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| TABLE 16 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, | |||||||||||||
| BY CUSTOMS DISTRICT1, 2 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Customs district | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| Baltimore, MD | 3 | 904 | 1 | 1,700 | |||||||||
| Buffalo, NY | 341 | 154,000 | 324 | 134,000 | |||||||||
| Charleston, SC | 240 | 70,900 | 313 | 87,000 | |||||||||
| Chicago, IL | 30 | 3,980 | 12 | 1,670 | |||||||||
| Cleveland, OH | 3 | 1,480 | 14 | 5,800 | |||||||||
| Detroit, MI | 1,590 | 475,000 | 1,820 | 531,000 | |||||||||
| Duluth, MN | 58 | 19,800 | 135 | 36,000 | |||||||||
| El Paso, TX | 83 | 23,400 | 54 | 15,400 | |||||||||
| Great Falls, MT | 28 | 6,730 | 14 | 3,280 | |||||||||
| Houston-Galveston, TX | 6 | 4,400 | 5 | 4,270 | |||||||||
| Laredo, TX | 402 | r | 136,000 | 346 | 119,000 | ||||||||
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 1,530 | (3) | 729 | |||||||||
| Miami, FL | 7 | 1,230 | 4 | 1,560 | |||||||||
| Mobile, AL | 151 | 59,400 | 238 | 87,900 | |||||||||
| New Orleans, LA | 322 | 110,000 | 293 | 87,200 | |||||||||
| New York, NY | (3) | 530 | 1 | 887 | |||||||||
| Nogales, AZ | 34 | 9,590 | 24 | 6,250 | |||||||||
| Ogdensburg, NY | 5 | 3,590 | 14 | 7,050 | |||||||||
| Pembina, ND | 147 | 45,100 | 136 | 37,500 | |||||||||
| Philadelphia, PA | 9 | 864 | 1 | 230 | |||||||||
| Portland, ME | (3) | 761 | 1 | 934 | |||||||||
| San Diego, CA | 52 | 13,000 | 35 | 10,700 | |||||||||
| Savannah, GA | (3) | 371 | 1 | 479 | |||||||||
| Seattle, WA | 742 | 156,000 | 701 | 144,000 | |||||||||
| St. Albans, VT | 14 | 3,190 | 20 | 4,580 | |||||||||
| Other | (3) | 455 | r | 1 | 633 | ||||||||
| Total | 4,270 | 1,300,000 | 4,510 | 1,330,000 | |||||||||
| rRevised.-- | |||||||||||||
| 1Table includes data available through September 22, 2021. Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Excludes used rails for rerolling and other uses and ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping. Import valuation is customs value. | |||||||||||||
| 3Less than - unit. | |||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices