U.S. steel scrap exports 2000-2016

U.S. steel scrap exports between 2000 and 2016 (in thousand metric tons)

The data describes steel scrap exports from the U.S. from 2000 to 2016. In 2016, the country exported some 22 million metric tons of steel scrap. That year, about 560 million metric tons of steel scrap was consumed globally.

2000 5761
2001 7444
2002 8950
2003 10767
2004 11899
2005 13001
2006 13978
2007 16642
2008 21712
2009 22439
2010 20557
2011 24373
2012 21397
2013 18495
2014 15340
2015 12976
2016 13230