China's steel imports in 2007

Tuesday, 29 January 2008 11:27:27 (GMT+3)   |  

SteelOrbis Shanghai

In 2007, China imported 16.86 million mt of steel. Japan became the largest steel import source for China at 6.74 million mt, followed by South Korea at 3.63 million mt. Meanwhile, Taiwan accounted for the third largest share of Chinese steel imports at 3.37 million mt.

Chinese steel imports for 2007 are as follows:

 

Country

2007 Jan-Dec Quantity (mt)

2007 Jan-Dec Revenue (US$)

Total

16.865.210,24

20.475.524.645

Japan

6.748.512,97

7.376.657.850

S. Korea

3.636.186,80

3.523.786.847

Taiwan

3.378.973,09

3.396.218.445

Germany

515.070,82

1.569.541.971

Kazakhstan

316.033,21

150.564.560

Russia

181.799,46

295.761.867

Italy

154.458,88

501.135.850

USA

139.272,06

700.468.073

Sweden

119.859,71

333.680.236

Thailand

114.171,77

86.112.885

UK

101.469,72

160.149.911

France

94.602,08

326.056.137

S. Africa

86.074,65

362.513.825

India

77.077,65

109.894.435

Brazil

72.685,78

60.473.871

Austria

69.252,59

174.613.053

Belgium

57.397,42

148.604.455


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