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Appendix B: Historical Scrap Trade Flows
Volume of U.S. Ferrous, Copper, Aluminum, Recovered Paper, and Plastic Scrap Exports, 1996-2015 (
metric tons
)
YEAR
FERROUS SCRAP
(EX-STAINLESS AND ALLOY STEEL SCRAP)
COPPER SCRAP
ALUMINUM SCRAP
RECOVERED PAPER
PLASTIC SCRAP
1996
7,465,620
392,739
320,324
6,523,811
234,726
1997
7,599,661
379,546
337,525
6,844,342
218,469
1998
4,531,315
307,052
428,274
7,394,598
243,649
1999
4,698,123
314,967
419,112
7,552,294
348,583
2000
4,484,041
485,473
576,250
9,948,423
464,486
2001
6,404,593
533,842
580,019
9,573,899
645,874
2002
7,907,550
510,966
613,421
10,367,174
642,576
2003
9,372,593
688,977
576,951
12,659,543
685,779
2004
9,557,465
713,807
660,202
12,844,738
734,408
2005
10,803,591
657,861
1,087,171
14,619,679
843,720
2006
11,174,549
803,121
1,481,024
15,941,340
1,045,848
2007
13,749,753
906,511
1,546,374
18,127,139
1,375,681
2008
18,865,413
908,130
1,981,644
18,255,326
1,593,703
2009
20,011,795
842,573
1,657,606
19,142,093
2,020,770
2010
18,655,187
1,041,918
1,917,112
18,879,239
2,040,483
2011
22,885,833
1,242,556
2,124,719
21,076,745
2,127,877
2012
19,996,949
1,189,395
2,034,200
20,253,446
2,011,095
2013
17,296,847
1,154,931
1,866,512
19,076,945
1,909,535
2014
14,226,781
1,044,054
1,716,125
19,211,627
2,172,382
2015
11,696,223
954,610
1,549,983
19,657,759
2,043,124
Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission