2016Yearbook_Flipbook

2016

THE I SR I SCRAP YEARBOOK

Major Importers of Plastic Scrap, 2015

IMPORTER

GROSS WEIGHT (MT)

TRADE VALUE (US $) $4,183,374,345 $1,046,583,842

CHINA

7,354,366 2,864,748

HONG KONG

NETHERLANDS

526,920 486,765 393,777 259,728 249,941 249,189 221,499 185,746 179,521

$212,385,318 $183,038,964 $234,985,821 $129,050,707 $62,114,517 $87,609,150 $83,534,303 $94,235,362 $16,100,773

GERMANY

USA

BELGIUM

MALAYSIA

CANADA TAIWAN

INDIA

SWEDEN

ITALY

153,112

$92,741,265

PORTUGAL

146,385

$22,484,777

Source: U.N. Comtrade Database

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