2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

ISRI.ORG 69 Global Trade of Lead Scrap, Imports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Importers 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 India 25,212 34,811 57,012 63,067 53,615 59,455 60,386 57,620 64,923 87,537 Spain 35,556 35,703 43,432 42,236 34,702 35,284 32,249 42,845 43,740 56,504 Belgium 25,409 34,275 30,693 32,938 25,392 26,501 29,338 26,227 26,308 21,382 Poland 2,371 2,276 7,164 6,365 4,979 10,370 11,139 14,148 21,527 23,143 Bulgaria 5,478 12,143 17,461 4,627 1,660 11,050 16,660 16,484 17,827 14,466 Germany 28,230 40,546 39,652 35,823 28,071 28,412 26,401 15,455 15,355 24,131 United Arab Emirates 1,231 1,245 1,682 3,524 11,875 21,092 27,420 21,010 15,250 18,718 Ireland 17,702 16,689 12,074 12,305 14,089 16,572 16,128 12,435 12,295 15,756 Czechia 4,773 4,157 2,901 2,932 2,723 4,369 5,232 2,894 10,998 7,471 Netherlands 11,325 13,593 21,255 16,886 15,138 10,578 8,823 9,607 8,686 13,437 Portugal 493 305 822 346 1,019 4,870 961 7,085 7,971 10,783 Sweden 2,092 4,979 9,464 8,400 9,627 9,282 9,575 11,627 6,323 12,018 Greece 2,801 1,753 1,692 2,900 2,182 915 1,032 2,128 6,261 8,380 USA 5,188 7,160 20,078 25,476 19,955 9,430 12,551 4,932 5,900 9,852 South Africa 6,947 7,554 9,233 6,829 12,214 6,369 6,569 3,997 5,582 3,458 UK 4,535 4,904 9,046 4,839 3,258 4,169 7,236 6,532 5,482 3,727 Rep. of Korea 1,749 3,246 4,426 5,132 15,735 10,351 10,238 13,620 5,270 5,209 Canada 93,314 78,834 8,089 5,038 4,365 6,493 4,268 4,050 5,027 3,734 Latvia 19 24 92 1,221 502 922 3,836 4,271 4,484 3,397 Slovenia 1,506 1,979 3,807 3,655 3,787 4,117 5,056 3,659 4,406 2,785 Rest of the World 39,239 30,458 32,049 43,861 38,934 26,596 20,997 16,004 24,166 19,115 Grand Total 315,171 336,636 332,125 328,399 303,824 307,197 316,093 296,630 317,782 365,002 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