# Waste And Scrap buyer markets and demand | HS 470730 | Yugalinks

Germany is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $183.1M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | $183.1M | -1.1% | 40 | Netherlands |
| Malaysia | $86.8M | +20.1% | 30 | USA |
| Belgium | $57.1M | +27.8% | 31 | Netherlands |
| Netherlands | $51.4M | +4.5% | 40 | Belgium |
| Austria | $49.1M | +1.5% | 28 | Germany |
| Republic of Korea | $47.3M | -7.1% | 20 | Japan |
| Indonesia | $45.5M | -4.1% | 20 | Japan |
| Spain | $40.2M | +7.3% | 27 | France |
| India | $32.5M | -0.4% | 46 | United Kingdom |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $27.5M | +17.5% | 29 | Italy |
| Sweden | $22.1M | -3.3% | 26 | Netherlands |
| France | $21.9M | +0.4% | 32 | Germany |
| Viet Nam | $21.5M | +17.7% | 22 | Japan |
| United Kingdom | $18.6M | +11.5% | 28 | Netherlands |
| Mexico | $18.4M | -3.9% | 12 | USA |
| Slovenia | $16.7M | -7.1% | 20 | Italy |
| Thailand | $14.5M | -7.5% | 31 | Japan |
| Canada | $10.7M | -15.9% | 16 | USA |
| Pakistan | $9.7M | +22.5% | 12 | Republic of Korea |
| Poland | $8.4M | +10.8% | 17 | Czechia |
| Hungary | $5.8M | +11.8% | 18 | Italy |
| Philippines | $5.0M | +13.3% | 8 | Republic of Korea |
| Turkey | $4.8M | -7.7% | 20 | Spain |
| Ukraine | $4.0M | -18.7% | 10 | Romania |
| Taiwan | $3.9M | -12.9% | 8 | Japan |
| Italy | $3.9M | -6.2% | 27 | USA |
| USA | $3.8M | -5.5% | 27 | Canada |
| China | $3.8M | -60.9% | 21 | China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| Croatia | $3.4M | +15.6% | 15 | Italy |
| Slovakia | $2.8M | -4.5% | 12 | Czechia |
| Lithuania | $2.7M | +1.1% | 13 | Latvia |
| Denmark | $2.6M | -3.9% | 20 | Norway |
| Serbia | $2.6M | -9.8% | 19 | Hungary |
| Saudi Arabia | $2.1M | +15.7% | 7 | Iraq |
| Norway | $2.1M | -22.3% | 14 | Netherlands |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2023 | $145.9M | $191.3 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $68.2M | $207.01 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $59.9M | $141.94 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $55.3M | $139.96 |
| Austria | 2023 | $52.2M | $222.34 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $50.3M | $186.06 |
| Spain | 2023 | $50.0M | $137 |
| India | 2023 | $47.9M | $183.22 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $41.0M | $171.69 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $31.8M | $193.75 |
| Sweden | 2023 | $21.6M | $162.69 |
| Mexico | 2023 | $18.8M | $263.6 |
| France | 2023 | $18.0M | $193.3 |
| Canada | 2023 | $17.7M | $274.95 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $16.5M | $236.86 |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | 2023 | $15.6M | $184.99 |
| Slovenia | 2023 | $14.8M | $198.43 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $14.6M | $213.22 |
| China | 2023 | $8.5M | $222.28 |
| USA | 2023 | $6.3M | $227.1 |

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