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Who buys Canada’s iron and steel scrap? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $2 billion of iron and steel scrap (4.9 million tonnes), 4.5% of the world total. The United States bought 66% of the total, followed by Turkey (11%) and India (8%). Canada was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of iron and steel scrap.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
4.9million tonnes
Share of world total
4.5%
World rank
7th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.3Tonnes: 3,259,320USD per tonne: $39866%Sea
Turkey0.22Tonnes: 541,711USD per tonne: $40911.3%Sea
India0.16Tonnes: 326,301USD per tonne: $5008.3%Sea
Egypt0.06Tonnes: 134,774USD per tonne: $4262.9%Sea
Taiwan0.04Tonnes: 109,774USD per tonne: $3872.2%Sea
Pakistan0.04Tonnes: 116,998USD per tonne: $3562.1%Sea
Mexico0.04Tonnes: 100,982USD per tonne: $4072.1%Sea
Vietnam0.03Tonnes: 100,161USD per tonne: $3061.6%Sea
Thailand0.02Tonnes: 74,812USD per tonne: $2721%Sea
Spain0.01Tonnes: 31,860USD per tonne: $3330.54%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 5,531USD per tonne: $1,6770.47%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 7,900USD per tonne: $7680.31%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 14,353USD per tonne: $3390.25%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 5,940USD per tonne: $6390.19%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 2,637USD per tonne: $1,1420.15%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 2,255USD per tonne: $9600.11%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 3,089USD per tonne: $6930.11%Sea
Bangladesh< 0.01Tonnes: 6,259USD per tonne: $3070.1%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 6,623USD per tonne: $2370.08%Sea
Poland< 0.01Tonnes: 613USD per tonne: $1,6900.05%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 1.3
  • Turkey 0.22
  • India 0.16
  • Egypt 0.06
  • Taiwan 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.231.3
Turkey0.020.22
India0.010.16
Egypt00.06
Taiwan0.010.04

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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