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Egypt
21
Venezuela
45
Canada
98
Qatar
134
Thailand
149
Philippines
200
United States
257
Singapore
373
Turkey
419
Mozambique
479
Mexico
1 989
Spain
3 660
Finland
6 043
The arrows are proportional to the volume of imported waste
Sweden
6 077
Poland
19 412
France
22 930
Ireland
38 719
Austria
62 779
Denmark
69 984
Swit-
zerland
74 242
Italy
172 206
Germany
Import of waste as reported by Germany, in tonnes, 2001
Total imports represent 1 015 193 tonnes
Netherlands 203 544
Luxembourg 166 346
Belgium 150 510
Source: Basel Convention
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Export-Import case study
In 2000 Germany reported sending 317 528
tonnes of waste to 14 countries. All countries
appeared to receive a broad combination of
hazardous waste apart from China, which re-
ceived nearly 50 tonnes of household waste.
During 2000 Germany was amongst the top
importers, bringing in over 1 million tonnes of
waste from 38 countries. Most of the waste
came from the Netherlands, Italy Luxemburg
and Belgium and contained a combination of
waste streams.
Czech Republic
832
Canada
981
Denmark
4 237
Norway
4 384
Italy
5 924
Austria
13 217
Spain
13 404
Luxembourg
13 755
France
17 784
Sweden
27 466
China
44 808
Belgium
65 764
Netherlands
75 988
United Kingdom
28 982
The arrows are proportional to the volume of exported waste
Export of waste as reported by Germany, in tonnes, 2001
Total exports represent 317 528 tonnes
Source: Basel Convention