According to the statistics released by the
US International Trade Commission (
US ITC), in the January-May period of this year
US steel
scrap exports amounted to 7.95 million metric tons, declining by 10.85 percent as compared to the corresponding period of 2009.
In the first five months of 2010,
US steel
scrap exports to
Turkey amounted to 1.53 million metric tons, increasing by 3.21 percent, while
US steel
scrap exports to South Korea totaled 1.41 million metric tons, up 22.45 percent, and its steel
scrap exports to
China came to 1.21 million metric tons, down 59.01 percent, all compared to the January-May period of 2009.
In the given period, among the top ten
US steel
scrap export destinations, the most striking year-on-year growth rate is registered in steel
scrap exports to
Malaysia. In the January-May period,
Malaysia imported 405,354 metric tons of steel
scrap from the
US, compared to 5,042 metric tons imported in the first five months of 2009.