# (Excluding Cold-Drawn Or Cold-Rolled buyer markets and demand...

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $324.3M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $324.3M | +37.7% | 41 | Russia |
| Germany | $143.9M | -0.9% | 55 | France |
| USA | $120.7M | -2.7% | 46 | Japan |
| Republic of Korea | $91.3M | -10.8% | 32 | Japan |
| Czechia | $91.1M | +2.5% | 30 | Sweden |
| Italy | $81.2M | -1.8% | 33 | Germany |
| Saudi Arabia | $60.0M | +24.2% | 37 | Spain |
| Taiwan | $52.9M | -0.8% | 25 | Japan |
| Turkey | $51.0M | +36.3% | 34 | Russia |
| India | $44.1M | -12.8% | 39 | Spain |
| United Kingdom | $37.0M | -14.9% | 43 | France |
| Netherlands | $30.3M | -4.1% | 52 | Germany |
| France | $28.9M | -16.6% | 49 | Spain |
| Norway | $27.7M | +9.5% | 31 | Spain |
| Thailand | $27.6M | +1% | 30 | China |
| Mexico | $25.0M | +4.3% | 44 | USA |
| Singapore | $24.9M | +0.9% | 42 | China |
| Spain | $22.0M | -10.4% | 42 | Austria |
| Indonesia | $20.3M | +21.3% | 30 | China |
| Canada | $20.0M | -8% | 36 | USA |
| Viet Nam | $18.8M | +3.5% | 35 | China |
| Austria | $18.7M | +2.6% | 37 | Germany |
| Qatar | $18.0M | +10.8% | 22 | Spain |
| Brazil | $17.4M | +22.6% | 41 | China |
| Poland | $17.0M | -2.1% | 36 | Germany |
| Belgium | $13.8M | -1.3% | 30 | Germany |
| Russia | $13.7M | -26.5% | 10 | China |
| Oman | $13.1M | +11.8% | 26 | Spain |
| Australia | $12.8M | +22.6% | 35 | China |
| Malaysia | $12.0M | +2.2% | 32 | China |
| United Arab Emirates | $10.8M | -16.4% | 39 | China |
| Japan | $10.4M | -10% | 24 | Republic of Korea |
| Denmark | $9.4M | -4.6% | 24 | France |
| Sweden | $8.5M | +18.3% | 30 | Germany |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $8.0M | -2.5% | 32 | Germany |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $185.1M | $26,258.81 |
| Germany | 2023 | $167.5M | $11,478.92 |
| USA | 2023 | $166.6M | $12,257.91 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $146.0M | $7,192.65 |
| Czechia | 2023 | $133.8M | $10,597.09 |
| Italy | 2023 | $90.1M | $10,716.35 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $85.6M | $14,083.08 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $60.1M | $13,386.22 |
| India | 2023 | $56.8M | $1,581.94 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $44.4M | $12,082.85 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $38.0M | $11,642.8 |
| Spain | 2023 | $34.2M | $12,601.62 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2023 | $31.2M | $12,718.72 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $31.0M | $4,782.76 |
| France | 2023 | $29.9M | $11,213.32 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $28.7M | $5,898.19 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $27.2M | $14,290.12 |
| Austria | 2023 | $26.9M | $11,285.39 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $25.4M | $12,019.03 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $23.2M | $6,586.51 |

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