2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

ISRI.ORG 75 Global Trade of Plastic Scrap, Imports, 2008-2017 Top 20 Importers 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 China 7,074,626 7,325,810 8,009,674 8,384,190 8,877,767 7,881,304 8,254,247 7,354,229 7,347,176 5,828,750 Hong Kong 4,503,012 4,752,654 4,795,350 3,962,054 3,200,487 2,506,171 3,080,676 2,864,769 2,877,956 1,889,224 Netherlands 238,843 144,459 295,928 374,308 467,433 531,881 622,941 598,127 611,300 633,601 Malaysia 38,194 92,323 81,885 142,860 176,779 301,435 225,986 249,941 287,673 549,786 Germany 227,723 214,448 296,940 302,344 420,106 423,052 501,628 545,607 548,029 516,740 USA 412,156 356,098 379,490 342,014 361,294 372,705 417,046 393,392 447,945 442,544 Turkey 10,848 7,169 23,260 55,780 56,497 67,396 105,287 104,031 159,569 261,863 Belgium 294,000 350,481 285,426 322,250 292,285 259,805 226,729 259,728 312,587 246,820 Austria 148,423 106,394 146,137 210,909 218,640 194,626 250,263 245,451 240,589 220,192 Taiwan 150,203 119,829 148,887 153,084 149,491 201,522 204,365 221,499 177,934 202,099 Italy 162,786 116,475 138,291 145,795 138,957 134,360 160,232 153,379 178,631 195,905 India 97,936 478,491 116,252 131,419 195,988 259,614 251,546 185,746 166,859 145,580 France 81,392 58,708 98,940 109,177 109,822 111,921 110,017 117,055 122,987 144,688 Canada 161,881 129,748 148,031 153,294 155,107 146,523 186,390 249,179 171,657 140,662 Indonesia 8,588 3,175 39,906 90,535 106,994 135,993 107,423 97,146 120,979 128,951 Czechia 54,849 48,074 58,555 93,122 111,373 122,698 128,088 131,523 129,925 124,109 Poland 42,222 47,907 113,677 113,133 67,305 57,771 62,416 85,814 118,800 119,191 United Kingdom 75,784 46,256 53,110 64,237 73,907 93,487 111,097 87,280 130,021 117,314 Portugal 14,876 13,514 21,625 55,617 45,308 51,078 82,725 134,784 107,251 112,446 Sweden 87,251 138,100 300,324 255,449 134,230 213,483 153,842 179,539 139,748 27,654 Rest of the World 768,681 784,800 889,657 1,070,135 1,045,232 1,202,175 1,138,664 1,118,591 1,087,326 1,339,123 Grand Total 14,654,275 15,334,914 16,441,343 16,531,706 16,405,000 15,268,998 16,381,608 15,376,810 15,484,941 13,387,243 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 for Slovenia (2017) corrected with reported export data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission