Buyer Market Demand Explorer

Buyer markets for waste, parings and scrap

A reported trade view for HS 391520, with available observations through 2024.

HS6 391520Coverage 1995-2024Updated 2026-08-14
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Largest buyer

Malaysia$48.4M

Buyer markets

193Reported markets

Top market suppliers

26For the largest buyer

Latest global trade

$199.2MYear: 2024

Reported observations

Buyer market evidence

Markets ranked by latest reported import value.

Buyer marketLatest imports5-year growthSuppliersLeading supplier
Malaysia$48.4M+9.5%26Japan
Spain$24.1M+9.5%38USA
Germany$14.5M-3.8%33Czechia
Viet Nam$11.9M+27.6%28Japan
Netherlands$10.2M+12.2%34United Kingdom
Belgium$8.3M+49.6%21Netherlands
Portugal$7.4M+47%15United Kingdom
Czechia$7.4M+15.5%21United Kingdom
France$6.8M+16%22Belgium
Italy$6.4M+4.3%18France
Canada$5.5M-8.2%7USA
Lithuania$5.3M+52.7%16Sweden
Turkey$4.9M+17.5%24United Kingdom
Thailand$4.2M-10%14Japan
Poland$4.1M+7.5%21Slovakia
Romania$3.4M+20.8%22Netherlands
Austria$3.1M-12.8%19Poland
Sweden$3.1M+59.7%12Norway
Taiwan$2.4M-14.1%9Japan
Republic of Korea$2.1M-10%7USA
USA$2.0M-24.7%10Mexico
Slovakia$1.5M+2.6%11Poland
Philippines$1.2M-16.4%2Japan
Denmark$1.1M-0.7%10Czechia
South Africa$1.1M+3%2Japan
Russia$968.8K-22.1%6Belarus
Myanmar$944.9K+135.5%1Spain
Mexico$835.2K-20.2%22USA
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region$766.3K-44.2%15Mexico
Indonesia$565.5K-34%5Japan
United Kingdom$537.8K-19.7%11Norway
Hungary$345.8K+5.5%12Poland
Ireland$319.1K+26.4%5United Kingdom
China$295.4K-36.3%7Japan
Finland$264.1K-14.2%8Denmark

Market reading

Which countries buy waste, parings and scrap?

Malaysia is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $48.4M.

How to use this view

Start with the leading rows in the first table, then use the chart to compare buyer-market demand and supplier breadth for waste, parings and scrap. The second table adds a related reported comparison.

Coverage extends to 2024. Missing values are shown as not reported.

Further comparison

Buyer market price evidence

Available reported unit-value observations by buyer market.

Buyer marketYearTrade valueUSD per ton
Spain2023$27.0M$798.07
Malaysia2023$22.3M$457.73
Germany2023$16.7M$541.64
Netherlands2023$12.5M$680.3
Canada2023$12.1M$975.87
Viet Nam2023$9.7M$722.33
Czechia2023$7.9M$499.98
Portugal2023$7.5M$892.7
Turkey2023$7.4M$456.2
Belgium2023$6.4M$647.79
Austria2023$6.0M$478.19
Lithuania2023$5.7M$753.08
Italy2023$4.4M$778.44
Poland2023$4.1M$610.22
Romania2023$4.0M$601.74
Thailand2023$3.6M$1,018.3
USA2023$3.5M$902.15
Sweden2023$2.3M$750.63
France2023$2.2M$395.2
Slovakia2023$1.7M$1,281.76

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Latest observed year: 2024. Page updated 2026-08-14.

Source and date

Reported merchandise-trade observations for HS6 products. Coverage shown on this page: 1995-2024. Updated 2026-08-14.

Definitions

Trade value is reported in current US dollars. Unit value is trade value divided by reported quantity and is shown per metric ton where available. Growth is an annualized or year-on-year calculation from reported values.

Reading the data

“Not reported” means a value was not available for this view. Values can be revised as reporting is updated. See the methodology for coverage and classification details.