# Waste And Scrap buyer markets and demand | HS 810297 | Yugalinks

Germany is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $125.5M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | $125.5M | +19.3% | 43 | Austria |
| USA | $90.0M | +9.2% | 13 | China |
| United Kingdom | $88.0M | +13.5% | 17 | China |
| Netherlands | $40.6M | +20.2% | 23 | China |
| France | $31.6M | +31.8% | 7 | China |
| Japan | $28.4M | +7.4% | 15 | China |
| Austria | $18.1M | +19.9% | 13 | United Kingdom |
| Canada | $10.7M | +12.8% | 4 | USA |
| Brazil | $10.7M | +106.9% | 5 | USA |
| Iraq | $7.5M | +1,128.4% | 1 | Kuwait |
| Belgium | $7.3M | +5.6% | 10 | United Kingdom |
| Italy | $3.2M | +34% | 4 | Germany |
| Poland | $2.9M | +53.5% | 9 | Netherlands |
| Australia | $2.8M | +44.6% | 3 | United Kingdom |
| Republic of Korea | $2.7M | +39.5% | 8 | China |
| Sweden | $1.8M | -5.3% | 5 | Netherlands |
| Luxembourg | $1.7M | +243.5% | 3 | Netherlands |
| Spain | $1.4M | +26.1% | 6 | Germany |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $1.3M | +6.4% | 3 | Japan |
| South Africa | $1.3M | -31.5% | 3 | Brazil |
| Cambodia | $998.0K | 0% | 1 | Japan |
| Finland | $701.2K | +105.8% | 27 | Malaysia |
| Slovenia | $496.2K | +54% | 3 | Germany |
| Lithuania | $439.2K | +232.6% | 20 | Belarus |
| Taiwan | $435.0K | +33% | 1 | Singapore |
| Portugal | $278.2K | +51.4% | 4 | Germany |
| Ireland | $258.8K | +52.5% | 2 | United Kingdom |
| India | $236.5K | +28.7% | 3 | Netherlands |
| Mexico | $178.0K | -12.7% | 8 | USA |
| Iran | $121.6K | +174.3% | 1 | Kuwait |
| Czechia | $110.1K | -1.8% | 6 | Poland |
| Romania | $102.6K | +90.4% | 2 | France |
| Estonia | $45.9K | -17% | 4 | Latvia |
| Ukraine | $42.3K | +125.6% | 1 | Russia |
| Philippines | $41.7K | -25.4% | 1 | India |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $101.3M | $54,909.58 |
| USA | 2023 | $98.2M | $56,156.88 |
| Germany | 2023 | $97.0M | $47,175.32 |
| France | 2023 | $55.7M | $53,351.64 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $31.1M | $37,438.83 |
| Japan | 2023 | $26.4M | $40,758.9 |
| Austria | 2023 | $20.9M | $43,052.53 |
| Brazil | 2023 | $12.5M | $8,877.47 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $10.0M | $44,574.94 |
| Canada | 2023 | $9.2M | $33,430.23 |
| Sweden | 2023 | $8.2M | $19,505.73 |
| Poland | 2023 | $5.1M | $7,088.14 |
| South Africa | 2023 | $5.0M | $28,603.86 |
| Australia | 2023 | $4.5M | $68,307.55 |
| Spain | 2023 | $2.3M | $33,007.11 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $2.2M | $45,640.25 |
| Luxembourg | 2023 | $2.1M | $48,709.67 |
| Finland | 2023 | $1.5M | $22,196.28 |
| Lithuania | 2023 | $1.3M | $4,150.8 |
| Italy | 2023 | $1.2M | $33,487.99 |

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