World steel trade flows - 2022.

World Steel Trade Flows.

Global import & export flows, 2022

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 this purpose, other Asia includes South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand & Indonesia.

In 2022, roughly 22% of all steel made crossed a border prior to being consumed. International trade in steel that year amounted to ~402 million metric tonnes.

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Source: World Steel Association - World Steel in Figures, 2023.
All tonnage figures are millions of metric tonnes.