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

TABLE 15
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP,-
BY COUNTRY OR LOCALITY^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2019				2020
Country or locality	Quantity		Value		Quantity	Value
Canada	3,000		879,000		3,180	899,000
China	7		1,450		7	1,430
Finland	(3)		3		15	4,500
Germany	(3)		24		11	3,370
Marshall Islands	5		1,000		--	--
Mexico	616	^r	206,000		498	173,000
Netherlands	177		54,800		271	79,600
New Zealand	--		--		19	5,070
Poland	--		--		28	7,570
Russia	2		512		14	6,630
Spain	21		6,230		41	13,000
Sweden	227		77,200		254	78,100
United Kingdom	146		48,100		160	49,900
Other⁴	74	^r	27,200	^r	15	9,410
Total⁵	4,270		1,300,000		4,510	1,330,000
^rRevised.- -- Zero.
¹Table includes data available through September 22, 2021.Data 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.
³Less than - unit.
⁴All countries and (or) localities importing less than 5,000 metric tons to the United States in 2020 included in -Other.-
⁵The United States imported scrap from 60 countries and (or) localities in 2019 and 65 countries and (or) localities in 2020.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.