.91 | 4.94 | 277,537,965.41 | 0.72 |
| Belgium | 1,460,766,672.08 | 3.47 | 2,442,432,900.02 | 6.37 |
| Poland | 1,251,497,254.00 | 2.97 | 343,841,451.00 | 0.89 |
| Czech Republic | 955,902,281.00 | 2.27 | 167,928,070.00 | 0.43 |
| Denmark | 861,883,066.90 | 2.04 | 194,571,159.67 | 0.50 |
| Australia | 848,543,103.78 | 2.01 | 22,388,858.51 | 0.05 |
| Sweden | 743,836,162.17 | 1.76 | 206,113,068.81 | 0.53 |
| United Arab Emirates | 555,292,698.26 | 1.32 | 26,945,957.75 | 0.07 |
| Romania | 540,814,501.80 | 1.28 | 29,467,560.43 | 0.07 |
| Austria | 538,637,513.93 | 1.28 | 510,700,416.54 | 1.33 |
| Italy | 488,900,378.17 | 1.16 | 2,608,314,913.95 | 6.81 |
| Singapore | 472,629,772.23 | 1.12 | 67,146,166.91 | 0.17 |
| Mexico | 435,133,604.00 | 1.03 | 1,076,810,535.00 | 2.81 |
| Hong Kong | 431,741,907.98 | 1.02 | 18,538,544.95 | 0.04 |
| Thailand | 404,619,058.10 | 0.96 | 402,981,524.19 | 1.05 |
| Hungary | 403,773,878.00 | 0.96 | 33,035,645.00 | 0.08 |
| Spain | 390,680,662.80 | 0.92 | 1,419,614,657.25 | 3.70 |
| Lithuania | 375,094,647.00 | 0.89 | 132,326,052.00 | 0.34 |
| Switzerland | 354,865,499.02 | 0.84 | 129,481,418.02 | 0.33 |
| Brazil | 301,434,203.00 | 0.71 | 9,928,197.00 | 0.02 |
| Turkey | 300,764,479.00 | 0.71 | 7,601,855,610.00 | 19.85 |
| New Zealand | 283,329,022.49 | 0.67 | 1,727,767.13 | 0.00 |
| Finland | 276,959,887.67 | 0.65 | 12,359,315.53 | 0.03 |
| Slovak Republic | 266,971,052.47 | 0.63 | 82,568,044.12 | 0.21 |
| Norway | 257,001,560.70 | 0.61 | 138,427,950.06 | 0.36 |
| Slovenia | 248,510,412.77 | 0.59 | 353,400,088.40 | 0.92 |
| Estonia | 202,975,298.91 | 0.48 | 42,534,017.15 | 0.11 |
| Ireland | 198,905,263.13 | 0.47 | 3,660,895.49 | 0.00 |
| Croatia | 198,595,137.00 | 0.47 | 120,791,338.00 | 0.31 |
| Kazakhstan | 193,598,563.21 | 0.46 | 5,884,617.26 | 0.01 |
| Bulgaria | 185,350,922.12 | 0.44 | 79,395,470.17 | 0.20 |
| Latvia | 179,229,907.86 | 0.42 | 62,317,383.67 | 0.16 |
| Portugal | 176,039,143.64 | 0.41 | 510,141,054.65 | 1.33 |
| Israel | 165,707,350.00 | 0.39 | 165,011.00 | 0.00 |
| Chile | 158,922,665.54 | 0.37 | 3,643,200.50 | 0.00 |
| Lebanon | 143,804,866.00 | 0.34 | ||
| Philippines | 136,768,570.00 | 0.32 | 49,487,372.00 | 0.12 |
| South Africa | 86,255,772.11 | 0.20 | 9,548,518.45 | 0.02 |
| Greece | 71,542,682.12 | 0.17 | 235,086,820.74 | 0.61 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70,280,706.06 | 0.16 | 2,609,410.23 | 0.00 |
| Bahrain | 68,428,131.26 | 0.16 | 3,587,503.89 | 0.00 |
| Panama | 54,695,510.00 | 0.13 | 301,792.00 | 0.00 |
| Dominican Republic | 54,204,393.05 | 0.12 | 531,871.26 | 0.00 |
| Ukraine | 52,721,475.69 | 0.12 | 411,251.88 | 0.00 |
| Serbia | 52,440,788.00 | 0.12 | 32,694,374.00 | 0.08 |
| Indonesia | 47,603,848.38 | 0.11 | 473,768,211.00 | 1.23 |
| Seychelles | 38,956,289.06 | 0.09 | ||
| Cyprus | 36,674,014.92 | 0.08 | 82,851.12 | 0.00 |
| Costa Rica | 31,118,006.39 | 0.07 | 22,073.44 | 0.00 |
| Kuwait | 27,038,610.68 | 0.06 | 53,450,557.21 | 0.13 |
| Peru | 26,597,585.58 | 0.06 | 324,635,111.43 | 0.84 |
| Luxembourg | 26,224,383.10 | 0.06 | 645,949,814.74 | 1.68 |
| Namibia | 24,266,688.21 | 0.05 | 54,524.37 | 0.00 |
| Nicaragua | 22,414,269.17 | 0.05 | 5,347.81 | 0.00 |
| Malaysia | 22,017,725.85 | 0.05 | 315,866,288.07 | 0.82 |
| Iceland | 21,875,023.19 | 0.05 | 3,396.43 | 0.00 |
| Egypt | 21,625,456.20 | 0.05 | 1,449,376,208.42 | 3.78 |
| Colombia | 21,518,598.15 | 0.05 | 5,744,080.97 | 0.01 |
| Mauritius | 21,501,239.21 | 0.05 | 34,256.47 | 0.00 |
| Paraguay | 21,456,634.00 | 0.05 | 1,084,754.20 | 0.00 |
| China, Macao SAR | 20,825,200.74 | 0.04 | ||
| Bolivia | 19,692,274.47 | 0.04 | 1,531,668.00 | 0.00 |
| Malta | 18,129,410.37 | 0.04 | 11,254.92 | 0.00 |
| Tunisia | 17,797,584.41 | 0.04 | 218,776.89 | 0.00 |
| Morocco | 17,729,445.03 | 0.04 | 418,815,290.57 | 1.09 |
| India | 17,312,157.47 | 0.04 | 6,788,116,656.64 | 17.72 |
| North Macedonia | 17,241,094.52 | 0.04 | 86,735,654.67 | 0.22 |
| Pakistan | 14,187,774.48 | 0.03 | 1,047,350,103.69 | 2.73 |
| Mozambique | 13,301,000.00 | 0.03 | 43,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Swaziland | 10,714,437.22 | 0.02 | 340.21 | 0.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10,206,814.14 | 0.02 | 57,936,911.35 | 0.15 |
| Barbados | 9,697,760.00 | 0.02 | ||
| Jamaica | 9,335,793.51 | 0.02 | 234,041.53 | 0.00 |
| Jordan | 7,389,610.82 | 0.01 | 73,100,016.14 | 0.19 |
| Brunei | 7,162,673.42 | 0.01 | 12,789.26 | 0.00 |
| Moldova | 6,842,525.00 | 0.01 | ||
| El Salvador | 6,837,909.00 | 0.01 | 328,842.62 | 0.00 |
| Qatar | 6,289,283.86 | 0.01 | 75,594.37 | 0.00 |
| Botswana | 6,147,592.82 | 0.01 | 1,148,904.83 | 0.00 |
| Aruba | 6,139,397.67 | 0.01 | 1,537.98 | 0.00 |
| Fiji | 6,030,946.66 | 0.01 | 22,931.17 | 0.00 |
| Guatemala | 5,803,172.00 | 0.01 | 62,481,069.00 | 0.16 |
| Senegal | 5,673,342.23 | 0.01 | 13,927.12 | 0.00 |
| Ecuador | 5,185,036.40 | 0.01 | 87,714,736.90 | 0.22 |
| Malawi | 5,042,194.55 | 0.01 | 780.40 | 0.00 |
| Suriname | 4,564,651.18 | 0.01 | 105,214.00 | 0.00 |
| Oman | 4,096,343.29 | 0.00 | 11,082,171.63 | 0.02 |
| Montenegro | 3,611,232.69 | 0.00 | 103,100.53 | 0.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 3,471,595.33 | 0.00 | 490,499.07 | 0.00 |
| Maldives | 3,432,869.82 | 0.00 | 92.73 | 0.00 |
| Myanmar | 3,255,408.70 | 0.00 | 81,203.69 | 0.00 |
| Ghana | 3,134,104.75 | 0.00 | 738,790.10 | 0.00 |
| Andorra | 3,083,197.03 | 0.00 | 2,052.14 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,960,861.30 | 0.00 | 982.73 | 0.00 |
| Guyana | 2,885,164.32 | 0.00 | 272,684.21 | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2,321,064.83 | 0.00 | 71,539.34 | 0.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 2,127,494.98 | 0.00 | 16,382,039.96 | 0.04 |
| Gabon | 1,925,735.46 | 0.00 | 902.31 | 0.00 |
| The Bahamas | 1,670,938.00 | 0.00 | 25,840.00 | 0.00 |
| Georgia | 1,559,278.57 | 0.00 | ||
| Belize | 1,521,045.61 | 0.00 | 241.79 | 0.00 |
| Cabo Verde | 1,407,109.80 | 0.00 | ||
| Uruguay | 1,248,396.00 | 0.00 | 803,038.32 | 0.00 |
| Gambia | 975,371.60 | 0.00 | 194,196.97 | 0.00 |
| Kenya | 724,037.55 | 0.00 | 17,646,222.66 | 0.04 |
| China | 627,736.00 | 0.00 | 576,718,262.00 | 1.50 |
| Tanzania | 596,988.36 | 0.00 | 1,471,775.02 | 0.00 |
| Samoa | 494,424.59 | 0.00 | 765.02 | 0.00 |
| Togo | 481,819.25 | 0.00 | 182,496.84 | 0.00 |
| Niger | 321,183.30 | 0.00 | 80,759.80 | 0.00 |
| Benin | 157,769.70 | 0.00 | 238,230.25 | 0.00 |
| Central African Republic | 103,550.41 | 0.00 | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99,684.42 | 0.00 | ||
| Djibouti | 77,225.13 | 0.00 | 52,464.09 | 0.00 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 69,685.00 | 0.00 | 259,764.00 | 0.00 |
| Madagascar | 62,249.17 | 0.00 | 142,713.84 | 0.00 |
| Dominica | 36,732.55 | 0.00 | 5,913.69 | 0.00 |
| Nigeria | 33,405.48 | 0.00 | 262,470.47 | 0.00 |
| Ethiopia | 30,864.73 | 0.00 | 9,179,559.12 | 0.02 |
| São Tomé and Principe | 30,089.10 | 0.00 | ||
| Côte d`Ivoire | 494.56 | 0.00 | 112,099.74 | 0.00 |
| Zambia | 394,808.47 | 0.00 | ||
| Mauritania | 812,795.02 | 0.00 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 71,922.88 | 0.00 | ||
| Armenia | 37,478.87 | 0.00 | ||
| Argentina | 2,036,591.37 | 0.00 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 183.48 | 0.00 | ||