U.S. Imports For Consumption Of Iron And Steel Scrap, By Country

TABLE 12
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2005				2006
Country	Quantity		Value		Quantity	Value
Argentina	(3)		201		(3)	155
Bahamas, The�	3		351		5	676
Belgium	36		9,780		61	15,700
Brazil	1		774		(3)	172
Canada	2,750		570,000		3,140	766,000
China	2		978		4	796
Colombia	1		118		2	1,060
Denmark	--		--		137	36,700
Dominican Republic	31		6,900		28	6,310
Ecuador	(3)		102		(3)	76
Egypt	1		732		3	2,280
Estonia	--		--		10	3,040
Finland	1		93		(3)	13
France	(3)		358		--	--
Germany	2		148		4	1,050
Italy	(3)		72		(3)	200
Japan	1		1,540		3	1,920
Malaysia	2		264		(3)	93
Mexico	145		61,000		236	95,000
Netherlands	222		72,300		243	62,000
Russia	35		10,500		(3)	67
South Africa	4		35		--	--
Spain	(3)	^r	8	^r	2	657
Sweden	261		71,500		266	67,700
Taiwan	1		396		1	470
Trinidad and Tobago	1		647		10	2,580
United Arab Emirates	(3)		170		1	728
United Kingdom	338		97,200		650	178,000
Venezuela	1		1,560		--	147
Other	2		1,690	^r	7	2,130
Total	3,840		909,000		4,820	1,250,000
^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Excludes used rails for rerolling and other uses and ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping.
Import valuation is customs value. The United States imported scrap from 43 countries in
2005 and 53 countries in 2006.
³Less than � unit.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.