| Rank | Country | Imports of Ferrous turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmin ... in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | United States | $533,941,443 |  | | 2 | Luxembourg | $419,481,810 |  | | 3 | Spain | $377,685,196 |  | | 4 | Germany | $350,110,299 |  | | 5 | Pakistan | $255,303,481 |  | | 6 | Thailand | $250,886,948 |  | | 7 | Italy | $241,690,851 |  | | 8 | France | $143,204,480 |  | | 9 | Belgium | $74,385,972 |  | | 10 | Netherlands | $50,969,186 |  | | 11 | Switzerland | $43,272,166 |  | | 12 | Canada | $41,226,721 |  | | 13 | Portugal | $41,137,501 |  | | 14 | Belarus | $32,078,200 |  | | 15 | China | $31,286,378 |  | | 16 | Poland | $23,652,926 |  | | 17 | India | $23,058,098 |  | | 18 | Japan | $21,240,613 |  | | 19 | Austria | $16,858,104 |  | | 20 | Slovenia | $13,777,342 |  | | 21 | Bulgaria | $9,468,599 |  | | 22 | Sweden | $9,225,304 |  | | 23 | Hong Kong | $5,666,368 |  | | 24 | Iceland | $4,782,648 |  | | 25 | Indonesia | $2,850,848 |  | | 26 | Finland | $2,795,331 |  | | 27 | Mexico | $2,681,815 |  | | 28 | Denmark | $2,134,687 |  | | 29 | Czech Republic | $2,055,810 |  | | 30 | United Kingdom | $1,974,390 |  | | 31 | Slovakia | $1,876,071 |  | | 32 | Botswana | $1,661,523 |  | | 33 | Singapore | $1,478,713 |  | | 34 | Greece | $1,431,481 |  | | 35 | Malaysia | $1,426,149 |  | | 36 | Estonia | $1,179,008 |  | | 37 | Latvia | $1,138,030 |  | | 38 | Turkey | $1,008,112 |  | | 39 | Argentina | $923,426 |  | | 40 | Brazil | $814,438 |  | | 41 | Croatia | $687,641 |  | | 42 | Hungary | $556,000 |  | | 43 | Ireland | $455,954 |  | | 44 | Norway | $357,606 |  | | 45 | Venezuela | $331,880 |  | | 46 | Saudi Arabia | $319,467 |  | | 47 | Sri Lanka | $299,957 |  | | 48 | Oman | $283,636 |  | | 49 | Romania | $190,629 |  | | 50 | Egypt | $183,083 |  | | 51 | Australia | $183,051 |  | | 52 | Korea, South | $172,733 |  | | 53 | Colombia | $145,089 |  | | 54 | Chile | $133,353 |  | | 55 | New Zealand | $105,325 |  | | 56 | Ecuador | $96,901 |  | | 57 | Yemen | $82,279 |  | | 58 | Peru | $64,188 |  | | 59 | Vietnam | $59,090 |  | | 60 | Montenegro | $53,023 |  | | 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $44,382 |  | | 62 | Jordan | $36,099 |  | | 63 | El Salvador | $30,432 |  | | 64 | Russia | $23,400 |  | | 65 | Kyrgyzstan | $19,671 |  | | 66 | Albania | $19,359 |  | | 67 | Panama | $18,210 |  | | 68 | Serbia | $14,157 |  | | 69 | Nepal | $13,103 |  | | 70 | New Caledonia | $11,579 |  | | 71 | Gambia, The | $9,408 |  | | 72 | Tanzania | $9,404 |  | | 73 | Qatar | $8,813 |  | | 74 | Nicaragua | $8,200 |  | | 75 | Lebanon | $7,647 |  | | 76 | Guatemala | $4,826 |  | | 77 | Aruba | $3,937 |  | | 78 | Bahrain | $2,926 |  | | 79 | Ghana | $2,878 |  | | 80 | Bahamas, The | $2,317 |  | | 81 | Iran | $2,178 |  | | 82 | Lithuania | $2,108 |  | | 83 | Bhutan | $1,575 |  | | 84 | Zambia | $1,230 |  | | 85 | Bolivia | $1,062 |  | | 86 | Burkina Faso | $788 |  | | 87 | Georgia | $534 |  | | 88 | Morocco | $248 |  | | 89 | Costa Rica | $220 |  | | 90 | Cameroon | $214 |  | | 91 | Ethiopia | $193 |  | | 92 | South Africa | $134 |  | | 93 | Dominican Republic | $83 |  | | 94 | Moldova | $79 |  | | 95 | Madagascar | $17 |  | | 96 | Zimbabwe | $5 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $8,893 | $6,894 | $192,638 | $225,374 | $29,726 | $19,359 | $38,710 |
