2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

ISRI.ORG 73 Global Trade of Recovered Fiber, Imports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Importers 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 China 24,205,826 27,501,707 24,352,351 27,278,635 30,067,145 29,236,774 27,518,476 29,283,649 28,498,511 25,716,582 Germany 3,164,258 2,860,872 3,624,764 4,108,603 4,021,672 3,907,364 3,954,795 4,001,180 4,285,733 4,543,913 India 1,739,619 2,161,685 1,962,983 2,079,101 2,303,727 2,531,167 3,187,792 3,088,921 3,177,568 3,280,683 Netherlands 2,568,851 1,376,270 2,928,725 3,193,646 2,931,399 2,739,020 2,383,691 2,618,133 2,748,707 3,250,333 Indonesia 2,080,390 2,284,656 2,412,462 2,323,760 2,292,488 2,216,424 2,280,384 1,692,351 2,021,051 2,192,203 Vietnam 525,867 289,623 591,162 556,700 384,196 450,556 637,453 648,232 712,826 1,800,878 Spain 1,170,728 921,186 1,279,188 1,154,169 1,226,263 1,544,586 1,505,165 1,627,547 1,638,323 1,525,263 Thailand 1,217,338 969,850 1,023,857 923,981 999,833 858,301 856,513 1,133,075 1,086,867 1,498,913 Rep. of Korea 1,306,820 1,121,827 1,355,990 1,530,872 1,467,150 1,589,486 1,547,289 1,542,292 1,562,258 1,459,811 Austria 1,288,989 1,172,977 1,299,671 1,387,955 1,284,855 1,212,240 1,162,476 1,226,687 1,279,027 1,210,376 Taiwan 834,122 562,640 568,558 596,030 864,889 790,494 845,821 586,012 708,933 1,105,864 Mexico 1,429,525 1,408,012 1,478,018 1,414,239 1,304,863 1,259,274 1,407,736 1,384,800 1,531,175 1,076,687 France 948,400 787,686 877,312 886,447 749,516 771,529 940,699 1,015,194 977,765 986,729 Belgium 1,473,890 1,643,748 1,454,905 1,456,191 1,311,531 1,335,797 1,147,548 1,089,102 1,069,313 909,540 USA 716,081 300,088 711,534 911,543 992,497 817,785 787,768 712,125 806,420 897,704 Canada 1,764,051 1,314,241 1,057,584 802,379 1,205,258 721,825 628,656 736,422 762,639 799,710 Turkey 84,827 82,246 115,965 71,922 52,501 80,068 183,834 301,404 450,913 753,444 Hungary 17,188 103,115 359,743 390,415 415,333 442,558 428,249 398,172 433,586 462,764 Poland 14,240 17,843 264,677 306,645 392,984 457,695 518,191 444,857 479,079 412,530 Sweden 841,728 894,365 1,059,611 976,319 871,241 612,446 618,816 462,590 454,577 398,199 Rest of the World 4,024,671 3,487,311 4,566,075 5,701,488 4,470,456 4,146,485 3,914,857 4,016,453 3,035,239 4,599,917 Grand Total 50,224,886 50,852,536 52,200,636 56,743,390 58,274,716 56,789,556 55,519,616 57,243,891 56,867,666 58,882,043 Notes: Data tables were derived from the UN Comtrade Database (last updated March 2019). Top 20 determined by latest year of complete data. Import data was adjusted for Vietnam (2012) with reported export data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission