2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. 60 APPENDIX C: GLOBAL SCRAP FLOWS BY COMMODITY, COUNTRY, AND YEAR Global Trade of Ferrous Scrap, Exports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Exporters 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 USA 21,544,131 22,421,369 20,498,154 24,479,347 21,336,156 18,462,548 15,851,693 12,757,824 12,635,807 14,955,411 UK 6,629,202 6,019,142 7,482,950 7,895,261 7,295,690 6,947,474 6,987,184 7,268,765 8,128,932 8,789,406 Germany 8,268,658 7,275,297 9,175,797 9,852,132 9,809,707 9,236,668 9,487,994 8,106,175 8,520,295 8,570,006 Japan 5,437,263 9,397,866 6,463,708 5,442,464 8,585,766 8,149,661 7,338,714 7,838,577 8,706,388 8,217,277 France 5,985,486 5,210,196 6,647,972 6,255,942 6,286,887 6,183,301 6,291,790 5,423,243 5,518,586 6,283,454 Netherlands 4,523,660 4,764,766 5,541,773 5,692,223 5,695,180 5,517,477 5,295,208 4,811,323 5,611,638 6,208,448 Russian Federation 6,035,629 2,386,411 4,031,752 4,377,943 4,557,101 4,542,095 5,765,412 5,580,354 5,572,857 5,254,422 Canada 3,705,300 4,794,046 5,190,665 4,845,641 4,551,810 4,537,463 4,510,092 3,420,757 3,634,286 4,501,934 Belgium 2,929,794 3,238,537 3,721,636 3,521,378 3,623,825 3,511,140 3,950,346 3,153,412 3,557,354 3,903,340 Czechia 1,832,764 1,443,888 1,811,045 2,085,362 2,085,809 1,967,522 2,125,940 1,847,040 1,881,439 2,298,382 Australia 1,750,846 1,884,924 1,584,114 1,767,939 2,198,674 2,198,625 2,300,988 1,869,225 1,579,771 1,955,921 Denmark 1,619,517 1,239,493 1,504,705 1,486,127 1,321,972 1,244,207 1,686,253 1,264,293 1,563,818 1,570,605 Sweden 1,449,321 1,438,647 1,355,138 1,505,398 1,551,724 1,316,710 1,489,924 1,249,784 1,402,797 1,422,091 Singapore 623,753 555,924 585,053 605,936 851,953 978,876 909,828 843,716 828,019 1,381,326 Hong Kong 1,016,360 865,562 779,399 877,766 804,652 896,714 924,451 868,994 1,048,817 1,378,500 Poland 1,378,317 959,965 1,396,561 1,889,352 1,930,729 1,972,367 1,986,216 1,368,470 1,267,384 1,360,574 United Arab Emirates 1,211,409 1,184,145 1,206,860 1,253,063 1,194,263 1,167,376 1,074,126 1,091,532 1,273,830 1,308,631 Austria 1,382,962 1,076,351 1,034,399 950,865 1,008,502 963,642 1,055,952 1,071,095 1,123,220 1,258,535 Hungary 1,008,287 680,324 1,076,879 1,269,437 1,185,649 1,126,929 1,057,364 862,143 918,105 942,246 Romania 1,985,975 2,565,442 2,519,235 2,348,562 1,908,067 1,947,542 1,430,949 716,646 702,228 816,340 Rest of the World 19,868,173 15,189,164 19,257,563 24,234,755 20,796,725 16,071,092 16,861,593 15,612,367 13,818,555 13,315,370 Grand Total 100,186,807 94,591,459 102,865,357 112,636,892 108,580,839 98,939,429 98,382,016 87,025,738 89,294,125 95,692,219 Notes: Data tables were derived from the UN Comtrade Database (last updated November 2019). Top 20 determined by latest year of complete data. Data includes stainless steel (HTS-7204210000) and alloy steel (HTS-7204290000). Export data was adjusted for Hungary (2017), Nether- lands (2009), and Canada (2008) with reported import data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission