2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. 68 Global Trade of Lead Scrap, Exports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Exporters 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 UK 19,510 30,725 37,782 36,865 21,173 18,684 56,432 42,978 65,232 63,154 USA 174,795 140,364 28,000 31,449 25,914 34,352 36,344 46,573 39,496 57,634 France 15,826 18,439 37,437 20,805 15,939 22,573 25,644 57,659 49,019 47,192 Netherlands 12,278 13,807 35,168 30,486 22,847 38,896 42,570 52,276 45,785 44,773 Ireland 49 114 638 4,144 42,384 30,834 39,979 31,871 31,620 38,609 United Arab Emirates 5,212 5,967 14,469 13,815 14,867 15,647 19,285 19,498 29,517 35,473 Australia 15,491 12,831 23,526 24,508 20,786 6,268 21,812 17,388 24,858 34,502 Belgium 18,105 21,893 21,112 18,789 18,100 18,204 18,420 16,453 15,982 15,798 Germany 13,133 13,100 9,892 12,898 8,004 12,895 16,250 8,845 11,059 14,762 Italy 7,712 9,027 10,896 10,173 14,804 11,681 12,877 7,192 7,018 8,356 Hungary 1,414 1,267 1,130 2,428 1,696 3,045 2,987 3,634 5,059 5,726 Portugal 4,230 2,241 1,811 2,047 1,348 3,522 1,866 1,753 7,854 4,638 Finland 587 357 340 328 1,231 2,130 2,576 3,392 3,837 4,593 Switzerland 3,236 4,748 5,497 5,732 5,301 4,424 4,438 4,053 4,714 4,581 Poland 960 1,517 1,506 947 1,277 1,046 946 3,776 4,004 3,209 Sweden 816 1,044 1,454 1,471 1,458 1,114 9,181 5,570 6,940 2,831 Austria 2,176 775 1,720 4,842 3,175 2,107 2,062 2,182 3,657 2,653 Norway 31 540 41 77 218 136 6,841 3,804 3,593 2,577 Romania 2,997 2,526 5,659 6,846 5,419 3,884 11,269 7,557 6,788 950 Thailand 314 738 701 1,066 2,048 351 579 256 5,223 288 Rest of the World 81,980 77,907 85,425 79,794 78,743 75,956 68,090 57,159 43,815 67,460 Grand Total 380,854 359,925 324,205 309,510 306,733 307,748 400,447 393,869 415,068 459,758 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