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Industry Focus

Fastener Trade Statistics* Blanks marked in red specify countries
with different ranks compared to 2016(2015-2017 Q3)
USA(in USD) HS 7318 Iron and steel screws, bolts, nuts, washers, etc.
Source: U.S. ITA of Department of Commerce

ImportRank Partner
World

2015

Export2016

Partner

2017 (Q1-3)

Partner

2015

2016

Partner

2017 (Q1-3)

5,024,217,149 4,529,247,846

World

3,660,354,895

World

3,836,333,502 4,076,555,511

World

3,270,927,334

Taiwan1,603,621,502

1,420,472,129

Taiwan1,188,684,618

Mexico1,320,971,206

1,314,654,296

Mexico1,062,564,864

2

China

1,141,429,288

1,003,167,851

China

849,954,444

Canada1,029,223,981

1,005,906,068

Canada793,308,919

3

Japan

622,785,088

619,817,193

Japan

468,647,571

Brazil

98,526,990

299,423,733

Brazil244,131,078

4

Germany

352,302,112

295,205,544 Germany

214,728,898

China

169,661,420

190,075,624

China

161,368,523

5

Canada302,948,226

258,590,208 Canada

203,613,588

U.K.

161,203,906

163,622,895

U.K.

123,565,849

6

S. Korea

237,869,390

211,726,593 S. Korea

143,337,632

Germany

109,931,076

117,867,815 Germany

91,885,811

7

Mexico105,257,018

104,106,381

Italy

97,760,401

France95,261,481

111,789,548

France81,248,776

8

Italy

113,440,951

99,524,861

Mexico83,747,133

Japan

82,644,422

83,231,548 Singapore

64,022,489

9

India

105,877,450

88,389,275

India

67,412,282

Singapore

68,338,147

77,791,434 S. Korea

61,641,996

10France70,876,277

80,961,562

France63,649,112

S. Korea

73,569,037

65,706,333

58,458,734

1

Canada(in USD) HS 7318 Screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, washers, cotter pins

and like articles of iron or steel

Source: Canada.ca

ImportRank Partner
WorldJapan

2015

Export2016

1,477,088,221 1,420,547,320

Partner

2017 (Q1-3)

Partner

2015

2016

Partner

2017 (Q1-3)

World

1,138,537,524

World

445,397,501

405,637,626

World

331,214,049
260,087,844

1

U.S.A.

768,542,645

756,552,129

U.S.A.

587,634,714

U.S.A.

364,545,873

322,311,716

U.S.A.

2

Taiwan210,418,537

186,373,155

Taiwan158,210,148

Mexico12,400,635

11,098,089

Mexico9,623,957

3

China

166,519,371

150,569,235

China

126,169,000

China

7,288,419

8,857,244

U. K.

8,244,607

4Japan81,436,403

76,749,586

Japan

57,027,322

Germany

6,060,487

6,529,819

China

6,165,117

5

Germany

42,136,623

38,127,669 Germany

29,471,702

France5,068,210

6,480,835

Germany

5,297,579

6

S. Korea

19,996,356

27,335,938 S. Korea

27,453,982

U. K.

6,622,582

6,383,812

France3,708,073

7

Canada25,801,639

25,026,870

Canada20,876,447

Singapore

3,497,094

4,082,569

Singapore

2,791,6218Vietnam

21,498,831

24,483,829

Italy

19,107,254

Poland2,111,552

3,879,135

Russia2,663,782

9U. K.

22,445,227

21,120,481

France18,814,786

Brazil2,106,346

2,621,359

Poland2,531,702

10

Italy

17,716,015

17,109,834 Vietnam

16,134,247

S. Korea

1,824,792

2,261,836

Denmark

2,130,557

Japan

in descending order according to import and export volumes

Japan P.C. Code 61703 & 61509 Nails, bolts, nuts, etc.
ImportRank Partner
12345
6
7
8
910

World
China
TaiwanS. Korea
VietnamThailand
Malaysia
Indonesia
U.S.A.
Germany
MexicoMetric Tons 1,000 Yens
2016
320,804 99,848,216
222,765 40,705,148
64,631 22,989,963
13,308 4,993,421
5,703 2,067,973
4,525 2,612,976
2,872 1,136,014
1,710 1,012,615
1,578 16,279,691
1,173 2,216,692
564
393,395

Source: Ministry of Finance, Japan

ExportPartner

World
China
TaiwanS KoreaVietnamThailand
Malaysia
U.S.A.
Germany
Indonesia
MexicoMetric Tons 1,000 Yens
2017 Q1-3
248,314 82,334,442
167,927 33,453,165
52,120 19,731,122
10,872 4,015,157
5,795 1,972,410
3,355 2,035,722
2,910 1,228,378
1,083 11,832,624
975 2,058,314
626
606,878
619
514,884

PartnerWorld
U.S.A.
China
ThailandIndonesia
MexicoU. K.
India
BrazilMalaysia
TurkeyMetric Tons 1,000 Yens
2016
345,563 293,895,029
83,888 70,983,095
76,176 65,544,496
45,604 37,380,353
24,856 20,298,153
17,495 13,677,974
13,076
7,655,123
10,7608,910,214
6,790
5,362,302
5,851
5,857,486
5,156
3,539,113

Metric Tons 1,000 Yens
2017 Q1-3
World
267,922 238,311,227
U. S.A.
61,972 55,537,539
China
61,086 54,760,103
Thailand
34,678 29,860,201
Indonesia
20,321 17,079,734
Mexico12,610 10,842,548
U. K.
9,509
6,308,146
India
8,050
6,972,302
Brazil6,966
5,836,947
Turkey5,292
4,039,489
Malaysia
3,764
3,386,031

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

Source: Bureau of Foreign Trade (Taiwan)

ImportRank

Partner

2017Q1-3 (kg)World
20,279,886 17,736,247
World
1Japan7,362,681 5,930,787
Japan
2
China
2,794,326 3,938,072
China
3Vietnam
3,597,754 2,996,278 Vietnam
Malaysia
122,118
430,241 Philippines
4
Philippines
620,619
405,086 Germany
5
6Thailand
1,063,809
403,014 Thailand
7
India
29,428354,810 S. Korea
8
Germany
338,164
346,705 Malaysia
9
U.S.A.
263,696
304,134
U.S.A.
10
S. Korea
871,465
233,383
India

Partner

2015 (kg) 2016 (kg)

12,408,898
4,318,104
2,488,152
1,830,069
326,732
317,319294,656
293,429
259,957
227,058
211,045

Partner

2015 (USD) 2016 (USD)

PartnerWorld
135,102,341 130,214,219
World
64,664,087
59,989,809
JapanJapan
17,767,147
21,255,904
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
6,174,559
8,142,168 Germany
China
Germany
8,125,637
7,724,679
China
Vietnam
4,731,102
3,430,144 S. Korea
5,836,494
3,306,154 Vietnam
S. Korea
1,108,628
2,336,205
Italy
U. K.
Netherlands
1,965,537
1,725,248 Switzerland
378,6311,644,831
U. K.
India
2,429,674
1,578,549 Sweden
Sweden

2017Q1-3 (USD)
98,634,158
43,490,494
15,593,176
7,311,222
6,096,446
4,040,786
2,294,639
1,588,318
1,298,570
1,262,917
1,138,087

Export
Rank
12
34
5
6
7
8
9
10

Partner

2015 (kg)World
1,470,992,279
U.S.A.
546,108,965
Germany
136,122,818
Netherlands
81,760,831
U. K.
69,562,893
Japan
65,476,799
Canada48,611,896
Italy
35,188,254
Poland31,093,106
Sweden30,940,353
France27,390,219

2016 (kg)Partner

2017Q1-3 (kg)1,435,750,086
World
1,123,213,816
538,009,693
U.S.A.
423,641,897143,196,167 Germany
112,357,896
86,056,479 Netherlands
68,448,255
66,393,418
Japan
50,670,105
62,320,620
U. K.
48,033,652
42,166,370 Canada
37,124,412
36,807,306
Italy
28,856,096
32,299,812
Poland26,499,528
30,987,261 Sweden
24,782,605
28,235,300 France
21,620,750

Partner

2015 (USD) 2016 (USD) Partner 2017Q1-3 (USD)
World
3,880,596,255 3,610,883,332
World
3,021,214,642
U.S.A.
1,450,778,261 1,346,098,911
U.S.A.
1,120,590,763
Germany
336,411,067 339,502,425 Germany
287,800,124
Netherlands 197,018,892 205,188,306 Netherlands 175,709,285
Japan
194,533,227 182,458,452
Japan
154,002,303
U. K.
178,366,592 162,662,098
U. K.
132,250,015
China
110,656,184 117,929,837
China
104,597,938
Canada126,340,252 106,393,410 Canada
95,832,906
Sweden88,785,052
82,913,161 Sweden
70,903,048
Italy
81,573,152
80,629,999
Italy
69,781,994
Mexico73,567,185
70,665,089 Mexico
60,731,202