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THE I SR I SCRAP YEARBOOK

Aluminum Scrap - U.S. Exports Given the tremendous energy savings associated with using aluminum scrap – which can reach up to 95 percent compared with primary metal, global demand for aluminum scrap has rising sharply over the last decade. U.S. exports of aluminum scrap – including used beverage containers and RSI (aluminum alloy), increased from less than 1.1 million metric tons in 2005 to nearly 1.6 million metric tons in 2015 according to trade data from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. International Trade Commission. China has been a key driver of global demand for aluminum scrap and remains the largest overseas buyer of aluminum scrap. Including Hong Kong (which is still treated as a separate export destination in official U.S. trade data), the U.S. exported nearly 875,000 mt of aluminum scrap to China in 2015, accounting for 56 percent of total U.S. aluminum scrap exports.

U.S. Aluminum Scrap Exports to China &Hong Kong and Rest of World, 2005 and 2015 (thousandmetric tons)

1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800

679

495

0 200 400 600 800

875

592

2005

2015

Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission Rest of World China & Hong Kong

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