Trade in goods with USA	SITC (Standard International Trade Classification)

Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (SITC 28) USA's export to and import from different countries

USA's trade in Goods product group: Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (Sitc 28)

Most important trade partners in USA's trade in Goods product group: Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (Sitc 28)

Share of USA's	2020 %	2021 %	2022 %	2023 %	2024 %
Export	1.5	1.9	1.5	1.4	1.4
Import	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
Trade in Goods	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.7

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Import

Table: Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (SITC^*) 28) export from USA during 2020 - 2024

* SITC Standard International Trade Classification

	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%
Argentina (AR)	1	0.0	3	0.0	4	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Australia (AU)	130	0.6	182	0.6	63	0.2	103	0.4	140	0.5
Austria (AT)	33	0.2	16	0.0	24	0.1	17	0.1	26	0.1
Bahrain (BH)	0	0.0	3	0.0	14	0.0	1	0.0	5	0.0
Bangladesh (BD)	366	1.7	600	1.8	734	2.3	585	2.1	660	2.3
Belarus (BY)	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	0.0	0	0.0
Belgium (BE)	779	3.6	897	2.8	949	3.0	621	2.2	709	2.5
Belize (BZ)			1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0
Brazil (BR)	30	0.1	55	0.2	36	0.1	28	0.1	34	0.1
Brunei (BN)									1	0.0
Bulgaria (BG)	35	0.2	3	0.0	34	0.1	2	0.0	0	0.0
Cambodia (KH)	16	0.1	4	0.0	4	0.0	7	0.0	10	0.0
Cameroon (CM)	4	0.0	5	0.0	9	0.0	0	0.0
Canada (CA)	2,857	13.2	3,886	11.9	4,055	12.7	3,993	14.3	3,891	13.7
Cayman Islands (KY)	1	0.0	3	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Chile (CL)	55	0.3	52	0.2	3	0.0	54	0.2	15	0.1
China (CN)	1,393	6.4	2,874	8.8	3,429	10.7	3,311	11.9	4,331	15.2
Colombia (CO)	1	0.0	1	0.0	5	0.0	2	0.0	3	0.0
Costa Rica (CR)	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Czech Republic (CZ)	0	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	4	0.0
Denmark (DK)	4	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0	4	0.0	6	0.0
Dominican Republic (DO)	4	0.0	5	0.0	7	0.0	7	0.0	10	0.0
Ecuador (EC)	33	0.2	99	0.3	83	0.3	48	0.2	21	0.1
Egypt (EG)	84	0.4	202	0.6	148	0.5	3	0.0	61	0.2
Estonia (EE)	5	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Eswatini (SZ)			1	0.0	0	0.0			0	0.0
Finland (FI)	26	0.1	73	0.2	77	0.2	102	0.4	121	0.4
France (FR)	13	0.1	11	0.0	55	0.2	36	0.1	50	0.2
Georgia (GE)	0	0.0	1	0.0			0	0.0	8	0.0
Germany (DE)	1,490	6.9	2,687	8.3	2,397	7.5	1,280	4.6	808	2.8
Ghana (GH)	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0			0	0.0
Greece (GR)	150	0.7	255	0.8	252	0.8	115	0.4	105	0.4
Guatemala (GT)	7	0.0	6	0.0	14	0.0	0	0.0	10	0.0
Guyana (GY)	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
Honduras (HN)	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hong Kong (HK)	163	0.8	540	1.7	376	1.2	459	1.6	492	1.7
Hungary (HU)	2	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0
Iceland (IS)	0	0.0			2	0.0	3	0.0	0	0.0
India (IN)	931	4.3	1,317	4.0	2,263	7.1	2,080	7.5	1,920	6.7
Indonesia (ID)	159	0.7	144	0.4	129	0.4	92	0.3	151	0.5
Ireland (IE)	1	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0
Israel (IL)	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Italy (IT)	956	4.4	1,257	3.9	1,062	3.3	979	3.5	997	3.5
Japan (JP)	1,607	7.4	2,369	7.3	2,296	7.2	1,217	4.4	892	3.1
Kazakhstan (KZ)	2	0.0	2	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	3	0.0
Kuwait (KW)	21	0.1	12	0.0	40	0.1	14	0.0	11	0.0
Latvia (LV)	2	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Lithuania (LT)	1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.0	1	0.0
Luxembourg (LU)	2	0.0	3	0.0	5	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0
Madagascar (MG)	0	0.0			11	0.0
Malaysia (MY)	1,173	5.4	1,797	5.5	1,486	4.7	1,506	5.4	1,713	6.0
Mali (ML)	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
Mexico (MX)	1,830	8.5	2,519	7.7	2,851	8.9	2,890	10.4	2,974	10.4
Montenegro (ME)	6	0.0
Morocco (MA)	0	0.0			0	0.0	33	0.1	3	0.0
Netherlands (NL)	455	2.1	495	1.5	780	2.4	1,000	3.6	698	2.4
New Zealand (NZ)	1	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
Norfolk Island (NF)	10	0.0	4	0.0
Norway (NO)	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.0	6	0.0	3	0.0
Oman (OM)	7	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Pakistan (PK)	326	1.5	452	1.4	407	1.3	346	1.2	446	1.6
Panama (PA)	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
Peru (PE)	90	0.4	234	0.7	278	0.9	215	0.8	241	0.8
Philippines (PH)	56	0.3	65	0.2	108	0.3	21	0.1	8	0.0
Poland (PL)	34	0.2	106	0.3	135	0.4	118	0.4	89	0.3
Portugal (PT)	1	0.0	2	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.0	0	0.0
Qatar (QA)	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0
Russia (RU)	87	0.4	124	0.4	8	0.0	0	0.0
Saudi Arabia (SA)	97	0.4	82	0.3	35	0.1	7	0.0	9	0.0
Serbia (XS)	2	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Singapore (SG)	11	0.1	10	0.0	18	0.1	30	0.1	22	0.1
Slovakia (SK)	69	0.3	45	0.1	26	0.1	12	0.0	13	0.0
South Africa (ZA)	8	0.0	77	0.2	42	0.1	33	0.1	57	0.2
South Korea (KR)	1,293	6.0	1,680	5.2	1,700	5.3	1,296	4.7	1,293	4.5
Spain (ES)	333	1.5	706	2.2	425	1.3	161	0.6	276	1.0
Sri Lanka (LK)	2	0.0	3	0.0	18	0.1	2	0.0	3	0.0
Sweden (SE)	89	0.4	83	0.3	95	0.3	121	0.4	71	0.2
Switzerland (CH)	93	0.4	64	0.2	132	0.4	65	0.2	53	0.2
Taiwan (TW)	820	3.8	924	2.8	862	2.7	832	3.0	736	2.6
Thailand (TH)	358	1.7	449	1.4	705	2.2	946	3.4	1,425	5.0
Turkmenistan (TM)	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0.0
Türkiye (TR)	1,048	4.9	1,509	4.6	1,482	4.6	1,552	5.6	1,684	5.9
Ukraine (UA)	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
United Arab Emirates (AE)	41	0.2	57	0.2	68	0.2	73	0.3	17	0.1
United Kingdom (GB)	1,532	7.1	2,810	8.6	1,239	3.9	976	3.5	927	3.3
Uruguay (UY)	0	0.0	3	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Vanuatu (VU)					1	0.0
Viet Nam (VN)	358	1.7	651	2.0	429	1.3	431	1.5	238	0.8
All countries in total	21,605	100.0	32,542	100.0	31,945	100.0	27,855	100.0	28,507	100.0

Source: US Census Bureau

Table: Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (SITC^*) 28) import to USA during 2020 - 2024

* SITC Standard International Trade Classification

	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%
Algeria (DZ)			2	0.0					6	0.1
Antigua and Barbuda (AG)	0	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Argentina (AR)	1	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0	1	0.0
Australia (AU)	152	1.9	245	2.0	393	3.3	337	3.4	614	6.3
Austria (AT)	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Bahamas (BS)	3	0.0	4	0.0	4	0.0	4	0.0	4	0.0
Bahrain (BH)	18	0.2	76	0.6	16	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0
Barbados (BB)	0	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Belgium (BE)	16	0.2	21	0.2	13	0.1	16	0.2	7	0.1
Bermuda (BM)	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0
Bolivia (BO)	23	0.3	28	0.2	44	0.4	31	0.3	43	0.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)	0	0.0	2	0.0					0	0.0
Brazil (BR)	530	6.5	959	7.8	954	8.0	912	9.3	847	8.7
Burundi (BI)			0	0.0	2	0.0
Cambodia (KH)			1	0.0
Canada (CA)	2,497	30.6	4,255	34.5	4,136	34.8	3,530	35.9	3,441	35.2
Cayman Islands (KY)	1	0.0	3	0.0	4	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0
Chile (CL)	56	0.7	83	0.7	82	0.7	134	1.4	119	1.2
China (CN)	78	1.0	110	0.9	136	1.1	111	1.1	122	1.3
Colombia (CO)	21	0.3	27	0.2	24	0.2	19	0.2	24	0.2
Costa Rica (CR)	11	0.1	24	0.2	22	0.2	17	0.2	21	0.2
Croatia (HR)	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Curaçao (CW)	0	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Czech Republic (CZ)	1	0.0	8	0.1	6	0.1	7	0.1	1	0.0
Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD)	5	0.1	13	0.1	13	0.1			0	0.0
Denmark (DK)	0	0.0	1	0.0	6	0.1	1	0.0	1	0.0
Dominican Republic (DO)	18	0.2	37	0.3	34	0.3	15	0.2	15	0.2
Ecuador (EC)	2	0.0	6	0.0	6	0.1	3	0.0	6	0.1
Egypt (EG)	12	0.1	12	0.1	2	0.0	21	0.2	1	0.0
El Salvador (SV)	3	0.0	10	0.1	13	0.1	11	0.1	13	0.1
Estonia (EE)	3	0.0	4	0.0	7	0.1	6	0.1	9	0.1
Finland (FI)	6	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0
France (FR)	59	0.7	57	0.5	83	0.7	77	0.8	77	0.8
Gabon (GA)	57	0.7	73	0.6	75	0.6	51	0.5	61	0.6
Gambia (GM)							0	0.0	1	0.0
Germany (DE)	735	9.0	726	5.9	295	2.5	343	3.5	356	3.6
Greece (GR)	0	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0
Grenada (GD)	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0
Guatemala (GT)	9	0.1	24	0.2	26	0.2	27	0.3	28	0.3
Guinea (GN)	3	0.0
Guyana (GY)	25	0.3	37	0.3	51	0.4	40	0.4	38	0.4
Haiti (HT)	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	3	0.0	1	0.0
Honduras (HN)	5	0.1	9	0.1	10	0.1	10	0.1	14	0.1
Hong Kong (HK)	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Hungary (HU)	9	0.1	24	0.2	6	0.0	4	0.0	6	0.1
India (IN)	12	0.1	23	0.2	23	0.2	36	0.4	21	0.2
Indonesia (ID)	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0
Ireland (IE)	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Israel (IL)	2	0.0	1	0.0	4	0.0	1	0.0	3	0.0
Italy (IT)	60	0.7	105	0.9	83	0.7	61	0.6	53	0.5
Jamaica (JM)	158	1.9	153	1.2	73	0.6	75	0.8	86	0.9
Japan (JP)	237	2.9	274	2.2	317	2.7	169	1.7	101	1.0
Jordan (JO)			2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Kenya (KE)	22	0.3	23	0.2	60	0.5	15	0.2	15	0.2
Kuwait (KW)	2	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0	6	0.1	9	0.1
Lebanon (LB)	2	0.0	1	0.0	3	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Liechtenstein (LI)	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Lithuania (LT)			0	0.0	6	0.1	4	0.0	0	0.0
Luxembourg (LU)	0	0.0			2	0.0
Macao (MO)	1	0.0	4	0.0	2	0.0
Madagascar (MG)	52	0.6	66	0.5	68	0.6	29	0.3	59	0.6
Malaysia (MY)	14	0.2	25	0.2	38	0.3	12	0.1	12	0.1
Mauritius (MU)	6	0.1	4	0.0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mexico (MX)	975	12.0	1,730	14.0	1,592	13.4	1,373	14.0	1,513	15.5
Mongolia (MN)	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0	0	0.0
Morocco (MA)	1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mozambique (MZ)	15	0.2	66	0.5	51	0.4	54	0.5	49	0.5
Namibia (NA)					64	0.5			82	0.8
Netherlands (NL)	91	1.1	153	1.2	154	1.3	82	0.8	130	1.3
New Zealand (NZ)	9	0.1	41	0.3	28	0.2	22	0.2	6	0.1
Nicaragua (NI)	1	0.0	2	0.0	3	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
Nigeria (NG)	0	0.0	33	0.3	11	0.1
North Macedonia (MK)			0	0.0	5	0.0	0	0.0
Norway (NO)	36	0.4	46	0.4	48	0.4	37	0.4	80	0.8
Oman (OM)			0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0
Pakistan (PK)			0	0.0	2	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
Panama (PA)	6	0.1	15	0.1	21	0.2	18	0.2	26	0.3
Paraguay (PY)	1	0.0	2	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0	4	0.0
Peru (PE)	168	2.1	311	2.5	426	3.6	591	6.0	449	4.6
Philippines (PH)	1	0.0	2	0.0	1	0.0	7	0.1	1	0.0
Poland (PL)	25	0.3	48	0.4	53	0.4	52	0.5	31	0.3
Portugal (PT)	16	0.2	21	0.2	21	0.2	18	0.2	7	0.1
Qatar (QA)	2	0.0			52	0.4	3	0.0	12	0.1
Romania (RO)	0	0.0					0	0.0	1	0.0
Russia (RU)	53	0.7	80	0.7	60	0.5	8	0.1	1	0.0
Rwanda (RW)	2	0.0	3	0.0	6	0.0	2	0.0
Saudi Arabia (SA)	54	0.7	48	0.4	41	0.3	2	0.0	34	0.3
Senegal (SN)	19	0.2	35	0.3	45	0.4	25	0.3	27	0.3
Sierra Leone (SL)	10	0.1	0	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0	12	0.1
Singapore (SG)	57	0.7	22	0.2	32	0.3	110	1.1	61	0.6
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (SX)	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Slovakia (SK)	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Slovenia (SI)	1	0.0	2	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0
South Africa (ZA)	358	4.4	300	2.4	390	3.3	338	3.4	237	2.4
South Korea (KR)	10	0.1	6	0.0	16	0.1	20	0.2	27	0.3
Spain (ES)	22	0.3	97	0.8	236	2.0	101	1.0	59	0.6
Sri Lanka (LK)			1	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0
St. Lucia (LC)	0	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Suriname (SR)	1	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0	2	0.0	25	0.3
Sweden (SE)	226	2.8	196	1.6	268	2.3	217	2.2	137	1.4
Switzerland (CH)	11	0.1	2	0.0	34	0.3	2	0.0	1	0.0
Taiwan (TW)	5	0.1	19	0.2	12	0.1	13	0.1	9	0.1
Tanzania (TZ)			5	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0
Thailand (TH)	68	0.8	44	0.4	57	0.5	26	0.3	19	0.2
Trinidad and Tobago (TT)	4	0.0	13	0.1	1	0.0	3	0.0	6	0.1
Tunisia (TN)	0	0.0	2	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0	6	0.1
Türkiye (TR)	7	0.1	31	0.3	29	0.2	25	0.3	22	0.2
Ukraine (UA)	37	0.4	78	0.6	51	0.4	13	0.1	31	0.3
United Arab Emirates (AE)	31	0.4	146	1.2	46	0.4	6	0.1	3	0.0
United Kingdom (GB)	897	11.0	1,126	9.1	819	6.9	458	4.7	378	3.9
Uruguay (UY)	1	0.0	4	0.0	6	0.1	1	0.0	1	0.0
Uzbekistan (UZ)							0	0.0	7	0.1
Venezuela (VE)	2	0.0	6	0.0	10	0.1	2	0.0	4	0.0
Viet Nam (VN)	1	0.0	3	0.0	5	0.0	15	0.1	7	0.1
All countries in total	8,158	100.0	12,321	100.0	11,872	100.0	9,820	100.0	9,766	100.0

Source: US Census Bureau

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Table: Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (SITC*) 28) export from USA during 2020 - 2024

Table: Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (SITC*) 28) import to USA during 2020 - 2024

Table: Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (SITC^*) 28) export from USA during 2020 - 2024

Table: Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (SITC^*) 28) import to USA during 2020 - 2024