2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

ISRI.ORG 61 Global Trade of Ferrous Scrap, Imports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Importers 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Turkey 17,414,983 15,665,319 19,192,350 21,460,461 22,415,029 19,724,892 19,068,156 16,251,308 17,716,247 20,980,300 Rep. of Korea 7,313,414 7,800,414 8,089,529 8,626,039 10,125,916 9,261,167 8,001,567 5,745,884 5,842,211 6,131,623 India 4,603,204 5,136,907 4,676,394 6,265,265 8,179,601 5,636,399 5,699,006 6,710,088 6,380,452 5,471,123 Germany 5,675,167 3,865,111 5,305,194 6,639,700 5,792,845 5,676,700 5,324,260 4,637,419 4,259,242 4,764,308 Vietnam 1,082,299 2,065,522 2,126,335 3,234,553 3,280,695 3,232,855 3,375,564 3,185,923 3,893,842 4,726,593 USA 3,596,473 2,991,639 3,784,217 4,013,237 3,716,637 3,925,467 4,263,609 3,589,475 3,873,608 4,643,561 Belgium 4,143,336 3,643,458 4,626,473 4,563,802 4,284,462 4,595,179 4,785,015 4,171,886 4,304,573 4,583,595 Spain 6,603,208 4,930,416 5,708,900 4,764,338 4,348,807 4,851,614 4,928,153 5,120,222 4,042,165 3,934,548 Italy 5,751,165 3,347,489 4,619,195 5,753,381 5,272,709 4,960,353 5,146,318 4,649,968 4,434,285 3,650,117 Taiwan 5,542,389 3,915,292 5,374,122 5,331,247 4,955,519 4,453,005 4,272 3,373,657 3,154,978 2,918,676 Netherlands 1,842,597 2,846,151 1,988,278 2,188,452 2,378,258 2,290,454 2,359,263 2,233,172 2,471,753 2,766,596 China 3,516,417 13,620,675 5,766,245 6,692,180 4,934,728 4,439,242 2,524,060 2,283,777 2,160,644 2,322,477 Canada 1,689,516 1,416,166 3,024,594 1,861,455 2,656,533 1,753,949 2,918,818 1,717,166 1,844,290 2,263,787 Luxembourg 2,800,650 2,030,226 2,694,245 2,635,424 2,464,483 2,251,732 2,225,575 2,121,316 2,263,786 2,183,293 Pakistan 1,871,037 2,254,182 1,771,139 1,583,931 1,772,885 1,780,714 2,482,543 3,256,900 4,038,195 2,161,173 Mexico 1,257,029 849,697 786,362 732,883 946,455 863,775 914,665 1,482,877 1,892,621 1,780,550 Belarus 1,418,570 1,294,326 1,593,836 1,561,015 1,356,745 1,262,243 1,253,909 1,382,061 1,234,730 1,352,545 Austria 1,783,766 1,143,787 991,578 1,016,309 1,007,905 1,168,752 1,270,084 1,215,013 1,042,605 1,115,038 France 3,050,559 2,310,634 2,354,206 2,596,201 2,629,456 2,309,007 2,405,454 2,200,963 1,831,565 333,053 Portugal 1,165,430 1,039,658 902,988 1,252,275 1,196,298 1,407,787 1,524,391 1,515,346 1,427,592 118,382 Rest of the World 22,656,186 13,967,597 18,321,558 19,965,626 17,810,340 16,099,780 13,649,111 14,816,006 10,187,742 13,488,619 Grand Total 103,105,444 94,632,660 101,559,217 110,886,023 109,759,655 100,461,592 91,996,985 89,167,269 89,313,052 91,689,957 Notes: Data tables were derived from the UN Comtrade Database (last updated March 2019). Top 20 determined by latest year of complete data. Data includes stainless steel (HTS-7204210000) and alloy steel (HTS-7204290000). Import data was adjusted for Vietnam and Netherlands. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission