# For Treating Metal buyer markets and demand | HS 847981...

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $332.1M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $332.1M | -12% | 43 | Japan |
| USA | $300.0M | +9.6% | 45 | Italy |
| Mexico | $248.3M | +7.2% | 77 | USA |
| India | $143.1M | +16.9% | 35 | China |
| Germany | $139.8M | +1.7% | 55 | Italy |
| Indonesia | $110.7M | +12.3% | 29 | China |
| Russia | $86.5M | +7.6% | 13 | China |
| Viet Nam | $84.2M | -4.8% | 29 | China |
| Turkey | $63.8M | +13.5% | 36 | China |
| France | $56.9M | +6.3% | 38 | Italy |
| Republic of Korea | $55.1M | +9.7% | 33 | China |
| Thailand | $49.4M | -4.5% | 31 | China |
| Romania | $41.7M | +15.7% | 29 | Hungary |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $40.2M | +11.4% | 35 | Germany |
| Malaysia | $36.4M | -5.5% | 29 | China |
| Poland | $33.9M | -1.9% | 32 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Spain | $33.7M | +9.9% | 35 | Italy |
| Taiwan | $31.6M | +11.5% | 23 | China |
| Japan | $31.4M | -6.9% | 25 | China |
| Morocco | $30.7M | -1.1% | 34 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Italy | $30.3M | -1.5% | 38 | Germany |
| United Arab Emirates | $29.2M | +30.5% | 41 | China |
| Czechia | $28.0M | -4.7% | 24 | Germany |
| Slovakia | $26.9M | +14.9% | 22 | Germany |
| Brazil | $26.0M | +10.4% | 25 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Canada | $24.9M | +14.8% | 31 | USA |
| Hungary | $24.0M | -4.1% | 32 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| United Kingdom | $21.3M | +19.5% | 43 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Austria | $19.6M | +3.4% | 36 | Germany |
| Netherlands | $19.3M | +11.3% | 44 | Austria |
| Philippines | $16.6M | -2.4% | 23 | China |
| Bulgaria | $16.5M | +20.8% | 21 | Republic of Korea |
| Slovenia | $16.3M | +7.4% | 18 | Austria |
| Uzbekistan | $15.9M | -14.4% | 12 | China |
| Egypt | $14.8M | +11.7% | 25 | China |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $544.0M | $39,568.67 |
| USA | 2023 | $337.9M | $61,191.78 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $170.8M | $35,973.53 |
| Germany | 2023 | $142.1M | $42,226.9 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $88.3M | $18,448.18 |
| India | 2023 | $85.7M | $40,231.29 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $85.3M | $37,957.19 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $65.4M | $17,831.65 |
| Poland | 2023 | $51.0M | $48,180.71 |
| Russia | 2023 | $49.0M | $11,629.74 |
| France | 2023 | $47.5M | $42,790.95 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $46.8M | $6,034.45 |
| Morocco | 2023 | $40.0M | $64,639.71 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $38.9M | $19,278.44 |
| Austria | 2023 | $37.9M | $40,904.04 |
| Italy | 2023 | $36.4M | $28,169.23 |
| Czechia | 2023 | $35.6M | $56,950.4 |
| Japan | 2023 | $33.7M | $12,365.54 |
| Romania | 2023 | $33.3M | $49,342.03 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $27.3M | $38,432.98 |

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