2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. 74 Global Trade of Plastic Scrap, Exports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Exporters 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 USA 1,593,703 2,020,770 2,040,483 2,127,877 2,011,095 1,909,335 2,171,691 2,043,124 1,616,967 1,667,736 Japan 1,513,419 1,487,705 1,638,962 1,631,455 1,673,620 1,681,733 1,670,228 1,606,271 1,526,921 1,431,561 Germany 774,655 1,445,533 1,418,680 1,462,561 1,511,349 1,324,863 1,453,609 1,376,833 1,445,155 1,218,352 UK 654,393 711,223 838,188 880,577 811,509 648,614 764,404 791,554 805,072 679,066 Belgium 369,552 453,559 396,963 414,619 456,860 471,666 437,310 430,720 440,849 496,630 France 390,634 447,683 477,954 502,826 508,034 454,119 483,026 468,754 483,957 457,667 Netherlands 357,819 245,322 361,137 381,131 428,666 464,294 431,322 505,903 481,088 387,883 Mexico 435,085 372,442 414,021 442,197 522,143 517,067 862,744 449,974 429,537 374,148 Spain 112,448 166,850 217,892 192,363 236,880 225,844 333,466 329,937 318,926 302,260 Vietnam 19,342 18,929 39,760 102,059 110,246 223,408 202,021 119,292 276,395 302,159 Thailand 145,309 166,370 205,915 232,170 263,128 317,540 346,912 265,390 306,372 296,839 Italy 139,913 212,414 263,949 269,601 228,019 191,621 175,859 223,076 234,262 260,565 Rep. of Korea 285,244 307,717 201,549 161,358 182,975 183,291 192,851 187,609 208,826 199,572 Canada 229,263 188,862 190,252 197,638 203,046 170,783 191,778 208,955 213,690 197,142 Indonesia 53,203 53,728 116,354 166,430 204,750 231,747 193,842 148,735 203,586 193,545 Poland 66,831 97,153 107,541 102,736 101,301 99,431 138,834 166,378 192,224 166,503 Malaysia 114,943 123,627 134,326 153,865 197,598 250,809 247,007 182,271 163,622 165,810 Australia 125,183 204,739 156,388 151,209 193,087 155,085 185,705 206,060 199,743 146,780 Taiwan 149,536 166,445 182,693 164,825 157,914 120,210 146,153 145,125 155,244 133,347 Slovenia 23,641 28,126 35,362 28,177 69,251 71,594 97,581 103,849 180,460 109,580 Rest of the World 2,466,761 2,551,903 3,527,297 2,752,215 2,218,891 2,168,939 2,031,824 1,909,652 1,860,761 1,682,124 Grand Total 10,020,878 11,471,102 12,965,664 12,517,888 12,290,363 11,881,993 12,758,169 11,869,461 11,743,659 10,869,267 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 Slovenia (2017) with reported import data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission