2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

ISRI.ORG 71 Global Trade of Zinc Scrap, Imports, 2006-2017 Top 20 Importers 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 India 63,116 36,759 14,848 24,951 27,697 44,402 55,413 69,874 83,657 62,364 67,296 76,118 France 7,729 6,903 3,567 4,482 2,820 3,624 23,422 58,425 53,467 59,218 63,823 62,992 Italy 18,541 21,873 16,868 16,062 27,740 36,491 36,309 39,614 50,413 47,278 58,392 56,137 Spain 5,116 6,685 3,598 3,355 10,935 23,205 9,620 38,266 41,625 38,505 53,107 50,469 Belgium 44,283 59,026 39,998 60,693 71,307 64,234 57,649 51,672 50,770 48,258 38,513 37,253 Germany 32,606 19,587 17,395 16,780 23,694 25,851 25,736 20,423 23,345 17,123 21,937 18,751 China 72,483 42,171 27,886 30,607 34,462 27,941 35,590 38,111 32,004 21,712 9,876 13,818 Austria 751 150 212 599 298 4,826 9,832 9,204 12,481 9,690 12,630 12,766 USA 14,227 21,752 16,989 9,095 15,613 18,482 19,955 21,044 24,876 17,986 7,672 11,102 Netherlands 14,619 13,633 6,270 8,274 12,653 9,283 6,685 7,301 8,417 6,374 6,945 8,197 Poland 2,611 4,414 6,317 3,779 7,068 10,420 11,060 14,253 15,465 19,040 10,240 7,283 Rest of the World 11,433 10,180 8,856 5,572 6,308 6,182 6,301 5,050 5,605 6,199 3,732 5,030 Sri Lanka 24 28 2 201 1,076 1,800 3,043 2,892 3,555 2,927 Taiwan 7,523 7,365 2,796 3,892 6,091 3,126 3,442 2,243 1,573 2,116 1,790 2,537 United Arab Emirates 1,794 1,268 1,497 1,046 4,917 4,373 4,701 4,502 3,536 3,030 2,322 2,155 Japan 278 892 1,108 606 710 1,042 1,186 1,540 1,265 1,636 1,496 2,143 Czechia 334 4,008 2,791 2,434 900 912 663 208 224 496 1,734 1,931 Romania 2 32 54 246 439 1,628 1,101 1,046 1,199 1,909 1,242 Slovenia 298 623 395 186 306 300 280 384 970 617 813 678 Malaysia 45,963 892 693 939 579 600 1,276 1,991 1,936 4,374 1,030 630 China, Hong Kong SAR 956 1,308 70 75 219 341 546 429 648 1,264 902 305 Grand Total 344,688 259,551 172,210 193,426 254,563 286,276 312,368 387,433 416,366 371,372 369,717 374,464 Notes: Data tables were derived from the UN Comtrade Database (last updated March 2019). Top 20 determined by latest year of complete data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission