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Fastener Trade & Fluctuations ofUSA/Canada/Japan/Taiwan (2013-2015)

USA(in USD), in descending order according to figures of 2015
Source: U.S. ITA of Department of Commerce

Import
HS 7318 Iron and steel screws, bolts, nuts, washers, etc.

Rank

Partner

2013

2014

2015

World

4,504,205,399

4,876,279,305

4,985,344,443

1

Taiwan1,387,983,331

1,503,085,206

1,594,517,220

2

China

979,724,090

1,135,962,713

1,135,293,767

3

Japan

686,114,166

650,923,243

619,784,501

4Germany

282,618,231

346,057,832

347,083,822

5

Canada248,833,750

287,387,413

300,557,506

6South Korea

216,480,913

215,180,976

237,455,761

7

Italy

95,392,886

116,924,070

112,100,807

8

India

80,900,661

80,239,744

105,174,793

9

Mexico85,299,361

87,404,697

98,326,001

10France62,891,402

68,134,611

70,511,781

Rank

Partner

2013

2014

2015

World

3,612,097,458

3,842,363,862

3,829,746,235

Export1

Mexico1,103,053,706

1,276,926,026

1,322,016,918

2

Canada1,083,290,731

1,098,300,334

1,020,122,030

3

China

141,415,910

146,078,881

169,574,676

4UK

159,198,886

165,152,238

161,491,426

5Germany

85,494,560

111,443,840

110,226,760

6Brazil

97,768,281

101,888,713

98,612,804

7France101,870,022

91,238,473

95,229,292

8

Japan

85,698,069

82,377,821

82,748,850

9South Korea

64,767,840

69,247,152

73,470,040

10Singapore

87,571,967

78,728,436

68,310,550

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Canada(in USD), in descending order according tofigures of 2015
Source: Canada.ca

Import

HS 7318 Screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, washers, cotter pins and like articles of iron or steel
Rank

Partner

2013

2014

2015

World

1,508,856,908

1,505,073,233

1,476,267,506

1

USA

823,832,998

823,087,762

768,038,066

2

Taiwan202,975,514

194,643,327

210,404,384

3

China

163,307,515

166,763,653

166,701,195

4

Japan

87,468,848

79,317,904

81,265,875

5Germany

45,786,023

50,384,839

42,136,927

6Canada20,744,299

22,795,753

25,774,518

7

UK

22,584,128

22,540,617

22,440,892

8

Vietnam

11,769,618

13,792,405

21,497,128

9South Korea

19,460,413

18,411,379

19,986,734

10

Italy

19,565,839

19,295,325

17,692,519

Export
Rank

Partner

2013

2014

2015

World

417,920,626

455,781,812

442,837,318

1

USA

326,800,602

370,119,782

362,050,331

2

Mexico12,732,093

15,100,446

12,399,720

3

China

7,291,517

7,373,419

7,288,419

4

UK

6,135,054

6,658,217

6,622,582

5

Germany

5,617,889

5,519,533

6,060,487

6

France9,271,380

6,255,815

5,067,957

7

Singapore

1,916,559

2,514,086

3,496,772

8

Netherlands

3,149,708

3,259,723

2,793,000

9Australia

1,724,913

2,056,516

2,792,365

10

Spain

1,247,255

1,912,016

2,448,957

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Taiwanin descending order according to figures of 2015
Source: Bureau of Foreign Trade (Taiwan)

Import
HS 7318 Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) andsimilar articles, of iron or steel
Rank

Country

2013 (kg)2014 (kg)2015 (kg)Country

2013 (USD)

2014 (USD)

2015 (USD)

World

18,421,226

21,178,823

20,279,886

World

138,553,818

144,004,117

135,102,3411Japan

7,301,245

7,924,602

7,362,681

Japan

69,224,787

71,509,094

64,664,087

2

Vietnam

2,788,369

3,942,105

3,597,754

USA

19,539,407

16,507,768

17,767,147

3

China

2,421,181

3,538,676

2,794,326

Germany

8,497,224

11,407,572

8,125,637

4

Other Countries

37,066

1,799,499

2,488,301

Other Countries

457,646

5,803,898

7,428,451

5

Thailand

1,644,181

1,205,035

1,063,809

China

5,863,854

7,051,957

6,174,559

6

S. Korea

332,039362,200

871,465

S. Korea

3,840,343

3,858,528

5,836,494

7

Philippines

1,163,976

947,427

620,619

Vietnam

4,324,313

5,410,098

4,731,102

8

Germany

636,770

424,919

338,164

Thailand

2,973,934

2,748,722

2,606,563

9USA

581,746

266,651

263,696

Sweden2,651,946

2,008,314

2,429,674

10

Netherlands

162,943

108,066

159,836

Philippines

3,719,982

3,442,057

2,011,848

Country

2013 (USD)

2014 (USD)

2015 (USD)World

3,679,741,858 4,048,948,068 3,880,596,255
1,313,807,599 1,447,361,270 1,450,778,261

ExportRank

Country
World

2013 (kg)2014 (kg)2015 (kg)1,371,098,506 1,501,697,033 1,470,992,279

1

USA

505,637,832

555,453,198

546,108,965

USA

2

Germany

128,611,411

142,884,207

136,122,818

Germany

337,657,846

375,886,200

336,411,067

3

Netherlands

76,652,277

81,869,436

81,760,831

Netherlands

202,051,596

223,378,480

197,018,892

4

UK

54,516,214

67,758,478

69,562,893

Japan

229,134,466

212,378,935

194,533,227

5

Japan

74,876,154

68,728,882

65,476,799

UK

143,726,891

180,719,632

178,366,592

6Canada49,070,165

45,688,04348,611,896

Canada120,435,890

117,018,549

126,340,252

7

Italy

33,389,729

38,482,125

35,188,254

China

112,548,024

122,980,282

110,656,184

8

Poland31,856,094

39,582,609

31,093,106

Sweden78,398,990

98,458,251

88,785,052

9

Sweden26,297,561

33,456,841

30,940,353

Italy

76,797,422

92,178,290

81,573,152

10France23,165,620

29,488,861

27,390,219

Mexico56,233,878

66,415,507

73,567,185

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Japan

in descending order according to volumes of 2015
Source: Ministry of Finance, JapanImportJapan P.C. Code 61703 Nails, bolts, nuts, etc.
Metric Tons
RankCountry

2013

2014

1,000 Yens
2015

2013

2014

2015

World

360,116

343,110324,699

106,198,444

111,830,372

113,786,756

1

China

245,113230,097

220,880

45,581,160

46,526,490

46,548,736

2

Taiwan78,10472,43367,031

24,992,189

25,608,663

26,670,093

3

S. Korea

13,931

15,542

13,405

4,789,891

5,716,219

5,431,1544

Vietnam

5,189

6,464

6,833

1,148,312

1,452,882

1,639,463

5

Thailand

6,333

4,630

4,381

2,992,089

2,690,741

2,939,340

6

Malaysia

2,748

3,389

3,797

1,150,103

1,468,313

1,778,994

7

Indonesia

2,764

3,481

2,517

1,346,028

1,638,487

1,317,100

8

USA

2,353

2,551

2,282

16,749,143

17,817,075

19,080,967

9

Germany

946

1,347

1,203

2,074,806

2,455,654

2,451,191

10

Mexico

398

996

470

185,773486,693332,613

ExportMetric Tons
Rank

Country

1,000 Yens

2013

2014

2015

2013

2014

2015

World

349,541

349,107332,304

301,124,695

304,227,287

302,715,513

1USA

78,22382,194

81,347

66,744,560

71,390,104

75,246,0592

China

74,97076,38568,677

68,541,742

69,260,182

65,373,063

3Thailand

55,36543,901

43,82045,715,154

38,071,428

38,926,584

4Indonesia

29,90130,16523,63623,741,444

24,677,611

20,214,365

5Mexico11,33918,176

18,967

8,012,157

13,119,220

15,749,552

6UK

13,83813,511

12,507

8,612,074

8,236,254

7,717,824

7

India

15,923

13,054

11,253

12,423,578

10,547,548

8,970,115

8

Brazil

8,382

7,921

7,668

7,668,035

7,330,340

7,496,641

9

Malaysia

6,180

6,149

6,220

5,822,170

6,161,711

6,678,000

10Taiwan

5,600

6,951

6,060

4,356,662

5,297,753

5,021,080