# Primary Forms (Excluding Ingots And  buyer markets and demand...

Italy is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $199.9M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | $199.9M | +126.4% | 23 | India |
| Germany | $41.1M | -1.5% | 34 | Sweden |
| Spain | $10.4M | +16.9% | 23 | Italy |
| Egypt | $10.0M | +76.2% | 9 | Libya |
| South Africa | $9.9M | +161.3% | 15 | Zimbabwe |
| United Kingdom | $8.3M | +17.1% | 23 | India |
| Latvia | $6.9M | +4.7% | 11 | Belgium |
| Netherlands | $5.3M | -11.5% | 30 | USA |
| France | $5.2M | -18% | 29 | Germany |
| Singapore | $4.3M | +39.2% | 13 | China |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $4.1M | +347.3% | 2 | USA |
| Finland | $3.0M | -18.7% | 17 | Germany |
| Belgium | $2.8M | +3.4% | 21 | Netherlands |
| Greece | $2.7M | +6.7% | 11 | Bulgaria |
| USA | $2.6M | -2.4% | 30 | United Kingdom |
| Tunisia | $2.5M | +14.3% | 4 | Italy |
| Luxembourg | $2.4M | +7.6% | 6 | France |
| Qatar | $2.0M | +102.9% | 8 | USA |
| Turkey | $1.9M | +19.1% | 13 | Spain |
| Mexico | $1.7M | +20.9% | 15 | USA |
| Japan | $1.7M | +18.9% | 11 | China |
| Zambia | $1.7M | +183.6% | 6 | Zimbabwe |
| Saudi Arabia | $1.7M | +66% | 10 | China |
| Slovenia | $1.6M | +46.8% | 11 | Hungary |
| Sweden | $1.5M | -7.7% | 13 | Latvia |
| Poland | $1.5M | -25.5% | 14 | Germany |
| India | $1.5M | +15.7% | 16 | China |
| Malaysia | $1.4M | +11% | 16 | China |
| Thailand | $1.4M | +28.2% | 13 | USA |
| Romania | $1.3M | +8.9% | 19 | Italy |
| Austria | $1.0M | -7% | 15 | Germany |
| Canada | $962.0K | -3.3% | 18 | Finland |
| Bulgaria | $950.0K | -14.7% | 7 | Italy |
| Taiwan | $865.0K | -17% | 4 | China |
| Norway | $819.2K | +7.9% | 14 | Spain |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 2023 | $230.6M | $763.56 |
| Germany | 2023 | $31.6M | $689.44 |
| Latvia | 2023 | $22.4M | $2,105.9 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $20.9M | $1,727.14 |
| Spain | 2023 | $8.5M | $566.23 |
| Egypt | 2023 | $6.4M | $1,751.61 |
| France | 2023 | $6.2M | $2,812.69 |
| Poland | 2023 | $5.0M | $526.59 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $4.9M | $15,415.02 |
| Greece | 2023 | $4.7M | $848.01 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $4.2M | $4,927.66 |
| Finland | 2023 | $4.1M | $4,881.35 |
| Philippines | 2023 | $3.7M | $10,680.89 |
| Slovenia | 2023 | $3.6M | $1,589.88 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $3.4M | $3,035.94 |
| Tunisia | 2023 | $3.1M | $1,016.98 |
| USA | 2023 | $2.6M | $1,992.52 |
| Sweden | 2023 | $2.6M | $5,844.22 |
| Austria | 2023 | $2.4M | $2,447.03 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $2.3M | $483.48 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._