2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. 70 Global Trade of Zinc Scrap, Exports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Exporters 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 France 43,750 45,976 51,481 45,491 60,946 99,123 118,166 79,287 93,173 87,053 Germany 51,800 68,648 74,269 74,965 73,263 52,770 53,342 45,865 40,739 46,279 Thailand 4,153 5,701 12,684 8,323 4,019 1,801 4,472 11,606 30,759 31,551 Netherlands 19,815 17,399 32,543 25,629 29,417 26,682 31,910 26,101 27,464 40,249 USA 90,992 47,119 77,934 85,223 90,447 88,047 71,446 55,224 26,567 33,642 Belgium 15,533 16,627 14,845 11,592 15,048 14,353 15,842 13,646 15,205 12,841 Spain 6,210 26,675 37,362 15,625 8,283 17,625 8,669 9,171 12,586 5,658 Saudi Arabia 5,003 2,628 4,603 5,522 6,792 11,045 11,444 10,247 12,405 12,790 Canada 6,121 5,690 10,770 14,257 15,069 18,127 22,341 17,561 11,704 9,973 Austria 8,306 6,099 5,757 8,583 8,591 10,440 10,077 7,663 11,424 11,949 Italy 9,060 12,429 16,452 13,143 7,149 7,024 10,407 9,262 9,160 10,090 Romania 442 1,615 711 597 672 592 885 6,753 7,653 501 Poland 403 1,593 1,086 1,046 464 570 1,388 2,981 5,740 7,182 United Arab Emirates 3,240 2,359 3,271 4,880 5,883 4,666 4,369 4,264 5,344 5,146 Malaysia 6,322 5,767 4,585 5,950 8,442 15,463 12,700 12,589 4,742 6,199 Czechia 2,885 2,716 4,798 4,474 4,971 3,769 3,539 2,941 3,514 3,170 Mexico 6,199 6,370 3,146 2,684 2,768 3,288 3,388 3,295 3,507 3,964 Japan 3,908 3,071 4,472 4,417 3,712 3,924 3,852 3,457 3,315 3,335 Denmark 2,442 2,704 2,549 2,429 2,557 2,329 2,517 3,023 3,019 2,548 UK 3,257 5,135 14,933 11,100 8,356 2,154 4,736 5,310 2,971 3,298 Rest of the World 50,062 44,382 43,333 45,426 43,919 46,202 62,020 40,963 40,173 39,257 Grand Total 339,903 310,945 418,310 391,357 400,770 429,993 457,510 371,211 371,164 376,675 Notes: Data tables were derived from the UN Comtrade Database (last updated November 2019). Top 20 determined by latest year of complete data. Export data was adjusted for Netherlands (2009) and United Arab Emirates (2009-2010) with reported import data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission