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Where does Pakistan get its steel? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Pakistan imported $1.5 billion of steel (2.5 million tonnes), 0.4% of the world total. China sold 69% of the total, followed by Japan (10%) and Iran (3%). Pakistan was the world’s 49th-largest importer of steel.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
2.5million tonnes
Share of world total
0.4%
World rank
49th
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
China1Tonnes: 1,733,500USD per tonne: $60369.3%Sea
Japan0.15Tonnes: 314,500USD per tonne: $48510.1%Sea
Iran0.04Tonnes: 79,450USD per tonne: $5142.7%Sea
South Korea0.04Tonnes: 33,309USD per tonne: $1,1692.6%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.04Tonnes: 25,924USD per tonne: $1,3752.4%Air
Taiwan0.03Tonnes: 39,304USD per tonne: $7722%Sea
South Africa0.02Tonnes: 32,995USD per tonne: $6191.4%Sea
Oman0.02Tonnes: 35,258USD per tonne: $5091.2%Sea
Qatar0.02Tonnes: 33,130USD per tonne: $4861.1%Sea
United States0.01Tonnes: 14,172USD per tonne: $1,0100.96%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.01Tonnes: 22,210USD per tonne: $6170.91%Sea
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 8,248USD per tonne: $1,4810.81%Sea
Australia0.01Tonnes: 15,207USD per tonne: $6810.69%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 12,277USD per tonne: $7990.65%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 7,031USD per tonne: $1,3170.61%Sea
Brazil0.01Tonnes: 11,291USD per tonne: $5290.4%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 4,885USD per tonne: $1,0220.33%Sea
Sweden< 0.01Tonnes: 1,252USD per tonne: $3,5140.29%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 5,320USD per tonne: $7860.28%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 1,426USD per tonne: $2,5330.24%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2006

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

  • China 1
  • Japan 0.15
  • Iran 0.04
  • South Korea 0.04
  • United Arab Emirates 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.011
Japan0.060.15
Iran00.04
South Korea0.010.04
United Arab Emirates00.04

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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