World steel trade flows - 2017.

World Steel Trade Flows.

Global import & export flows, 2017

The analysis identifies China as the largest exporting region (in terms of extra-regional exports), and other Asia as the largest importing region (in terms of extra-regional imports) for 2017. For this purpose, other Asia includes South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

In 2017, approx 29% of all steel made crossed a border prior to being consumed. International trade in steel amounted to ~463 million tonnes.

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Source: World Steel Association (formerly IISI) - World Steel in Figures, 2018.
All figures are millions of metric tonnes.