2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. 66 Global Trade of Nickel Scrap, Exports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Exporters 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 USA 40,090 11,279 22,253 34,301 26,974 26,004 30,758 27,077 17,865 29,994 Saudi Arabia 3,747 7,202 12,575 10,626 9,919 14,429 17,797 13,224 17,641 19,346 UK 18,329 12,310 20,072 17,885 33,477 20,994 15,772 12,015 15,172 11,751 France 7,507 11,435 30,601 11,634 12,683 9,164 10,253 8,078 7,627 8,756 Canada 6,552 4,857 4,311 5,016 4,935 4,387 7,173 6,972 6,387 8,464 Germany 5,647 8,227 9,563 8,918 7,727 6,516 9,882 10,866 9,977 7,665 Rep. of Korea 10,689 9,241 17,459 6,043 4,440 4,457 7,490 8,429 7,102 7,294 Czechia 776 2,420 4,358 3,458 6,880 6,608 3,201 3,842 3,700 5,075 Japan 1,483 1,100 2,156 2,069 2,994 3,519 5,336 5,527 4,788 4,635 Netherlands 4,614 1,711 1,956 1,793 1,336 2,948 3,252 1,529 1,221 3,985 Belgium 2,809 6,813 3,371 7,364 2,418 3,146 11,769 3,477 8,382 3,946 Singapore 2,892 1,854 2,908 2,611 1,792 1,664 2,073 1,640 2,393 3,305 Mexico 2,187 1,990 2,976 3,395 3,241 2,977 3,216 2,930 2,826 3,229 Austria 1,750 2,098 1,607 2,709 2,633 3,322 5,402 3,659 5,012 3,117 Malaysia 3,943 4,026 7,109 6,442 10,633 7,418 9,170 2,186 2,046 2,823 Taiwan 1,358 1,306 1,421 1,057 1,222 1,421 1,758 1,547 1,788 2,092 United Arab Emirates 85 239 597 1,298 558 453 1,122 2,120 8,428 1,479 Sweden 1,517 1,377 1,021 1,137 13,857 1,264 1,397 1,175 1,342 1,281 Switzerland 1,603 1,519 1,090 909 1,214 1,069 1,649 992 1,522 1,145 Spain 227 875 366 376 454 339 1,284 384 1,399 1,047 Rest of the World 14,806 18,095 22,652 15,089 10,385 8,839 13,956 19,839 9,618 13,296 Grand Total 132,610 109,974 170,422 144,131 159,774 130,937 163,709 137,506 136,236 143,727 Notes: Data tables were derived from the UN Comtrade Database (last updated November 2019). Top 20 determined by latest year of complete data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission