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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 )

FERROUS SCRAP (EX-STAINLESS AND ALLOY STEEL SCRAP)

YEAR

COPPER SCRAP

ALUMINUM SCRAP

RECOVERED PAPER

PLASTIC SCRAP

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

7,465,620 7,599,661 4,531,315 4,698,123 4,484,041 6,404,593 7,907,550 9,372,593 9,557,465 10,803,591 11,174,549 13,749,753 18,865,413 20,011,795 18,655,187 22,885,833 19,996,949 17,296,847 14,226,781 11,696,223

392,739 379,546 307,052 314,967 485,473 533,842 510,966 688,977 713,807 657,861 803,121 906,511 908,130 842,573

320,324 337,525 428,274 419,112 576,250 580,019 613,421 576,951 660,202

6,523,811 6,844,342 7,394,598 7,552,294 9,948,423 9,573,899 10,367,174 12,659,543 12,844,738 14,619,679 15,941,340 18,127,139 18,255,326 19,142,093 18,879,239 21,076,745 20,253,446 19,076,945 19,211,627 19,657,759

234,726 218,469 243,649 348,583 464,486 645,874 642,576 685,779 734,408 843,720

1,087,171 1,481,024 1,546,374 1,981,644 1,657,606 1,917,112 2,124,719 2,034,200 1,866,512 1,716,125 1,549,983

1,045,848 1,375,681 1,593,703 2,020,770 2,040,483 2,127,877 2,011,095 1,909,535 2,172,382 2,043,124

1,041,918 1,242,556 1,189,395 1,154,931 1,044,054

954,610

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

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