The fact box – the best sources of US steel and aluminum imports

(Reuters) -Us President Donald Trump has expected to increase up to 25% of up to 25%, which deepened the pressure and trade war of global manufacturers from Wednesday since Wednesday.

Here is a summary of basic trading partners who will affect.

Steel:

A quarter of all the steel used in the United States is imported, close allies in Asia and Europe such as neighbors and Canada or Japan, South Korea and Germany.

Although China is the world’s largest steel manufacturer and exporter, China sends very little space. The 25% of the tariffs applied in 2018 have closed the most Chinese steel from the market.

China exported 1.8% of 508,000 net steel, US or general American steel import of last year.

Aluminum:

The United States is more trusting for aluminum. About half of all aluminum used in the United States is imported with the vast majority of Canada. Last year, 3.2 million tons of Canadian imports were merged twice in the next nine countries.

The next largest import source is the United Arab Emirates and China, 347,034 and 222,872 metric tons.

The US aluminum stripper industry is small with global standards. The total number of congratulations in the country was a total of 1.73% of the global in the US Geological Survey.

(Amy LV and Lvis Jackson’s Neha Arora in New Delhi, Francesco Guarascio, Michael Perry and Clarence Fernandez in Seoul)