2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. 72 Global Trade of Recovered Fiber, Exports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Exporters 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 USA 18,227,721 19,067,095 18,777,917 21,009,012 20,142,035 18,964,015 18,469,673 19,566,483 19,752,523 18,261,334 UK 4,916,230 4,463,158 4,397,726 4,490,055 4,475,740 4,266,385 4,514,306 5,045,183 4,964,681 4,754,489 Japan 3,490,838 4,914,185 4,373,578 4,432,132 4,929,315 4,889,715 4,618,628 4,261,372 4,138,080 4,416,627 Netherlands 3,671,452 3,018,050 3,584,906 3,896,997 3,553,697 3,025,029 2,780,061 3,044,991 3,058,185 2,990,080 France 2,171,191 2,739,764 2,623,678 2,924,478 3,052,896 2,895,122 2,855,845 2,868,832 2,858,269 2,896,282 Germany 3,291,667 3,472,987 2,898,459 3,412,633 3,082,461 2,785,491 2,468,553 2,644,858 2,720,539 2,854,438 Canada 1,224,604 1,698,604 1,864,690 2,049,243 2,341,126 2,128,628 2,085,177 2,344,550 2,576,480 2,523,762 Italy 1,522,216 1,861,347 1,626,848 1,737,597 1,933,141 1,685,179 1,677,646 1,821,317 1,939,935 1,866,807 Australia 1,281,067 1,392,835 1,467,171 1,406,825 1,603,241 1,479,868 1,469,948 1,564,261 1,469,784 1,385,747 Belgium 2,305,828 2,426,758 2,095,007 2,300,875 2,017,862 1,867,588 1,633,718 1,580,974 1,457,083 1,594,831 Spain 732,422 954,049 664,796 782,817 709,901 665,860 891,583 1,013,825 1,152,768 1,062,442 Czechia 382,637 409,865 476,420 545,877 642,053 711,857 731,631 795,423 818,204 861,879 Hong Kong 1,091,196 1,027,229 1,194,535 1,278,674 1,162,294 1,032,344 947,859 822,889 805,599 794,241 Poland 547,874 358,947 398,815 531,215 525,390 593,123 579,044 661,677 688,372 813,422 Rep. of Korea 292,981 324,226 271,987 323,617 547,378 428,212 482,050 554,553 635,458 573,087 Singapore 675,415 626,376 739,229 769,089 697,913 681,131 647,437 604,565 610,361 715,994 Denmark 711,374 727,302 701,627 712,923 686,961 585,989 561,959 587,373 588,206 569,670 United Arab Emirates 260,682 278,144 280,048 359,092 391,175 438,328 471,462 456,308 521,842 549,998 Sweden 339,885 318,223 395,164 478,873 431,363 451,439 453,130 466,853 501,829 452,418 Switzerland 542,404 550,441 589,798 573,381 539,251 520,576 499,651 485,420 477,643 467,583 Rest of the World 4,503,900 5,377,447 5,229,244 5,929,045 6,960,448 6,384,169 6,491,726 6,358,859 6,332,863 6,347,279 Grand Total 52,183,585 56,007,031 54,651,643 59,944,450 60,425,641 56,480,048 55,331,087 57,550,568 58,068,703 56,752,408 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 the United Arab Emirates. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission