Fastener World no.178/2019 •Industry Focus

Fastener Trade & Fluctuations ofUSA/Canada/Japan/Taiwan (2016-2018)
USA(in USD), in descending order according to figures of 2018
HS 7318 Iron and steel screws, bolts, nuts, washers, etc.

ExportImportRank Partner

2016

2017

2018

RankPartner

2016

2017

2018

0

World

4,529,438,427

4,886,194,152

5,724,811,918

0

World

4,079,038,882

4,329,140,671 4,358,314,143

1

Taiwan1,419,753,293

1,590,979,048

1,831,206,913

1

Mexico1,314,951,663

1,410,029,620

1,499,775,317

2

China1,002,258,582

1,139,725,329

1,519,079,208

2

Canada1,005,844,984

1,057,661,655

1,125,162,979

3

Japan

619,474,132

623,493,951

620,626,011

3

China

190,162,636

214,719,440

204,323,506

4Germany

294,636,583

286,932,927

331,190,918

4

UnitedKingdom

163,622,895

164,210,517

168,539,188

5Canada264,987,666

271,932,825

308,405,160

5Germany

118,028,704

121,686,036

116,185,064

6

South
Korea

211,709,238

180,480,540

188,854,722

6France111,828,472

107,733,881

103,670,956

7

Italy

99,477,346

133,831,387

154,879,276

7Singapore

77,791,324

87,091,529

96,602,595

8

Mexico103,940,966

108,299,187

120,192,505

8

Brazil300,354,068

294,799,579

92,608,574

9

India

88,364,899

91,669,940

115,358,817

9

Japan

83,235,206

76,463,304

91,396,389

10France80,976,795

85,961,454

85,308,522

10

South
Korea

65,710,287

83,007,065

89,653,958

Source: U.S. ITA of Department of Commerce

Canada(in USD), in descending order according to figures of 2018
HS 7318 Screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, washers,cotter pins and like articles of iron or steel

ExportImport2018

Rank

Partner2016

2017

2018

1,643,412,123

0

World

411,837,434

440,044,326

483,720,199

776,365,738

806,603,046

1

U.S.A.

328,495,923

347,038,144

392,128,857

186,396,042

208,300,461

248,175,674

2

Mexico11,095,281

12,639,723

17,773,061

China

150,537,879

168,490,931

216,763,361

3

U. K.

6,379,532

10,427,083

8,362,817

4

Japan

76,750,901

75,267,069

66,642,554

4

China

8,871,534

8,236,411

8,060,710

5

Germany

38,106,88439,237,411

40,265,366

5Germany

6,529,819

7,022,149

6,994,069

6

S. Korea

27,313,556

36,286,457

32,343,265

6France6,480,873

4,622,182

4,771,620

7

Italy

17,118,527

25,427,403

31,109,863

7

Denmark

1,947,926

2,985,731

4,398,418

8

Vietnam

24,484,002

21,365,537

28,804,118

8Singapore

4,082,569

3,553,705

3,637,198

9

U.K.

21,120,183

22,393,545

25,568,667

9Netherlands

1,972,751

2,409,398

2,274,231

10France16,354,165

24,481,184

22,002,698

10

Poland3,879,1343,073,113

2,258,899

Rank

Partner

2016

0World1U.S.A.

756,794,628

2

Taiwan3

2017

1,420,805,795 1,506,770,222

Source: Canada.ca

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ImportJapan P.C. Code 61703 Nails, bolts, nuts, etc.
Metric Tons

1,000 Yens

Rank

Country

2016

2017

2018

2016

2017

2018

0World320,804

332,000

333,108

99,848,216

111,912,604

120,589,782

Japan

in descendingorder according tovolumes of 2018

1

China

222,765

222,714216,254

40,705,148

45,678,630

48,469,169

2

Taiwan64,631

70,192

72,27822,989,963

26,853,677

28,407,337

3

S. Korea

13,308

14,664

14,775

4,993,421

5,401,577

5,789,484

4

Vietnam

5,703

8,498

11,731

2,067,973

2,807,778

3,387,791

5

Thailand

4,525

4,577

5,889

2,612,976

2,825,853

3,627,621

6

Malaysia

2,872

4,121

4,604

1,136,014

1,707,076

1,973,062

7

U.S.A.

1,578

1,462

1,333

16,279,691

15,721,549

17,586,698

8

Germany

1,173

1,328

1,332

2,216,692

2,873,832

3,024,923

9

Mexico

564

845

934

393,395

678,377

608,021

10

Indonesia

1,710

882

822

1,012,615

866,265

747,327

ExportJapan P.C. Code 61509 Nails, bolts, nuts, etc.
Rank

Country0

World

Source: Ministry ofFinance, Japan

Metric Tons

1,000 Yens

2016

2017

2018

2016

2017

2018

345,563364,810376,145

293,895,029

325,327,817

333,255,619

1

China

76,176

85,10889,76465,544,496

76,314,122

78,634,130

2

U.S.A.

83,88882,91983,91570,983,095

75,124,819

74,276,199

3

Thailand

45,604

48,12452,76837,380,353

41,266,703

44,383,274

4Indonesia

24,85627,635

30,455

20,298,153

23,212,161

25,334,111

5

Mexico17,495

16,66815,536

13,677,974

14,316,105

13,144,879

6

India

10,760

11,207

13,2738,910,214

9,700,141

11,765,238

7U.K.

13,076

12,774

11,632

7,655,123

8,451,414

8,008,615

8

Brazil

6,790

9,421

9,851

5,362,302

7,809,776

7,427,164

9

Turkey

5,156

7,295

6,665

3,539,113

5,666,765

5,332,815

10

Malaysia

5,851

5,292

5,760

5,857,486

4,759,080

5,130,880

ImportRank

Taiwanin descending orderaccording to figuresof 2018
HS 7318 Screws, bolts,nuts, coach screws,screw hooks, rivets,cotters, cotter-pins,washers (includingspring washers) andsimilar articles, ofiron or steel

Country

2016 (KG)

2017 (KG)

2018 (KG)

Country

2016 (USD)

2017 (USD)

2018 (USD)

World

17,736,247

16,137,840

16,226,257

World

130,212,187 131,279,814 153,226,607

1

Japan

5,930,787

5,719,187

5,534,683

U. S. A.

59,988,862

57,115,313

65,323,565

2

China

3,938,072

3,312,827

3,034,873

Germany

21,255,687

21,321,584

23,341,649

3Vietnam

2,996,278

2,301,723

2,490,721

Netherlands

7,724,503

9,584,790

10,203,294

4Philippines

405,086

514,488

1,176,520

Japan

8,142,172

8,262,962

9,392,058

5

Germany

346,705

401,579

377,543

Canada3,306,198

5,430,260

4,664,025

6

Thailand

403,014413,815354,386

U. K.

3,430,105

3,000,032

4,009,941

7

U.S.A.

304,134

308,017

303,174

Italy

1,405,404

1,773,879

3,745,094

8

S. Korea

233,383

344,744299,584

Poland

1,578,343

1,651,294

3,047,454

9

Malaysia

430,241274,425

216,454

Mexico1,725,186

1,370,316

3,004,364

10

Turkey25,212

61,393

182,373

Spain

1,461,095

1,735,108

2,290,556

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Taiwanin descending order according to figures of 2018
HS 7318 Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter pins, washers(including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel

ExportRank

CountryWorld

2016 (KG)

2017 (KG)

2018 (KG)

1,435,750,086 1,498,070,256 1,595,703,221

Country

2016 (USD)

World

3,610,882,774 4,090,298,952 4,642,153,845
1,346,098,908 1,520,589,910

1

U. S. A.

538,009,693

568,630,930

629,276,937

U. S. A.

2

Germany

143,196,167

151,298,091

155,300,468

Germany

3

Netherlands

86,056,479

90,231,918

92,490,030 Netherlands

4

Japan

62,320,620

67,152,286

69,039,724

5

Canada42,166,370

48,538,962

6

U. K.

66,393,418

7

Italy

8

2017 (USD)

2018 (USD)
1,777,135,192

339,502,687

395,674,888

453,134,133

205,188,039

236,603,379

261,640,263

Japan

182,458,387

207,154,744

231,666,907

60,651,391

U. K.

162,662,115

178,429,700

178,355,595

63,138,061

59,378,375

Canada106,393,357

127,055,804

163,070,593

36,807,306

38,696,622

41,551,408

China

117,929,635

144,926,126

143,953,580

Poland32,299,812

32,156,457

34,104,044

Italy

80,629,913

95,526,890

105,401,525

9

Mexico25,870,179

28,173,152

31,139,628

Sweden82,913,274

93,939,021

98,800,531

10

Spain

27,131,807

26,799,919

30,192,520

Mexico70,665,073

81,486,167

94,952,964

Source: Bureau of Foreign Trade (Taiwan)

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