MAJOR IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS OF STEEL 2015

Total Exports Mt
1 China   111.6
2 Japan  40.8
3 European Union (28) (1) 33.8
4 South Korea 31.2
5 Russia  29.7
6 Germany (2) 25.1
7 Ukraine  17.7
8 Italy (2) 16.5
9 Belgium (2)  15.2
10 Turkey    15.0
11 France (2) 14.0
12 Brazil   13.7
13 Taiwan, China 11.2
14 Netherlands (2) 10.6
15 United States  10.0
16 Spain (2) 9.6
17 India 7.6
18 Austria (2) 7.4
19 United Kingdom (2)  7.3
20 Canada   6.0

Total Imports Mt
1 European Union (28) (1) 37.7
2 United States 36.5
3 Germany (2) 24.8
4 South Korea 21.7
5 Italy (2) 19.9
6 Turkey 18.6
7 Viet Nam 16.3
8 Thailand 14.6
9 France (2) 13.7
10 India 13.3
11 China 13.2
12 Mexico 12.7
13 Belgium (2) 12.1
14 Indonesia 11.4
15 Poland (2) 9.2
16 Spain (2) 8.9
17 Canada 8.0
18 Egypt 7.9
19 Taiwan, China 7.5
20 United Kingdom (2) 7.2

Net Exports (exports – imports) Mt
1 China 98.4
2 Japan 34.9
3 Russia 25.3
4 Ukraine 16.9
5 Brazil 10.5
6 South Korea 9.5
7 Netherlands (2) 3.8
8 Taiwan, China 3.7
9 Austria (2) 3.2
10 Belgium (2) 3.1
11 Slovakia (2) 2.2
12 Luxembourg 1.8
13 Singapore 1.7
14 Kazakhstan 1.2
15 Finland (2) 0.9

Net Imports (imports – exports)Mt
1 United States 26.5
2 Viet Nam 14.9
3 Thailand 13.4
4 Indonesia 9.4
5 Mexico 8.6
6 Egypt 7.7
7 Saudi Arabia 6.4
8 Algeria 6.4
9 United Arab Emirates 6.0
10 India 5.7
11 Poland (2) 4.1
12 Bangladesh 4.0
13 European Union (28) (1) 3.9
14 Iran 3.8
15 Turkey 3.7

(1) Excluding intra-regional trade
(2) Data for individual European Union (28) countries include intra-European trade

** Source : World Steel Association