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Where does Germany get its steel? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $20.8 billion of steel (16.2 million tonnes), 6% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (15%), France (13%) and Italy (12%). Germany was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of steel.

Summary

Value
$20.8billion
Tonnes
16.2million tonnes
Share of world total
6%
World rank
2nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Belgium re-exports3.1Tonnes: 2,746,968USD per tonne: $1,12814.9%Sea
France2.8Tonnes: 2,032,237USD per tonne: $1,36813.4%Land
Italy2.6Tonnes: 2,076,698USD per tonne: $1,22912.3%Sea
Austria2.5Tonnes: 1,698,789USD per tonne: $1,49012.2%Land
Netherlands re-exports1.8Tonnes: 1,789,878USD per tonne: $1,0028.6%Sea
Finland1.1Tonnes: 457,500USD per tonne: $2,3795.2%Sea
Sweden1Tonnes: 598,348USD per tonne: $1,7495%Sea
Spain0.78Tonnes: 484,601USD per tonne: $1,6143.8%Sea
Czechia0.62Tonnes: 535,714USD per tonne: $1,1613%Land
Poland0.61Tonnes: 653,286USD per tonne: $9332.9%Sea
Slovakia0.44Tonnes: 446,665USD per tonne: $9842.1%Sea
China0.42Tonnes: 307,094USD per tonne: $1,3532%Sea
Luxembourg0.37Tonnes: 410,105USD per tonne: $8941.8%Land
Switzerland0.36Tonnes: 287,436USD per tonne: $1,2621.8%Land
India0.29Tonnes: 124,801USD per tonne: $2,3511.4%Sea
Slovenia0.23Tonnes: 109,679USD per tonne: $2,0911.1%Sea
South Korea0.21Tonnes: 145,828USD per tonne: $1,4511%Sea
Denmark0.19Tonnes: 209,601USD per tonne: $9110.92%Sea
Taiwan0.17Tonnes: 151,386USD per tonne: $1,1350.83%Sea
Japan0.15Tonnes: 64,567USD per tonne: $2,3410.73%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Belgium 3.1
  • France 2.8
  • Italy 2.6
  • Austria 2.5
  • Netherlands 1.8

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium2.63.1
France22.8
Italy1.12.6
Austria0.792.5
Netherlands0.791.8

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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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