| Algeria | | $9,860 | | | | | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | | | $12 | | |
| Argentina | $72,299 | $45,772 | $462,888 | $272,946 | $161,981 | $923,426 | $150,457 |
| Aruba | | | | | $26 | $3,937 | |
| Australia | $3,158 | $78,487 | $241,242 | $240,545 | $147,541 | $183,051 | $2,227 |
| Austria | $35,934,934 | $36,367,467 | $44,564,368 | $36,103,895 | $14,258,724 | $16,858,104 | |
| Azerbaijan | $196 | | | $153 | $1,978 | | |
| Bahamas, The | | | | | $69 | $2,317 | $1,322 |
| Bahrain | | | | $9,992 | | $2,926 | $5,585 |
| Bangladesh | $3,636,073 | $4,682,463 | $16,246,793 | | | | |
| Belarus | $41,800 | $3,200 | $16,300 | $17,245,700 | $7,200,800 | $32,078,200 | $44,012,300 |
| Belgium | $90,809,215 | $105,364,097 | $160,012,714 | $243,912,969 | $49,848,078 | $74,385,972 | $79,197,709 |
| Belize | | | | $11 | | | |
| Bhutan | | | $12 | $23,821 | $71,825 | $1,575 | |
| Bolivia | $429 | $2,590 | $912 | $18,471 | | $1,062 | $9,376 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $322,168 | $172,931 | $3,277,761 | $2,938,174 | $47,478 | $44,382 | $24,928 |
| Botswana | $5,260 | $1,594 | $9,931 | $152 | $67,485 | $1,661,523 | $1,515,155 |
| Brazil | $9,798 | $3,750 | $5,648 | $235,964 | $5,182 | $814,438 | $1,165,753 |
| Bulgaria | $934,912 | $11,995,335 | $25,858,903 | $387,677 | $4,232,111 | $9,468,599 | $2,556,775 |
| Burkina Faso | $614 | | | | | $788 | |
| Cameroon | | $3 | $8,395 | $137 | | $214 | |
| Canada | $56,004,969 | $43,197,210 | $49,288,255 | $80,220,909 | $29,426,198 | $41,226,721 | $60,113,355 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | | $276 |
| Chile | $29,933 | $34,378 | $39,257 | $52,800 | $38,691 | $133,353 | $44,062 |
| China | $55,031,002 | $28,280,658 | $27,526,951 | $43,524,818 | $67,144,569 | $31,286,378 | $16,853,471 |
| Colombia | $103,600 | $321,191 | $394,521 | $66,285 | $47,110 | $145,089 | $145,587 |
| Costa Rica | $35 | $37 | $2,769 | $330 | $7,570 | $220 | $867 |
| Croatia | $79,866 | $181,608 | $324,110 | $540,788 | $575,378 | $687,641 | $912,573 |
| Cyprus | | | | | $6,605 | | |
| Czech Republic | $3,333,490 | $2,912,202 | $7,076,069 | $8,381,284 | $2,925,620 | $2,055,810 | $3,166,115 |
| Denmark | $24,214,758 | $16,027,044 | $19,014,862 | $36,469,571 | $4,080,316 | $2,134,687 | $1,828,589 |
| Dominica | | | | | $2 | | |
| Dominican Republic | $2,500 | $539 | $419 | $536 | $376 | $83 | |
| East Timor | $5,299 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $84,303 | $137,494 | $26,643 | $60,266 | $67,646 | $96,901 | $72,506 |
| Egypt | | $3,208,388 | | | | $183,083 | |
| El Salvador | $2,554 | $2,564 | | | | $30,432 | |
| Estonia | $150,932 | $83,680 | $416,613 | $848,847 | $388,188 | $1,179,008 | $815,901 |
| Ethiopia | $101 | $1,512 | $48 | | $1,778 | $193 | |
| Faroe Islands | $22,483 | | | | | | |
| Fiji | $46 | $7,473 | | | $256 | | |
| Finland | $226 | $1,157,685 | $1,498,691 | $7,481,172 | $47,974 | $2,795,331 | $724,221 |
| France | $87,330,543 | $80,689,034 | $138,675,830 | $234,393,964 | $89,552,361 | $143,204,480 | $237,971,344 |
| French Polynesia | | $10 | $57 | | $16 | | $31 |
| Gambia, The | $3,462 | | | | | $9,408 | $2,429 |
| Georgia | $199 | | $44,772 | $6,374 | $1,755 | $534 | |
| Germany | $162,088,000 | $229,199,000 | $319,160,000 | $453,560,000 | $192,244,000 | $350,110,299 | $603,550,078 |
| Ghana | $144 | $66,226 | $23 | $279 | $13,007 | $2,878 | $18,799 |
| Greece | $1,818 | $248,838 | $993,064 | $4,759,473 | $474,131 | $1,431,481 | $3,452,014 |
| Greenland | | | $920 | | | | |
| Guatemala | $10,209 | $34,556 | $21,705 | $29,208 | $17,825 | $4,826 | $25,596 |
| Guyana | | | $6,091 | | | | |
| Honduras | $5,229 | $7,456 | $3,816 | | $2,296 | | |
| Hong Kong | $2,527,468 | $2,162,028 | $1,739,921 | $2,265,857 | $5,380,253 | $5,666,368 | $2,290,617 |
| Hungary | $1,014,000 | $4,371,000 | | $12,223,000 | $434,000 | $556,000 | $7,561,000 |
| Iceland | | | | $606,798 | $202,125 | $4,782,648 | $3,124,445 |
| India | $3,845,013 | $2,533,442 | $10,796,337 | $10,767,187 | $11,788,473 | $23,058,098 | $52,309,950 |
| Indonesia | $11,414,188 | $7,197,960 | $1,579,526 | $2,841,092 | $2,264,444 | $2,850,848 | $8,141,886 |
| Iran | $268,131 | $11,245 | | | | $2,178 | |
| Ireland | $154,335 | $919,504 | $673,470 | $827,734 | $518,639 | $455,954 | $950,972 |
| Israel | $58,000 | $39,000 | $60,000 | | | | |
| Italy | $147,711,030 | $202,021,780 | $193,009,734 | $277,447,560 | $101,270,634 | $241,690,851 | $406,705,118 |
| Jamaica | $46 | $212 | | | | | |
| Japan | $417,372 | $147,216 | $1,209,375 | $7,974,002 | $1,803,458 | $21,240,613 | $75,753,139 |
| Jordan | $1,058 | $2,028 | $20,917 | $115,419 | $104,582 | $36,099 | $12,075 |
| Kazakhstan | $1,225 | $522,850 | $132,156 | $649 | $67 | | |
| Kenya | $3,920 | $16,039 | $4,589 | $9,588 | $1,231 | | |
| Korea, South | $11,572 | $176,715 | $287,000 | $2,521 | $340,881 | $172,733 | $29,736,349 |
| Kuwait | | $34 | | $5,806 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $23,944 | | $1,281 | $558 | $3,840 | $19,671 | $21,811 |
| Latvia | $2,178,118 | $19,761,757 | $3,594,693 | $615,063 | $563,891 | $1,138,030 | $805,181 |
| Lebanon | $3,000 | $3,706 | $2,163 | $13,918 | $9,896 | $7,647 | $17,978 |
| Lesotho | | | | $30,457 | | | |
| Lithuania | $1,587 | $106,659 | $147,359 | $84,961 | $93 | $2,108 | $3,578 |
| Luxembourg | $244,829,005 | $356,562,923 | $477,478,320 | $674,931,978 | $231,437,306 | $419,481,810 | $520,622,129 |
| Macau | $4,002 | $1,122 | $30,792 | | $939 | | |
| Macedonia | $3,581 | $11,049 | $45,562 | $19,244 | | | $24,936 |
| Madagascar | | $459 | $156 | | $34 | $17 | |
| Malaysia | $31,116 | $91,478 | $227,825 | $2,060,504 | $1,475,191 | $1,426,149 | $1,571,452 |
| Malta | $3,395 | $3,676 | $5,408 | $1,471 | | | |
| Mauritania | | $814 | | | | | |
| Mayotte | | $107 | | | | | |
| Mexico | $7,917,967 | $8,655,296 | $13,441,578 | $7,499,996 | $7,031,666 | $2,681,815 | $7,161,058 |
| Moldova | | | | $1,952 | | $79 | |
| Mongolia | $1,192 | $45,617 | $20,057 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $9,846 | $17,012 | $875,597 | $3,003,423 | $53,023 | |
| Montserrat | $39 | | | | | | |
| Morocco | | $193,269 | $7,846 | $40,283 | $28 | $248 | |
| Mozambique | | | $691 | $153,590 | | | |
| Namibia | $9 | $76 | $2,360 | $7,273 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | | $13,103 | |
| Netherlands | $44,915,731 | $77,452,050 | $78,312,032 | $55,034,730 | $46,301,424 | $50,969,186 | |
| New Caledonia | | | | | | $11,579 | |
| New Zealand | $14,262 | $30,020 | $172,656 | $66,673 | $70,923 | $105,325 | $266,161 |
| Nicaragua | $800 | $545 | $723 | | $3 | $8,200 | $18,435 |
| Niger | $57 | | $85 | | $381 | | |
| Nigeria | | $21,605 | | | | | |
| Norway | $32,817 | $388,020 | $514,977 | $657,200 | $260,101 | $357,606 | $342,060 |
| Oman | $13,542 | | $17,875 | $57,917 | $128,536 | $283,636 | |
| Pakistan | $108,047,915 | $145,491,984 | $310,678,281 | $265,342,674 | $330,729,150 | $255,303,481 | $195,812,052 |
| Panama | | | $15,582 | $71,885 | | $18,210 | $28,453 |
| Paraguay | $792 | $4,720 | $5,688 | $6,120 | $23,201 | | $22,321 |
| Peru | $784 | $636 | $2,522 | $151,044 | $3,648 | $64,188 | $11,287 |
| Philippines | $950 | | | | | | |
| Poland | $17,115,560 | $24,544,367 | $22,829,993 | $36,552,118 | $16,339,008 | $23,652,926 | $33,047,865 |
| Portugal | $37,730,896 | $61,404,212 | $72,069,327 | $106,340,853 | $48,821,302 | $41,137,501 | $59,601,461 |
| Qatar | $13,839 | $19,125 | | $61,809 | | $8,813 | |
| Romania | $1,427 | $863 | $197,684 | $98,653 | $52,151 | $190,629 | $164,544 |
| Russia | | $90,835 | $279,438 | $199,398 | $7,436 | $23,400 | $2,043 |
| Rwanda | | | $125 | $54 | $6,300 | | $155 |
| Saint Lucia | | $26 | $30 | $183 | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $136,215 | $336,196 | $211,113 | | | $319,467 | |
| Senegal | | $4,801 | $1,574 | | | | |
| Serbia | $106,272 | $29,381 | $3,571 | $126,567 | $207,226 | $14,157 | $1,538 |
| Seychelles | | $61 | | $4 | | | |
| Singapore | $1,565,785 | $1,755,914 | $1,071,407 | $1,338,964 | $566,893 | $1,478,713 | $2,461,785 |
| Slovakia | $489,872 | $2,081,963 | $2,653,783 | $3,618,689 | $3,824,015 | $1,876,071 | $1,797,650 |
| Slovenia | $7,014,027 | $10,950,582 | $4,976,084 | $6,319,357 | $3,421,637 | $13,777,342 | $18,484,327 |
| South Africa | $160 | $78 | $146 | $25,835 | $44,428 | $134 | $550 |
| Spain | $249,786,298 | $351,159,294 | $435,710,513 | $561,073,895 | $209,479,887 | $377,685,196 | |
| Sri Lanka | $27 | $397 | | | $336,521 | $299,957 | $222,016 |
| Sudan | | | $4,916 | | | | |
| Suriname | | | | | $48,909 | | |
| Swaziland | $29,932 | $436 | $11,728 | | | | |
| Sweden | $2,374,940 | $2,850,489 | $5,297,169 | $5,187,135 | $5,307,465 | $9,225,304 | $16,291,934 |
| Switzerland | $15,775,775 | $22,018,647 | $34,927,809 | $55,837,697 | $16,363,695 | $43,272,166 | $57,041,837 |
| Tanzania | $1,773 | | | $14,106 | $3,741 | $9,404 | $359 |
| Thailand | $23,785,705 | $34,247,487 | $130,464,184 | $263,763,746 | $174,634,457 | $250,886,948 | $388,657,758 |
| Tonga | | | | $73 | $22 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | $2,577 | $132 | | | |
| Tunisia | $25 | $4,084 | $80,538 | $52,619 | $17,492 | | |
| Turkey | $48,835 | $19,551 | $117,799 | $298,571 | $136,141 | $1,008,112 | $1,139,493 |
| Uganda | | | $7,685 | $6,058 | | | |
| Ukraine | $164,844 | $20,503 | $41,898 | $333,670 | $4,474 | | $92,317 |
| United Arab Emirates | $297,802 | | $317,945 | $301,839 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $1,241,445 | $1,515,389 | $8,277,292 | $5,379,819 | $1,979,433 | $1,974,390 | $5,897,703 |
| United States | $350,081,981 | $479,645,831 | $397,214,536 | $592,912,372 | $234,125,519 | $533,941,443 | $571,972,039 |
| Uruguay | $106 | | $18,511 | | | | |
| Vanuatu | | $14 | $95 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $8,085 | $2,085 | $89,391 | $8,340 | $946,097 | $331,880 | $114,601 |
| Vietnam | $418,085 | $369,065 | $367,524 | $30,201 | $912,076 | $59,090 | |
| Yemen | | | | $28,820 | $36,267 | $82,279 | $21,189 |
| Zambia | | $14 | $4,365 | | | $1,230 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $12,087 | $6 | | $118 | $5 | |
|
|