According to the statistics released by the
US International Trade Commission (
US ITC), in the first half of this year
US steel
scrap exports amounted to 9.66 million metric tons, declining by 14.57 percent as compared to the corresponding period of 2009.
In the first six months of 2010,
US steel
scrap exports to
Turkey amounted to 1.7 million metric tons, decreasing by 12.4 percent, while
US steel
scrap exports to South Korea totaled 1.72 million metric tons, up 16.9 percent, and its steel
scrap exports to
China came to 1.55 million metric tons, down 56.09 percent, all compared to the first half of 2009.