# Waste And Scrap buyer markets and demand | HS 810420 | Yugalinks

USA is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $81.4M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $81.4M | +3.9% | 18 | Canada |
| Czechia | $16.5M | +14.9% | 15 | Romania |
| Hungary | $14.1M | +9.7% | 12 | Poland |
| Brazil | $6.6M | +7.5% | 19 | Mexico |
| Republic of Korea | $6.1M | +39.2% | 11 | China |
| Germany | $5.3M | -10.1% | 23 | Netherlands |
| Netherlands | $5.1M | +26.2% | 29 | Mexico |
| Canada | $4.9M | +47.6% | 5 | China |
| Austria | $2.9M | +6.2% | 13 | France |
| Turkey | $2.4M | +134.7% | 5 | United Kingdom |
| Poland | $903.8K | +51.5% | 6 | Hungary |
| Romania | $826.2K | -20.4% | 8 | Germany |
| Spain | $595.9K | +22.8% | 3 | Portugal |
| Taiwan | $493.7K | -32.4% | 4 | China |
| Thailand | $451.2K | +3.2% | 3 | Viet Nam |
| Indonesia | $436.6K | +912% | 1 | New Zealand |
| Japan | $428.5K | -8.8% | 5 | Thailand |
| India | $371.2K | -4.3% | 8 | Nigeria |
| Slovakia | $370.5K | +3.1% | 5 | Netherlands |
| Belgium | $330.7K | -4.5% | 5 | Netherlands |
| Bangladesh | $266.4K | +86.3% | 1 | New Zealand |
| Italy | $244.5K | +14% | 8 | Spain |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $212.1K | +44.3% | 2 | Mexico |
| Serbia | $193.4K | -52.1% | 2 | Italy |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $133.5K | +4.4% | 2 | India |
| Lithuania | $115.4K | +10.5% | 6 | Netherlands |
| France | $102.1K | -7.6% | 5 | Tunisia |
| Montenegro | $98.9K | -8.6% | 1 | USA |
| Slovenia | $78.2K | -17.3% | 4 | Romania |
| United Kingdom | $66.9K | -48.3% | 6 | Belgium |
| World excl. EU | $57.4K | +413.1% | 1 | Malaysia |
| Israel | $51.8K | -0.4% | 1 | United Kingdom |
| Singapore | $49.9K | +65.4% | 2 | Viet Nam |
| Mexico | $49.6K | -14.6% | 8 | USA |
| Croatia | $44.9K | +3.6% | 2 | China |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 2023 | $86.9M | $3,577.17 |
| Hungary | 2023 | $19.2M | $3,876.42 |
| Czechia | 2023 | $14.4M | $1,893.31 |
| Canada | 2023 | $11.3M | $3,680.84 |
| Brazil | 2023 | $7.5M | $2,235.09 |
| Germany | 2023 | $6.2M | $1,781.02 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $3.9M | $2,740.14 |
| Austria | 2023 | $2.9M | $2,020.59 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $2.9M | $1,152.3 |
| India | 2023 | $1.6M | $1,415.2 |
| Japan | 2023 | $1.4M | $1,710.12 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $1.3M | $1,971.13 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $1.2M | $451.25 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $997.6K | $2,200.8 |
| China | 2023 | $891.3K | $2,111.99 |
| Spain | 2023 | $619.8K | $1,904.34 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $438.7K | $2,069.87 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $430.9K | $1,628.55 |
| Poland | 2023 | $340.5K | $1,958.34 |
| Italy | 2023 | $329.5K | $594.53 |

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