Korea imported 7.314 million tons of scrap in 2008, an increase of 433,000 tons or 6.3 percent compared to the same time last year.
America was the biggest exporter of scrap to Korea at 2.865 million tons, up by year-on-year 40 percent.
Japanese scrap product shipments to Korea totaled 2.33 million tons, down by 31.2 percent from last year. Besides, Russia occupied 1.184 million tons. Source: Yieh.com