# Waste And Scrap buyer markets and demand | HS 470720 | Yugalinks

Mexico is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $244.5M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | $244.5M | +4.4% | 26 | USA |
| India | $155.9M | +3.1% | 61 | USA |
| Germany | $109.3M | -2.4% | 43 | Netherlands |
| Austria | $53.7M | +5.9% | 29 | Germany |
| Republic of Korea | $47.1M | +5.8% | 16 | USA |
| Viet Nam | $31.0M | +16% | 26 | Japan |
| Netherlands | $29.1M | -3% | 42 | USA |
| Italy | $27.1M | -4.6% | 30 | USA |
| Canada | $25.3M | -5.1% | 10 | USA |
| France | $19.9M | +2.4% | 22 | United Kingdom |
| Slovenia | $18.4M | +7.7% | 23 | Sweden |
| Indonesia | $16.1M | -9.1% | 13 | Australia |
| El Salvador | $12.6M | +3.7% | 12 | USA |
| Colombia | $11.7M | -14.7% | 17 | USA |
| Spain | $11.3M | -4.1% | 17 | France |
| Guatemala | $10.5M | +24.5% | 7 | USA |
| China | $10.0M | -31.3% | 6 | China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| Belgium | $9.1M | +17% | 15 | United Kingdom |
| USA | $7.6M | -1.1% | 16 | Canada |
| Turkey | $6.7M | +32% | 22 | Germany |
| Malaysia | $6.2M | +43.6% | 19 | Singapore |
| Japan | $5.1M | -4.6% | 8 | USA |
| Serbia | $4.8M | +6.9% | 13 | Croatia |
| Sweden | $4.4M | -0.1% | 12 | Finland |
| Thailand | $4.4M | -1.2% | 29 | USA |
| Slovakia | $3.7M | +10.3% | 13 | Czechia |
| Saudi Arabia | $3.6M | +24.7% | 6 | USA |
| Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea | $3.5M | +146.5% | 1 | China |
| Portugal | $2.8M | +17% | 9 | Spain |
| Pakistan | $2.1M | +1% | 13 | United Arab Emirates |
| Czechia | $1.7M | +3.8% | 15 | Germany |
| Poland | $1.6M | +12.5% | 16 | Greece |
| Finland | $1.6M | -11% | 14 | Sweden |
| Oman | $1.6M | +136.4% | 1 | United Arab Emirates |
| United Kingdom | $1.3M | +13% | 10 | USA |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | 2023 | $298.2M | $364.42 |
| Germany | 2023 | $137.0M | $289.92 |
| India | 2023 | $129.5M | $276.73 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $81.7M | $416.83 |
| Austria | 2023 | $44.8M | $298.84 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $38.5M | $247.06 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $38.1M | $285.19 |
| Italy | 2023 | $33.9M | $452.46 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $30.3M | $259.39 |
| Canada | 2023 | $24.3M | $316.85 |
| France | 2023 | $20.4M | $288.51 |
| China | 2023 | $19.0M | $239.4 |
| Colombia | 2023 | $14.8M | $372.77 |
| Slovenia | 2023 | $14.5M | $341.88 |
| Spain | 2023 | $12.7M | $223.07 |
| USA | 2023 | $7.9M | $225.93 |
| El Salvador | 2023 | $7.3M | $518.74 |
| Japan | 2023 | $6.8M | $453.23 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $5.8M | $295.05 |
| Serbia | 2023 | $4.7M | $314.97 |

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