# Waste And Scrap buyer markets and demand | HS 740400 | Yugalinks

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $15.6B.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $15.6B | +21.3% | 128 | USA |
| Germany | $3.0B | +3.2% | 95 | Netherlands |
| Republic of Korea | $2.1B | +5.8% | 99 | USA |
| India | $1.8B | +16% | 124 | Saudi Arabia |
| Belgium | $1.8B | +10.2% | 86 | France |
| Japan | $1.8B | +10.7% | 93 | Thailand |
| Poland | $1.0B | +18.4% | 46 | Germany |
| Italy | $948.3M | +5.1% | 66 | France |
| USA | $822.3M | +6.2% | 60 | Canada |
| Spain | $779.7M | +7.1% | 73 | Portugal |
| Austria | $671.3M | +10% | 39 | Germany |
| Malaysia | $657.1M | -2.7% | 74 | USA |
| Thailand | $638.1M | +37.5% | 70 | USA |
| Canada | $619.5M | +14.2% | 26 | USA |
| Taiwan | $618.4M | +2.5% | 67 | Indonesia |
| Bulgaria | $552.2M | +16.8% | 40 | Romania |
| Slovakia | $425.8M | +18% | 29 | Poland |
| Sweden | $357.1M | +2.9% | 31 | Netherlands |
| Netherlands | $354.1M | -3% | 64 | Germany |
| Greece | $332.1M | +8.2% | 45 | United Kingdom |
| France | $329.3M | +8.7% | 57 | Belgium |
| Turkey | $265.7M | +12.9% | 52 | Libya |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $195.1M | -21% | 63 | China |
| United Arab Emirates | $191.0M | +19.6% | 56 | Saudi Arabia |
| Hungary | $157.0M | +53.7% | 21 | Germany |
| Brazil | $151.5M | +21.3% | 34 | Mexico |
| United Kingdom | $150.8M | +6.1% | 42 | Ireland |
| Czechia | $115.1M | +24.7% | 20 | Germany |
| Morocco | $114.5M | +120.2% | 19 | Germany |
| Norway | $110.0M | +8.6% | 12 | Germany |
| Portugal | $104.5M | +19.9% | 25 | Spain |
| Mexico | $101.6M | +33.6% | 26 | USA |
| Serbia | $91.8M | +19.7% | 12 | Czechia |
| Viet Nam | $85.9M | +27% | 26 | Taiwan |
| Russia | $80.5M | -23.6% | 5 | Kyrgyzstan |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2023 | $11.7B | $6,189.04 |
| Germany | 2023 | $3.1B | $6,208.41 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $2.2B | $7,249.94 |
| India | 2023 | $1.6B | $5,492.85 |
| Japan | 2023 | $1.5B | $6,865.9 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $1.5B | $5,714.59 |
| Italy | 2023 | $964.7M | $6,200.54 |
| Poland | 2023 | $842.0M | $5,603.29 |
| Spain | 2023 | $780.4M | $4,939.54 |
| USA | 2023 | $692.0M | $5,686.29 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $688.8M | $6,603.26 |
| Austria | 2023 | $634.6M | $6,780.08 |
| Canada | 2023 | $580.1M | $5,602.47 |
| Bulgaria | 2023 | $527.3M | $7,413.59 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $440.1M | $3,363.88 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $366.0M | $5,579.13 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $365.3M | $3,468.8 |
| Sweden | 2023 | $347.9M | $5,224.45 |
| Greece | 2023 | $326.4M | $7,730.3 |
| France | 2023 | $323.5M | $5,485.17 |

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