2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

ISRI.ORG 65 Global Trade of Aluminum Scrap, Imports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Importers 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 China 2,154,768 2,626,116 2,854,156 2,685,684 2,592,533 2,504,366 2,305,580 2,086,855 1,917,435 2,171,648 India 241,180 297,855 456,333 584,740 709,532 724,101 840,540 882,882 919,376 1,045,427 Rep. of Korea 503,154 443,898 545,692 566,953 641,800 711,174 801,211 745,958 715,173 797,149 Germany 543,837 362,582 479,416 534,989 577,092 560,691 656,604 790,138 770,140 791,742 USA 476,462 395,212 480,034 545,913 564,447 538,196 536,994 509,848 513,240 671,946 Italy 386,459 273,083 376,486 461,302 445,450 456,370 511,986 520,448 517,954 544,868 Belgium 193,475 203,681 221,425 254,967 247,463 219,054 237,096 248,872 275,997 295,093 Austria 170,815 162,155 268,845 282,707 304,271 280,710 285,563 282,557 308,272 293,369 France 193,826 215,537 259,420 291,690 266,280 245,937 231,714 215,905 260,759 273,212 Poland 66,968 66,793 84,850 106,438 107,598 176,509 205,230 238,950 235,391 224,331 Netherlands 210,203 88,053 184,066 241,081 265,741 220,965 233,610 202,103 185,978 217,455 Spain 109,861 67,321 111,942 125,190 155,371 176,445 200,411 205,856 203,673 204,002 Luxembourg 136,806 98,962 128,607 151,237 162,001 165,014 154,961 150,110 142,363 177,081 Pakistan 59,118 84,872 88,661 90,483 102,437 76,094 105,850 130,775 125,163 165,557 Malaysia 56,249 61,754 64,318 79,515 74,988 70,492 88,132 93,747 136,665 159,677 UK 149,900 117,673 126,773 110,275 103,224 113,461 168,300 123,124 123,246 149,127 Mexico 100,475 69,488 126,783 105,363 102,328 89,255 118,549 151,924 113,830 123,734 Czechia 58,686 50,279 61,714 88,951 105,390 83,294 78,491 83,103 125,211 118,893 Canada 163,312 118,266 117,870 121,575 92,098 90,898 102,034 117,890 117,266 115,319 Slovenia 51,194 37,315 51,792 52,844 61,462 69,014 77,942 84,186 91,076 91,595 Rest of the World 1,020,837 668,410 956,239 995,670 882,814 915,381 965,009 992,748 965,013 1,029,985 Grand Total 7,047,583 6,509,306 8,045,420 8,477,565 8,564,322 8,487,420 8,905,809 8,857,977 8,763,220 9,661,208 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 Mexico and Slovenia (2017) with reported export data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission