2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

ISRI.ORG 67 Global Trade of Nickel Scrap, Imports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Importers 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 USA 19,187 16,850 18,271 17,146 21,262 18,692 28,542 25,310 17,453 33,773 Canada 18,227 6,311 13,458 18,993 21,108 18,892 21,310 20,079 21,429 26,384 United Kingdom 10,890 9,736 8,783 6,729 8,834 9,887 10,999 9,405 12,325 10,906 Sweden 12,217 8,708 10,491 10,333 8,801 8,896 9,928 12,283 12,044 10,203 Japan 5,397 3,919 5,638 5,762 5,342 7,247 10,236 8,392 9,248 9,746 Germany 18,315 8,259 8,584 12,461 14,209 10,176 12,072 10,515 10,370 9,490 India 705 836 1,005 1,158 619 2,300 2,481 2,385 2,145 4,058 Netherlands 12,647 4,666 10,872 4,607 2,507 2,803 4,208 4,708 4,732 3,975 Singapore 3,019 2,466 4,062 2,520 1,432 1,802 2,234 1,135 1,419 2,803 France 2,137 1,265 2,164 2,867 2,713 3,063 3,036 3,229 2,716 2,740 Italy 943 765 1,063 656 899 1,330 1,533 1,079 2,117 1,782 Belgium 559 284 1,315 1,545 1,888 2,448 785 461 1,164 1,638 Rep. of Korea 816 874 433 573 374 313 676 1,358 1,048 1,389 Austria 1,165 368 440 527 1,917 4,359 4,376 1,959 1,248 919 Thailand 131 46 75 115 269 222 306 963 335 868 Spain 120 236 151 806 554 386 728 595 653 699 Hong Kong 79 477 40 50 308 252 1,298 213 929 360 Czechia 473 1,468 1,257 250 1,442 1,183 755 637 869 355 Taiwan 220 497 399 469 252 792 357 220 395 244 Slovenia 75 5 84 61 8 11 31 129 314 180 Rest of the World 6,425 3,851 1,341 1,523 849 1,318 892 1,251 795 1,232 Grand Total 113,748 71,886 89,927 89,151 95,587 96,372 116,782 106,307 103,749 123,743 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 Slovenia (2008-2009) with reported export data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission