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Appendix D: Global Scrap Exports by Commodity by Volume (metric tons) and Value (US$), 2015

Commodity

Volume (mt)

Value (US$)

Ferrous scrap

81.5 million 55.4 million

$25.5 billion $8.4 billion

Recovered paper Nonferrous scrap • Aluminum scrap

7.3 million 5.8 million 1.1 million

$10.1 billion $14.5 billion $410 million $529 million $82 million $462 million $1.9 billion $5.4 billion $554 million y

• Copper scrap • Lead scrap • Nickel scrap

123,000 72,000 350,000 224,000

• Tin scrap • Zinc scrap

• Other nonferrous metal scrap

Plastic scrap Rubber scrap

13.8 million 1.2 million

Other scrap (textiles, glass, precious metals, etc.)

23 million

$12.5 billion

Source: UN Comtrade Database

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