Buyer Market Demand Explorer

Buyer markets for waste, parings and scrap

A reported trade view for HS 391590, with available observations through 2024.

HS6 391590Coverage 1995-2024Updated 2026-08-14
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Largest buyer

USA$280.2M

Buyer markets

200Reported markets

Top market suppliers

73For the largest buyer

Latest global trade

$1.7BYear: 2024

Reported observations

Buyer market evidence

Markets ranked by latest reported import value.

Buyer marketLatest imports5-year growthSuppliersLeading supplier
USA$280.2M+10.2%73Canada
Taiwan$115.2M+2.3%57Japan
Malaysia$97.1M+1%80Japan
Viet Nam$96.1M+1.1%63Japan
Germany$94.1M+2.6%74Netherlands
Netherlands$83.8M-2.5%62Germany
Turkey$72.2M+8%67Tunisia
Canada$65.9M+4.4%43USA
Italy$63.2M+3.7%61France
Belgium$57.8M+7.7%47Netherlands
France$51.1M+12.8%43Belgium
Austria$49.1M+7.1%43Germany
Spain$45.4M+7.2%66Italy
Mexico$45.1M+29.8%42USA
United Kingdom$35.9M-4.8%48Ireland
Thailand$34.7M-4.3%61Japan
Poland$26.9M-6.5%40Germany
Slovenia$18.6M-0.1%34Italy
China$17.3M-19.7%43Viet Nam
Slovakia$16.4M+29.5%25Czechia
Russia$16.3M+4%16Kazakhstan
Ireland$15.6M-21.4%39Indonesia
Romania$14.9M-13.1%43Greece
Egypt$14.2M+34.8%23Yemen
Luxembourg$13.8M+33.5%8Germany
Portugal$12.5M+7.9%39Spain
Indonesia$12.5M-18.3%26Japan
Denmark$12.2M+7.9%25Germany
Sweden$11.4M+10%28United Kingdom
Pakistan$11.4M+2.4%51Thailand
Republic of Korea$11.0M-24.1%34Japan
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region$10.9M-36.8%38USA
Czechia$10.2M-6.1%34Germany
India$10.2M-20.5%54Japan
Saudi Arabia$9.1M+0.2%24Italy

Market reading

Which countries buy waste, parings and scrap?

USA is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $280.2M.

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
USA2023$209.5M$622.73
Netherlands2023$131.8M$406.73
Other Asia, nes2023$113.2M$680.07
Viet Nam2023$90.2M$446.95
Germany2023$80.1M$385.28
Malaysia2023$77.4M$453.8
Turkey2023$74.8M$341.32
Italy2023$63.3M$526.86
Canada2023$58.4M$484.02
Belgium2023$46.5M$426.18
Thailand2023$40.1M$235.81
Austria2023$40.1M$288.61
United Kingdom2023$35.8M$581.07
Mexico2023$35.7M$315.78
Poland2023$32.7M$431.15
France2023$32.5M$533.86
Spain2023$28.5M$326.47
Republic of Korea2023$23.6M$737.09
Slovenia2023$23.1M$392.75
Portugal2023$21.7M$675.08

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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.