# Waste And Scrap buyer markets and demand | HS 810830 | Yugalinks

USA is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $234.6M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $234.6M | +13% | 36 | Germany |
| Germany | $37.5M | +8.5% | 47 | France |
| United Kingdom | $35.5M | +7.4% | 34 | USA |
| India | $28.2M | +20.7% | 26 | USA |
| Japan | $24.9M | +21.8% | 24 | Singapore |
| Poland | $17.2M | +36.4% | 20 | Germany |
| Republic of Korea | $15.0M | +6.7% | 22 | China |
| Mexico | $13.4M | +132% | 8 | USA |
| Canada | $12.9M | +12.9% | 17 | USA |
| Estonia | $12.0M | -17.7% | 33 | USA |
| Singapore | $10.6M | +43.7% | 21 | China |
| Ukraine | $10.3M | -1.5% | 1 | Poland |
| Italy | $9.3M | +10.7% | 18 | Germany |
| Latvia | $9.2M | +60.2% | 24 | Germany |
| Netherlands | $5.9M | +18.8% | 33 | United Kingdom |
| France | $5.1M | +3.2% | 26 | Germany |
| Thailand | $3.3M | +114% | 9 | Japan |
| Austria | $3.1M | +22.2% | 18 | Germany |
| South Africa | $2.8M | +1.2% | 9 | United Kingdom |
| Brazil | $2.8M | +47.8% | 6 | Germany |
| Taiwan | $2.5M | -3.2% | 14 | Japan |
| Spain | $2.4M | -9.1% | 23 | Germany |
| Sweden | $2.0M | -19.4% | 13 | USA |
| United Arab Emirates | $1.4M | +88.2% | 10 | Indonesia |
| China | $1.4M | -7.3% | 8 | Republic of Korea |
| Belgium | $1.1M | -13.8% | 15 | Germany |
| Australia | $1.1M | +18.1% | 7 | United Kingdom |
| Russia | $962.1K | -52.2% | 4 | Estonia |
| Czechia | $874.0K | +183.1% | 11 | Kazakhstan |
| Finland | $845.3K | +16.8% | 29 | USA |
| Slovenia | $669.5K | +3.6% | 8 | Germany |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $652.6K | -10.1% | 11 | Italy |
| Luxembourg | $500.3K | +527.6% | 2 | Poland |
| Malaysia | $498.2K | +25% | 11 | Netherlands |
| Turkey | $382.9K | +17.7% | 6 | Libya |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 2023 | $222.4M | $8,552.49 |
| Germany | 2023 | $42.7M | $6,458.87 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $34.5M | $4,423.91 |
| India | 2023 | $23.8M | $3,706.8 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $23.7M | $9,361.05 |
| Japan | 2023 | $17.9M | $11,370.81 |
| Canada | 2023 | $14.9M | $4,230.64 |
| Italy | 2023 | $14.8M | $11,449.15 |
| Poland | 2023 | $13.9M | $4,736.71 |
| France | 2023 | $8.7M | $8,556.57 |
| Ukraine | 2023 | $8.7M | $5,576.06 |
| Estonia | 2023 | $8.2M | $3,887.56 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $6.9M | $6,195.48 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $6.8M | $6,903.14 |
| Latvia | 2023 | $4.3M | $3,614.55 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $4.3M | $7,540.62 |
| South Africa | 2023 | $3.9M | $7,227.56 |
| Spain | 2023 | $3.3M | $4,635.36 |
| Austria | 2023 | $3.0M | $7,066.98 |
| Brazil | 2023 | $1.6M | $12,992.94 |

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