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THE I SR I SCRAP YEARBOOK

Copper Scrap - U.S. Exports In 2015, the United States export 682,000 metric tons of copper and copper alloy scrap to mainland China and Hong Kong valued at $1.7 billion. China and Hong Kong accounted for 71 percent of all U.S. copper scrap exports by volume last year. Other important overseas markets for U.S. copper scrap export sales in 2015 included Canada ($246 million), Germany ($170 million), South Korea ($133 million), Japan ($85 million), Belgium ($77 million), and India ($64 million). Figures from the United Nations Comtrade database indicate the value of global exports of copper scrap from all reporting countries exceeded $14.4 billion in 2015.

Volume of U.S. Copper Scrap Exports to China & Hong Kong and Rest of World, 2005 - 2015 (metric tons)

1,400,000

1,200,000

1,000,000

800,000

600,000

400,000

200,000

0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Rest of World China & Hong Kong

Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission

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