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Where does Italy get its iron and steel scrap? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Italy imported $2.5 billion of iron and steel scrap (5.8 million tonnes), 5.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (31%), Austria (12%) and France (10%). Italy was the world’s 4th-largest importer of iron and steel scrap.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
5.8million tonnes
Share of world total
5.6%
World rank
4th
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
Germany753Tonnes: 1,572,105USD per tonne: $47930.7%Sea
Austria283Tonnes: 705,786USD per tonne: $40111.5%Land
France235Tonnes: 592,992USD per tonne: $3979.6%Sea
Slovenia206Tonnes: 656,239USD per tonne: $3148.4%Sea
Czechia190Tonnes: 672,172USD per tonne: $2827.7%Sea
Hungary173Tonnes: 480,369USD per tonne: $3597%Sea
Switzerland105Tonnes: 233,862USD per tonne: $4484.3%Land
United States86.8Tonnes: 171,079USD per tonne: $5083.5%Sea
Spain83.6Tonnes: 58,237USD per tonne: $1,4363.4%Sea
Turkey62.1Tonnes: 43,055USD per tonne: $1,4422.5%Sea
United Kingdom56.1Tonnes: 136,591USD per tonne: $4112.3%Sea
Slovakia55.8Tonnes: 136,041USD per tonne: $4102.3%Sea
Venezuela32.4Tonnes: 85,608USD per tonne: $3781.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports24.9Tonnes: 17,116USD per tonne: $1,4541%Sea
Croatia24.8Tonnes: 63,639USD per tonne: $3901%Sea
Poland19.2Tonnes: 24,389USD per tonne: $7890.78%Sea
Serbia10.1Tonnes: 27,230USD per tonne: $3700.41%Sea
Bulgaria10Tonnes: 13,284USD per tonne: $7560.41%Sea
Romania7.4Tonnes: 31,238USD per tonne: $2380.3%Sea
Greece5.7Tonnes: 3,463USD per tonne: $1,6420.23%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Germany 0.75
  • Austria 0.28
  • France 0.24
  • Slovenia 0.21
  • Czechia 0.19

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.40.75
Austria0.050.28
France0.210.24
Slovenia0.010.21
Czechia0.050.19

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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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