# HS 391510 Waste global trade data overview | Yugalinks

Reported global trade in waste, parings and scrap reached $1.0B in 2024, with five-year annual growth of +1.4%.

## Annual trade evidence

| Year | Global trade | Year-on-year growth | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | $2.7B | +2.8% | +7.9% |
| 2014 | $3.3B | +19.7% | +7.9% |
| 2015 | $2.4B | -25.2% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | $2.0B | -17.3% | -9.5% |
| 2017 | $1.8B | -13% | -18.7% |
| 2018 | $1.1B | -36.8% | -23.1% |
| 2019 | $961.3M | -13.3% | -21.9% |
| 2020 | $851.7M | -11.4% | -21.4% |
| 2021 | $1.3B | +47.6% | +4.3% |
| 2022 | $1.5B | +21% | +16.5% |
| 2023 | $1.1B | -24.5% | +10.5% |
| 2024 | $1.0B | -10.1% | -6.4% |

## Leading buyer markets

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | $98.1M | +16.6% | 39 |
| Germany | $93.1M | +1.6% | 50 |
| Viet Nam | $90.3M | +23% | 48 |
| Malaysia | $86.7M | +4.4% | 54 |
| Indonesia | $83.9M | +18.1% | 21 |
| Netherlands | $73.0M | -1% | 41 |
| Belgium | $54.5M | +4% | 33 |
| Spain | $43.9M | +14% | 43 |
| USA | $41.0M | +6.2% | 42 |
| Italy | $36.7M | -1.9% | 35 |
| France | $32.0M | -0.7% | 31 |
| Poland | $22.8M | +2.5% | 30 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._