Taiwan, Japan, Brazil

Industry Focus

Fastener Trade (2018 - H1 2021)
Taiwan Import

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

3-Year Comparison from 2018 to 2020 (in Descending Order According to Figures of 2020)
YoY Ratio(%)

Partner

2018 (kg)2019 (kg)2020 (kg)YoY Ratio(%)

Partner

2018 (USD) 2019 (USD) 2020 (USD)

World

16,228,660

18,374,272

16,597,504-9.56%

World

152,356,212

159,937,426 157,680,579-2.28%

Japan5,534,740

6,248,319

5,923,341-5.20%

Japan

65,320,339

66,179,082-7.07%

2

China

3,034,870

3,672,525

3,647,936-0.03%

USA

22,444,713

26,785,166

27,844,570-0.91%

3

Vietnam

2,492,054

3,170,962

2,312,366-27.08%China

9,393,007

10,279,450

15,143,539

48.39%

4

Philippines

1,176,520

1,167,517

517,069-55.71%

Germany

10,207,160

11,857,743

10,329,451-13.79%5

S. Korea

300,417332,917476,283

43.06%

S. Korea

4,692,658

4,113,424

5,660,405

37.61%

6Germany

377,593399,763

413,784

3.44%

Netherlands

3,004,484

3,392,145

4,058,735

19.63%

7

Thailand354,386

321,688395,728

22.67%

Vietnam

4,013,572

4,580,616

3,719,309-18.80%8USA

302,901

351,534

389,272

10.26%

Switzerland

2,290,556

2,073,390

2,182,902

5.28%

9

Turkey182,373

312,557

379,366

21.37%

Sweden3,047,454

2,857,695

2,033,164-28.85%10Netherlands

154,768

238,793

160,162 -32.93%

UK

1,296,907

1,582,266

2,017,286

27.24%

Rank
1

61,494,765

H1 2020 vs. H1 2021 (in Descending Order According to Figures of H1 2021)
Rank

Partner

H1 2020 (kg) H1 2021 (kg)Partner

H1 2020(USD)

H1 2021(USD)

25.19%

World

76,448,117

99,970,979

YoY Ratio(%)

YoY Ratio
(%)

World

8,186,701

10,249,144

1

Japan

3,080,640

3,284,136

6.61%

Japan

29,813,387

39,970,665

34.07%

2

China

1,657,204

2,428,771

46.56%

USA

12,721,869

16,770,112

31.82%

3

Vietnam

1,083,556

1,578,411

45.67%

China

7,803,939

9,808,887

25.69%

4

Philippines

151,275

933,311516.96%Germany

4,365,074

6,756,746

54.79%

5

Thailand

124,580

254,944104.64%

S. Korea

2,922,055

3,216,712

10.08%

6

S. Korea

271,149

253,485-6.51%

Vietnam

1,908,984

2,848,462

49.21%

7

Germany

156,905

251,06460.01%

Netherlands

1,890,239

2,552,074

35.01%

8

Turkey256,302

193,799-24.39%

Philippines

569,380

2,421,417

325.27%

9USA

188,259

180,012-4.38%

UK

708,425

1,350,659

90.66%

10Sweden

69,95990,72229.68%

Switzerland

1,257,594

1,294,222

2.91%

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3-Year Comparison from 2018 to 2020 (in Descending Order According to Figures of 2020)
Partner

2018 (kg)2020 (kg)YoY Ratio(%)

Partner

2018 (USD)

2020 (USD)

YoY Ratio
(%)

World

1,595,705,450 1,479,292,223 1,363,248,785-7.84%

World4,638,685,129 4,316,380,032 3,969,360,344-8.04%

1

USA

629,276,927

621,962,469

609,131,936-2.06%

USA

1,775,046,209 1,751,810,124 1,689,801,153-3.54%

2Germany

155,300,468

132,505,809

116,637,180-11.99%Germany

453,134,133

392,118,297

340,191,792-13.25%

3

Netherlands

92,492,281

80,348,283

67,226,720-16.31%

Japan

230,517,250

241,272,905

209,498,781-13.17%

4

Japan

69,039,707

72,771,839

63,283,611-13.04%

Netherlands

261,652,295

227,785,981

195,105,056-14.33%

5

Canada60,651,391

51,295,923

45,368,429-11.56%

UK

178,355,595

171,259,001

136,840,671-20.10%6

UK59,378,375

55,620,928

41,692,178-25.04%

China

143,940,786

114,145,687

129,131,272

13.13%

7

Poland34,104,044

31,645,985

27,418,561-13.36%

Canada163,070,593

145,037,763

128,760,834-11.22%

Rank

2019 (kg)2019(USD)

8

Italy

41,551,408

32,429,910

27,368,054-15.61%

Sweden98,766,182

94,555,904

85,303,928-9.78%

9

Sweden29,841,067

28,912,202

24,839,100-14.09%Mexico94,925,177

97,384,603

77,878,026-20.03%

10

China

24,331,806

20,276,785

24,079,023

18.75%

Italy

105,402,379

82,026,949

70,888,895-13.58%

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H1 2020 vs. H1 2021 (in Descending Order According to Figures of H1 2021)
Rank
1

Partner

H1 2020 (kg)H1 2021 (kg) YoY Ratio (%)

Partner

H1 2020(USD)

H1 2021(USD)

YoY Ratio(%)

World

658,879,841

787,411,864

19.51%

World

1,898,882,436 2,450,022,276

29.02%

USA

291,603,356

348,811,369

19.62%

USA

801,695,136 1,042,492,434

30.04%

2

Germany

55,604,757

62,793,374

12.93%

Germany

160,167,826

195,441,208

22.02%

3

Netherlands

31,630,390

42,198,275

33.41%

Netherlands

91,357,586

126,574,045

38.55%

4Japan34,269,835

32,107,521-6.31%

Japan

112,401,390

112,373,667-0.02%

5

Canada20,384,194

29,656,296

45.49%

UK

65,932,233

93,978,802

42.54%

6

UK

20,102,973

28,881,528

43.67%

China

58,054,847

90,310,993

55.56%

7

Mexico10,479,019

17,686,252

68.78%

Canada58,226,726

87,166,786

49.70%

8

Italy

13,911,817

16,796,226

20.73%

Mexico33,927,705

58,645,872

72.86%

9China

10,376,336

16,695,721

60.90%

Sweden41,823,025

54,355,251

29.96%

10

Poland13,969,678

15,481,098

10.82%

Italy

35,549,774

46,846,757

31.78%

Source: Bureau of Foreign Trade (Taiwan)

Japan Import

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

3-Year Comparison from 2018 to 2020 (in Descending Order According to Import Volume of 2020)
Metric Tons
RankPartner

1,000 Yens

2018

2019

2020

YoY Ratio
(%)

2018

2019

2020

YoY Ratio
(%)

World

333,108

348,661

297,917-14.55120,589,782

120,112,826

97,060,506-19.191China216,254

221,268

194,047-12.3048,469,169

46,588,998

38,054,837-18.322

Taiwan72,27874,664

66,154-11.4028,407,337

28,759,101

24,773,147-13.86

3

S. Korea

14,77525,336

12,839-49.33

5,789,484

7,860,063

4,685,723-40.394

Vietnam

11,731

11,163

11,8396.06

3,387,791

3,443,248

3,247,338

-5.69

5

Thailand

5,889

5,457

4,645

-14.883,627,621

3,459,067

2,956,292-14.53

6

Malaysia

4,604

3,657

2,533

-30.74

1,973,062

1,671,085

1,046,231-37.39

7

Germany

1,332

1,349

1,032

-23.503,024,923

2,781,1082,419,395-13.01

8USA

1,333

1,328

933

-29.74

17,586,698

18,214,622

13,396,617-26.459Australia

214

401803100.25

190,370

291,032

491,14568.76

10Indonesia

822

671

500-25.48

747,327

624,023431,798-30.80218

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H1 2020 vs. H1 2021 (in Descending Order According to Import Volume of H1 2021)
Metric Tons
RankPartner

H1 2020

H1 20211,000 YensYoY Ratio (%)

H1 2020

H1 2021

YoY Ratio (%)

World

163,645

154,154-5.80

53,307,006

52,789,187-0.97

China108,152

100,872-6.73

20,956,139

21,584,659

3.00

2

Taiwan35,75332,582-8.87

13,360,361

13,142,184-1.63

3South Korea

6,811

7,466

9.62

2,489,069

2,718,094

9.20

1

4

Vietnam

5,981

6,910

15.53

1,666,286

1,941,797

16.53

5

Thailand

2,532

2,055

-18.84

1,573,135

1,577,419

0.27

6Malaysia

1,222

933

-23.65

508,682439,829-13.54

7USA

531

638

20.15

1,224,461

6,102,618

398.39

8

Germany

505

572

13.27

8,061,746

1,371,759-82.989Australia454

324-28.63282,367

257,529-8.80

10Indonesia

280

310

10.71

234,477

306,563

30.74

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3-Year Comparison from 2018 to 2020 (in Descending Order According to Export Volume of 2020)
Metric Tons
Rank

Partner

1,000 Yens

2018

2019

2020

YoY Ratio
(%)

2018

2019

2020

YoY Ratio
(%)

World

376,145

338,616

279,577-17.44333,255,619

305,163,698

257,090,865-15.751China89,76478,914

84,221

6.73

78,634,130

71,463,784

74,397,136

4.10

2USA

83,91580,804

66,278-17.9874,276,199

73,501,386

61,504,586-16.32

3

Thailand

52,76845,55432,210-29.2944,383,274

39,876,989

29,203,131-26.77

4

Indonesia

30,45525,73813,283-48.3925,334,111

21,023,412

10,972,051-47.81

5

Mexico15,536

14,336

12,056-15.9013,144,879

12,523,841

10,613,230-15.26

6

India

13,273

9,943

8,170

-17.83

11,765,238

9,327,437

7,805,556-16.32

7

UK

11,632

9,100

6,177

-32.128,008,615

6,528,126

4,447,837-31.87

8

Brazil

9,851

8,588

5,930

-30.95

7,427,164

6,173,9374,597,655-25.53

9

Turkey

6,665

5,917

5,153

-12.91

5,332,815

4,405,194

3,859,177-12.39

10

Malaysia

5,760

5,672

4,512

-20.455,130,880

5,183,760

4,149,960-19.94

H1 2020 vs. H1 2021 (in Descending Order According to Export Volume of H1 2021)
Metric Tons
Rank

1

Partner

1,000 Yens

H1 2020

H1 2021

YoY Ratio (%)

H1 2020

H1 2021

YoY Ratio (%)

World127,535

174,89337.13

119,193,201

160,622,450

34.76

China

35,801

46,91931.05

32,422,616

41,915,175

29.28

2USA

30,19642,18039.6928,119,590

38,788,628

37.94

3

Thailand

14,61322,38553.19

13,611,301

19,957,316

46.62

4

Indonesia

8,118

9,910

22.07

6,847,023

8,190,267

19.62

5

Mexico

5,670

7,216

27.27

4,982,492

6,362,428

27.70

6

India

4,013

6,659

65.94

3,655,608

6,174,131

68.89

7

Brazil

2,966

4,654

56.91

2,360,073

3,575,288

51.49

8

U.K.

2,687

3,286

22.29

2,053,581

2,516,859

22.56

9

Malaysia

2,176

2,978

36.86

1,588,375

2,789,463

75.62

10

Turkey

2,167

2,660

22.75

2,273,8442,081,701

-8.45

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Source: Ministry of Finance, Japan

Brazil Import spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel

HS 7318 Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including

3-Year Comparison from 2018 to 2020 (in Descending Order According to Figures of 2020)
Partner

2018 (KG)

2019 (KG)

2020 (KG)

YoY Ratio(%)

2018(US$ FOB)

2019(US$ FOB)

2020(US$ FOB)YoY Ratio
(%)

World

123,292,034

114,959,546

96,393,965-16.15648,742,258

590,527,630

474,232,850-19.691

China

44,237,435

45,018,883

47,398,383

5.29

121,801,344

118,639,032

117,144,626

-1.26

2

USA

8,301,603

7,112,581

5,311,821-25.32

91,721,428

90,805,045

74,741,939-17.693

Japan

11,969,245

12,567,987

6,439,826-48.7676,353,804

70,152,664

50,589,453-27.894

Germany

8,313,039

7,579,926

5,020,829-33.7675,407,856

70,658,088

49,658,606-29.72

5

Taiwan12,938,026

10,067,320

8,863,240-11.9639,233,139

32,208,72826,170,865-18.75

6

Italy

9,722,9786,187,395

3,937,145-36.3755,768,923

36,164,478

26,130,323-27.75

7

France4,021,996

3,222,984

1,776,499-44.8836,707,910

33,315,010

21,120,192-36.608

S. Korea

5,015,276

5,420,189

3,613,568-33.3325,387,542

26,505,450

16,778,777-36.709

India

2,565,552

4,222,521

4,751,957

12.54

10,339,308

12,299,795

13,885,699

12.89

10

UK

702,681620,760

824,494

32.82

8,780,294

9,438,011

10,245,445

8.56

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H1 2020 vs. H1 2021 (in Descending Order According to Figures of H1 2021)
Rank

1Partner

H1 2020 (KG)

H1 2021 (KG)

YoY Ratio (%)

H1 2020(US$ FOB)

H1 2021(US$ FOB)YoY Ratio (%)

World58,245,176

90,906,706

56.08

330,120,156

434,774,553

31.70

China

23,554,627

43,810,194

85.99

61,473,991

95,975,419

56.12

2

USA

4,926,472

5,967,124

21.12

72,327,502

69,898,663

-3.36

3

Germany

3,460,060

5,025,005

45.23

31,431,060

46,892,917

49.19

4Japan4,858,568

5,947,114

22.40

35,718,916

44,173,290

23.67

5

Italy

3,608,983

7,504,328

107.93

20,813,971

42,894,076

106.08

6

France1,350,007

1,503,612

11.38

16,471,681

18,785,233

14.05

7

Taiwan4,611,721

5,141,559

11.49

18,192,853

17,083,847

-6.10

8

S. Korea

2,208,986

3,030,427

37.19

9,476,240

14,046,479

48.23

9

Sweden899,800

1,603,246

78.18

7,366,558

13,507,637

83.36

10

India

2,984,560

3,158,181

5.82

8,153,903

9,789,498

20.06

Brazil Export
3-Year Comparison from 2018 to 2020 (in Descending Order According to Figures of 2020)
Partner

2018 (KG)

2019 (KG)

2020 (KG)

YoY Ratio
(%)

World

25,432,517

22,329,231

23,176,849

3.80

1USA

2,265,250

2,438,889

2,134,365-12.4941,206,524

2

Argentina

9,219,473

8,011,757

10,553,234

31.72

27,686,444

3

Paraguay

5,059,103

3,997,950

4,212,001

5.35

4France1,014,741

644,262

462,338

5

Germany

1,340,192

810,435

6

Mexico594,482

7

ChileRank

2018(US$ FOB)

2019(US$ FOB)

2020(US$ FOB)YoY Ratio(%)

148,564,500 180,726,436

129,207,220-28.51

77,379,432

47,341,359-38.82

21,638,852

23,367,086

7.99

11,703,049

9,222,881

9,174,626-0.52-28.24

8,194,419

7,715,397

6,053,469-21.54606,937-25.11

8,483,953

5,788,623

4,556,664-21.28637,662

383,559-39.855,368,961

6,420,788

4,145,272-35.44

363,574

389,234

398,3142.33

3,634,378

4,765,329

3,547,027-25.57

8

Uruguay

1,151,947

937,654

1,163,475

24.08

3,194,424

2,619,460

2,754,061

5.14

9UK

65,874

118,278

30,644-74.093,446,003

4,805,382

2,716,998-43.46

10

Colombia

276,956

398,550

298,073-25.213,400,752

3,698,306

2,651,859-28.30222

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H1 2020 vs. H1 2021 (in Descending Order According to Figures of H1 2021)
Partner

H1 2020 (KG)

H1 2021 (KG)

YoY Ratio (%)

H1 2020(US$ FOB)

H1 2021(US$ FOB)YoY Ratio (%)

World

8,907,371

33,097,493

271.5764,039,873

61,328,154-4.23

1Argentina

3,538,082

6,804,374

92.32

8,612,905

17,826,851

106.982

USA1,013,182

1,287,588

27.08

28,528,144

11,151,965-60.91

3

Paraguay

1,529,020

2,380,623

55.70

3,485,466

5,954,046

70.82

4

France295,051

502,018

70.15

3,187,825

4,357,645

36.70

Rank

5

Germany

277,548455,68364.18

2,225,393

2,947,928

32.47

6

Mexico185,744236,85627.52

2,391,254

1,782,442-25.46

7

Uruguay

462,239

674,43945.91

1,243,413

1,781,092

43.24

8

Bolivia

333,576582,255

74.55

988,643

1,730,992

75.099Chile244,774

220,396-9.96

2,283,130

1,563,840-31.5010

Colombia

165,034

131,803-20.14

1,514,152

1,552,967

2.56

Source: Ministry of Economy, Brazil
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