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Where does Israel get its steel? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Israel imported $2 billion of steel (2.4 million tonnes), 0.6% of the world total. Its main sources were the United Arab Emirates (28%), Hong Kong (12%) and Thailand (12%). Israel was the world’s 39th-largest importer of steel.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
2.4million tonnes
Share of world total
0.6%
World rank
39th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United Arab Emirates544Tonnes: 814,059USD per tonne: $66927.6%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports229Tonnes: 238,716USD per tonne: $95811.6%Sea
Thailand229Tonnes: 344,247USD per tonne: $66411.6%Sea
Turkey221Tonnes: 230,056USD per tonne: $96111.2%Sea
China121Tonnes: 168,966USD per tonne: $7176.2%Sea
Spain86.7Tonnes: 95,757USD per tonne: $9054.4%Sea
Mauritius66.8Tonnes: 85,552USD per tonne: $6823.4%Sea
Singapore re-exports50.5Tonnes: 50,374USD per tonne: $1,0022.6%Sea
Jordan44.7Tonnes: 64,305USD per tonne: $6952.3%Sea
Italy34.8Tonnes: 22,837USD per tonne: $1,5221.8%Sea
Greece34.3Tonnes: 62,240USD per tonne: $5511.7%Sea
Taiwan33.7Tonnes: 15,980USD per tonne: $2,1101.7%Sea
Ukraine33.2Tonnes: 53,426USD per tonne: $6211.7%Sea
Germany31.8Tonnes: 24,104USD per tonne: $1,3201.6%Sea
United States30.7Tonnes: 11,881USD per tonne: $2,5861.6%Sea
Portugal22.3Tonnes: 36,264USD per tonne: $6151.1%Sea
India16.9Tonnes: 10,838USD per tonne: $1,5600.86%Sea
France15.7Tonnes: 10,936USD per tonne: $1,4340.8%Sea
Belgium re-exports15.5Tonnes: 5,584USD per tonne: $2,7810.79%Sea
Switzerland14.7Tonnes: 18,951USD per tonne: $7760.75%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United Arab Emirates has been its main source since 2024

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

  • United Arab Emirates 0.54
  • Hong Kong 0.23
  • Thailand 0.23
  • Turkey 0.22
  • China 0.12

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Arab Emirates00.54
Hong Kong< 0.010.23
Thailand00.23
Turkey0.070.22
China< 0.010.12

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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