TABLE 8 | |||||||||||
JAPAN: EXPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS, BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION | |||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
Destinations | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||||||
Asia: | 20,729 | 22,405 | 23,037 | 30,339 | 29,093 | ||||||
China | 2,960 | 4,062 | 4,566 | 6,532 | 6,435 | ||||||
Hong Kong | 1,641 | 1,735 | 1,363 | 1,542 | 1,207 | ||||||
Indonesia | 927 | 989 | 969 | 1,164 | 926 | ||||||
Korea, Republic of | 5,366 | 6,029 | 6,537 | 9,198 | 8,978 | ||||||
Malaysia | 1,616 | 1,464 | 1,515 | 1,704 | 1,741 | ||||||
Taiwan | 3,080 | 2,557 | 2,528 | 3,263 | 3,280 | ||||||
Thailand | 2,553 | 2,793 | 2,572 | 3,350 | 3,593 | ||||||
Singapore | 900 | 776 | 700 | 760 | 598 | ||||||
Other countries | 1,686 | 2,000 | 2,287 | 2,826 | 2,335 | ||||||
Middle East | 1,283 | 1,090 | 1,523 | 1,074 | 1,172 | ||||||
Europe | 1,004 | 854 | 1,193 | 715 | 742 | ||||||
Americas: | 4,313 | 4,000 | 3,808 | 3,097 | 2,340 | ||||||
Argentina | 90 | 8 | 55 | 62 | 6 | ||||||
Brazil | 34 | 41 | 31 | 44 | 33 | ||||||
Canada | 443 | 499 | 244 | 315 | 231 | ||||||
Colombia | 110 | 176 | 246 | 190 | 183 | ||||||
United States | 2,803 | 2,137 | 2,206 | 1,485 | 1,076 | ||||||
Venezuela | 30 | 52 | 57 | 38 | 7 | ||||||
Other countries | 803 | 1,087 | 969 | 963 | 804 | ||||||
Africa | 339 | 371 | 365 | 432 | 364 | ||||||
Oceania: | 544 | 441 | 553 | 666 | 700 | ||||||
Australia | 483 | 382 | 498 | 593 | 639 | ||||||
New Zealand | 57 | 50 | 43 | 63 | 65 | ||||||
Other countries | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 6 | ||||||
Grand total | 28,212 | 29,161 | 30,478 | 36,323 | 34,411 | ||||||
Source: The Japan Iron and Steel Federation, Monthly Report of the Iron and Steel Statistics, v. 47, no. 3, March 2004, p. 14-17. |