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| TABLE 12 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP,- | |||||||||||||
| BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Country | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| Argentina | (3) | 2 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Bahamas, The- | 4 | 834 | 4 | 559 | |||||||||
| Belgium | (3) | 42 | 12 | 4,680 | |||||||||
| Bermuda | 1 | 161 | (3) | 79 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 5 | 1,690 | 13 | 22,000 | |||||||||
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 203 | (3) | 15 | |||||||||
| Canada | 3,230 | 1,180,000 | 3,370 | 1,250,000 | |||||||||
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 406 | 7 | 1,790 | |||||||||
| China | 9 | 3,890 | 7 | 4,800 | |||||||||
| Colombia | (3) | 86 | 2 | 3,550 | |||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 239 | 7 | 1,240 | |||||||||
| Ecuador | (3) | 84 | 1 | 1,110 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 1 | 713 | 1 | 745 | |||||||||
| France | -- | -- | (3) | 38 | |||||||||
| Germany | 24 | 9,120 | 26 | 2,100 | |||||||||
| Guatemala | (3) | 78 | (3) | 348 | |||||||||
| Hong Kong | 4 | 696 | 2 | 526 | |||||||||
| Israel | (3) | 33 | 3 | 1,120 | |||||||||
| Italy | 6 | 166 | 1 | 704 | |||||||||
| Japan | 11 | 2,780 | 9 | 2,050 | |||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | (3) | 42 | (3) | 295 | |||||||||
| Malaysia | (3) | 65 | (3) | 408 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 295 | 138,000 | 349 | 198,000 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 29 | 11,100 | 133 | 93,500 | |||||||||
| Panama | (3) | 160 | (3) | 298 | |||||||||
| Peru | (3) | 39 | 1 | 239 | |||||||||
| Russia | (3) | 22 | 1 | 356 | |||||||||
| Singapore | 1 | 212 | 1 | 811 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 138 | 53,200 | 198 | 75,400 | |||||||||
| Taiwan | (3) | 400 | 1 | 2,450 | |||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | (3) | 57 | (3) | 180 | |||||||||
| Turkey | -- | -- | (3) | 1,080 | |||||||||
| Turks and Caicos Islands | (3) | 34 | (3) | 16 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 161 | 65,900 | 107 | 43,100 | |||||||||
| Other | 3 | 1,500 | r | 4 | 4,670 | ||||||||
| Total | 3,930 | 1,470,000 | 4,260 | 1,720,000 | |||||||||
| 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 values. The United States imported scrap | |||||||||||||
| from 57 countries in 2013 and 65 countries in 2014. | |||||||||||||
| 3Less than - unit. | |||||||||||||
| Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. International Trade Commission. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
