2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

ISRI.ORG 63 Global Trade of Copper Scrap, Imports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Importers 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 China 5,576,590 3,997,436 4,363,469 4,685,721 4,858,525 4,371,650 3,873,287 3,656,925 3,348,095 3,557,117 Germany 563,559 454,753 626,443 646,282 660,890 619,121 658,986 603,783 606,841 610,112 Rep. of Korea 217,008 163,020 202,898 263,182 300,708 291,178 298,548 289,645 273,616 331,003 Belgium 245,758 212,834 265,228 253,533 303,572 334,658 291,471 234,806 296,845 295,978 Japan 138,729 97,144 159,424 136,881 142,559 127,914 160,128 169,435 228,471 217,149 India 103,334 78,540 92,399 154,783 203,493 141,417 168,529 174,340 179,375 174,824 USA 106,333 71,833 95,895 109,736 104,585 106,331 116,618 111,668 125,293 165,372 Italy 169,257 94,755 129,103 148,430 137,615 151,702 178,161 164,534 144,048 161,469 Spain 65,109 68,431 82,931 89,499 97,129 104,671 114,867 112,409 128,279 148,338 Netherlands 116,503 178,385 144,426 204,327 206,685 166,106 147,516 150,067 150,003 134,468 Taiwan 106,518 70,266 90,422 89,735 93,867 99,353 95,721 94,597 111,069 118,755 Hong Kong 210,413 190,410 155,271 127,483 105,606 116,032 119,890 128,249 97,581 115,763 Canada 51,646 41,036 73,480 65,652 57,825 81,987 67,809 69,803 76,526 100,719 Austria 114,063 134,135 145,902 130,675 127,186 102,554 105,904 88,646 83,968 91,274 Poland 19,152 15,467 24,075 26,872 52,632 49,668 63,001 67,297 75,594 79,550 Sweden 91,807 96,739 105,279 120,154 136,653 149,992 101,726 114,664 77,173 79,438 France 74,817 46,626 66,763 79,085 75,365 61,436 64,726 96,427 63,272 65,354 Bulgaria 25,330 20,721 35,464 52,461 64,561 56,040 60,453 59,728 49,543 55,438 Slovakia 30,091 31,622 39,796 30,755 38,481 28,928 34,381 25,669 34,559 36,932 UK 21,611 18,404 28,193 29,292 26,833 25,046 28,226 28,135 35,073 33,265 Rest of the World 245,528 210,724 275,393 341,759 335,706 313,469 311,689 289,235 290,973 292,912 Grand Total 8,293,156 6,293,280 7,202,255 7,786,297 8,130,476 7,499,255 7,061,637 6,730,061 6,476,197 6,865,230 Notes: Data tables were derived from the UN Comtrade Database (last updated March 2019). Top 20 determined by latest year of complete data. Import data was adjusted for Netherlands (2009) with reported export data and the United States (2008-2016) with U.S. ITC/U.S. Census Bureau data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission