During 2020, the United States of America imported US$54.9 billion worth of iron and steel from its global trade partners (both as materials plus products made from those metals). The total value of US iron and steel-related imports registered a -2.1% decrease from 2016 to 2020. From 2019 to 2020, America’s purchases of iron and steel shrank by -16.5%. Drilling down from that … [Read more...] about US Iron and Steel Imports by Supplier Countries
North America
US Aluminum Imports by Supplying Country
In 2020, the United States of America imported US$19.1 billion worth of aluminum (British spelling aluminium) from 131 countries, territories or islands. That dollar amount reflects a 1.8% increase since 2016 but a -14.4% slip from 2019 to 2020. Aluminum is the world’s second-most used metal behind only iron. Typically blended into an alloy, aluminum is most commonly combined … [Read more...] about US Aluminum Imports by Supplying Country
America’s Top Trading Partners
In 2020, the United States sold $1.431 trillion worth of goods shipped to international markets. That dollar amount represents a -13% drop compared to $1.645 trillion for total global exports from all countries one year earlier in 2019. From a continental perspective, 32.7% of exports from the United States by value was delivered to its fellow North American trade partners … [Read more...] about America’s Top Trading Partners
Mexico’s Top Trading Partners
Officially named the United Mexican States, Mexico shares its northern border with the United States and parts of its south-eastern perimeter with Guatemala and Belize. Mexico exported US$418.1 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2020. That dollar amount reflects an 11.8% increase since 2016 but a -9.2% downtick from 2019 to 2020. Exports from Mexico represent 2.4% of … [Read more...] about Mexico’s Top Trading Partners
Oregon’s Top 10 Exports
Nicknamed “The Beaver State” and located in the Pacific Northwest region on America’s west coast, Oregon shipped US$25 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2020. That dollar amount represents a 5.8% uptick from 2019 to 2020 and a 14.1% increase since 2017. Oregon ranks among America’s 20 biggest exporters by state well behind bigger front-runners like Texas, California, … [Read more...] about Oregon’s Top 10 Exports
