2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. 64 Global Trade of Aluminum Scrap, Exports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Exporters 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 USA 1,935,165 1,596,601 1,821,190 2,049,151 1,967,664 1,812,917 1,666,019 1,498,303 1,279,788 1,524,346 Germany 702,737 753,216 823,810 945,815 976,412 935,339 1,056,231 1,064,372 1,043,968 1,038,790 Canada 403,882 365,356 443,996 473,247 482,748 457,277 493,456 499,982 501,550 542,729 France 342,467 345,308 403,660 428,246 424,881 448,284 482,768 450,827 454,778 471,778 UK 874,909 419,972 454,699 440,726 445,390 402,061 452,606 406,070 439,713 371,259 Netherlands 264,142 200,650 317,038 322,834 378,652 320,523 349,012 360,748 370,527 350,070 Belgium 177,550 219,804 274,632 320,103 311,159 313,183 285,677 278,763 274,128 319,548 Australia 177,078 160,948 196,259 189,361 205,016 207,246 228,379 258,970 266,061 294,534 Poland 122,681 99,522 123,979 150,581 152,463 154,829 180,076 179,880 215,418 239,213 Saudi Arabia 111,569 103,413 137,349 149,895 200,558 176,108 189,858 156,296 170,525 224,108 Mexico 186,510 162,668 183,932 194,355 234,333 169,557 151,152 156,049 180,629 222,532 United Arab Emirates 53,129 90,278 128,798 112,367 143,071 164,251 162,986 139,675 163,981 188,745 Sweden 106,580 89,939 87,491 95,495 106,761 102,955 112,675 102,166 111,549 179,515 Japan 83,776 147,695 98,621 109,443 146,450 157,903 150,737 150,054 174,115 171,920 Switzerland 125,769 116,520 132,086 138,643 141,836 149,337 157,500 139,313 146,205 162,902 Italy 66,993 88,702 107,155 103,006 103,667 107,060 111,214 144,319 151,977 159,616 Austria 87,952 117,949 122,057 105,137 128,587 151,419 173,159 151,625 199,021 158,326 Denmark 63,813 67,853 67,449 67,131 69,974 71,975 79,029 75,502 80,602 95,700 Spain 110,468 46,974 66,976 51,518 90,881 94,856 80,107 89,263 100,021 90,045 Czechia 58,438 49,251 71,398 91,192 87,699 57,714 72,423 81,820 77,986 76,603 Rest of the World 2,199,497 952,681 1,337,992 2,252,639 1,514,186 1,364,435 1,418,872 1,434,042 1,496,787 1,633,133 Grand Total 8,255,103 6,195,302 7,400,567 8,790,883 8,312,391 7,819,230 8,053,936 7,818,040 7,899,327 8,515,414 Notes: Data tables were derived from the UN Comtrade Database (last updated March 2019). Top 20 determined by latest year of complete data. United Arab Emirates (2009, 2017) adjusted with reported import data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission