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Metals Market Outlook 2022 - 2026

Daily Updated Industry Statistics and Top Emerging Trends about the Metals Industry

Global Metals Trends in 2022

Metals is part of Mining And Quarrying and includes a number of sub-sectors such as Iron Ore and Non-Ferrous Metal. You may also be interested in Mineral, Mining and Quarrying.

Global metal import is set to reach 3.5 billion metric tons by 2026, up from 3.2 billion metric tons in 2021. On average, demand has grown three percent each year since 2016. China is the world's largest importer of metals, accounting for 1.5 billion metric tons in 2021. Japan, South Korea and Germany ranked second, third and fourth respectively. Cyprus saw an impressive 13 percent year-on-year increase while Venezuela saw a 57.4 percent decrease since 2016.

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In 2022 major markets in the Metals Industry were:

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