Around 17.5 million metric tons of steel scrap were exported by the United States in 2022. Close to 20 percent of these exports were sent to Mexico, which was the leading country of destination for U.S. steel scrap, dwarfing all other countries. Turkey, second in the ranking, represented some 19 percent of the total exports.
Leading destinations for steel scrap exports from the United States in 2022
(in 1,000 metric tons)
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Bureau of International Recycling. (May 19, 2023). Leading destinations for steel scrap exports from the United States in 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245003/united-states-main-steel-scrap-export-destinations/
Bureau of International Recycling. "Leading destinations for steel scrap exports from the United States in 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. May 19, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245003/united-states-main-steel-scrap-export-destinations/
Bureau of International Recycling. (2023). Leading destinations for steel scrap exports from the United States in 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245003/united-states-main-steel-scrap-export-destinations/
Bureau of International Recycling. "Leading Destinations for Steel Scrap Exports from The United States in 2022 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245003/united-states-main-steel-scrap-export-destinations/
Bureau of International Recycling, Leading destinations for steel scrap exports from the United States in 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245003/united-states-main-steel-scrap-export-destinations/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Leading destinations for steel scrap exports from the United States in 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], Bureau of International Recycling, May 19, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245003/united-states-main-steel-scrap-export-destinations/