Top 20 Global Importers of Plastic Scrap - 2007 to 2017
Key Figures
- 15376810 : Metric Tons Plastic Scrap imported in 2015
- 15484941 : Metric Tons Plastic Scrap imported in 2016
- 13359589 : Metric Tons Plastic Scrap imported in 2017
Country-wise Yearly imports of Plastic Scrap.
Import Statistic DataImporters 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 China 6912222 7074626 7325810 8009674 8384190 8877767 7881304 8254247 7354229 7347176 5828750 Hong Kong 4145835 4503012 4752654 4795350 3962054 3200487 2506171 3080676 2864769 2877956 1889224 Netherlands 221914 238843 144459 295928 374308 467433 531881 622941 598127 611300 633601 Germany 239700 227723 214448 296940 302344 420106 423052 501628 545607 548029 516740 USA 416683 412156 356098 379490 342014 361294 372705 417046 393392 447945 442544 Belgium 281228 294000 350481 285426 322250 292285 259805 226729 259728 312587 246820 Malaysia 81900 38194 92323 81885 142860 176779 301435 225986 249941 287673 549786 Austria 131224 148423 106394 146137 210909 218640 194626 250263 245451 240589 220192 Italy 199010 162786 116475 138291 145795 138957 134360 160232 153379 178631 195905 Taiwan 122913 150203 119829 148887 153084 149491 201522 204365 221499 177934 202099 Canada 187747 161881 129748 148031 153294 155107 146523 186390 249179 171657 140662 India 169909 97936 478491 116252 131419 195988 259614 251546 185746 166859 145580 Turkey 19114 10848 7169 23260 55780 56497 67396 105287 104031 159569 261863 Sweden 79494 87251 138100 300324 255449 134230 213483 153842 179539 139748 United Kingdom 97992 75784 46256 53110 64237 73907 93487 111097 87280 130021 117314 Czechia 41874 54849 48074 58555 93122 111373 122698 128088 131523 129925 124109 France 70526 81392 58708 98940 109177 109822 111921 110017 117055 122987 144688 Indonesia 313 8588 3175 39906 90535 106994 135993 107423 97146 120979 128951 Poland 67390 42222 47907 113677 113133 67305 57771 62416 85814 118800 119191 Portugal 12050 14876 13514 21625 55617 45308 51078 82725 134784 107251 112446 Rest of the World 649764 768681 784800 889657 1070,135 1045,232 1202,175 1138,664 1118,591 1087,326 1339,123
| Importers | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 6912222 | 7074626 | 7325810 | 8009674 | 8384190 | 8877767 | 7881304 | 8254247 | 7354229 | 7347176 | 5828750 |
| Hong Kong | 4145835 | 4503012 | 4752654 | 4795350 | 3962054 | 3200487 | 2506171 | 3080676 | 2864769 | 2877956 | 1889224 |
| Netherlands | 221914 | 238843 | 144459 | 295928 | 374308 | 467433 | 531881 | 622941 | 598127 | 611300 | 633601 |
| Germany | 239700 | 227723 | 214448 | 296940 | 302344 | 420106 | 423052 | 501628 | 545607 | 548029 | 516740 |
| USA | 416683 | 412156 | 356098 | 379490 | 342014 | 361294 | 372705 | 417046 | 393392 | 447945 | 442544 |
| Belgium | 281228 | 294000 | 350481 | 285426 | 322250 | 292285 | 259805 | 226729 | 259728 | 312587 | 246820 |
| Malaysia | 81900 | 38194 | 92323 | 81885 | 142860 | 176779 | 301435 | 225986 | 249941 | 287673 | 549786 |
| Austria | 131224 | 148423 | 106394 | 146137 | 210909 | 218640 | 194626 | 250263 | 245451 | 240589 | 220192 |
| Italy | 199010 | 162786 | 116475 | 138291 | 145795 | 138957 | 134360 | 160232 | 153379 | 178631 | 195905 |
| Taiwan | 122913 | 150203 | 119829 | 148887 | 153084 | 149491 | 201522 | 204365 | 221499 | 177934 | 202099 |
| Canada | 187747 | 161881 | 129748 | 148031 | 153294 | 155107 | 146523 | 186390 | 249179 | 171657 | 140662 |
| India | 169909 | 97936 | 478491 | 116252 | 131419 | 195988 | 259614 | 251546 | 185746 | 166859 | 145580 |
| Turkey | 19114 | 10848 | 7169 | 23260 | 55780 | 56497 | 67396 | 105287 | 104031 | 159569 | 261863 |
| Sweden | 79494 | 87251 | 138100 | 300324 | 255449 | 134230 | 213483 | 153842 | 179539 | 139748 | |
| United Kingdom | 97992 | 75784 | 46256 | 53110 | 64237 | 73907 | 93487 | 111097 | 87280 | 130021 | 117314 |
| Czechia | 41874 | 54849 | 48074 | 58555 | 93122 | 111373 | 122698 | 128088 | 131523 | 129925 | 124109 |
| France | 70526 | 81392 | 58708 | 98940 | 109177 | 109822 | 111921 | 110017 | 117055 | 122987 | 144688 |
| Indonesia | 313 | 8588 | 3175 | 39906 | 90535 | 106994 | 135993 | 107423 | 97146 | 120979 | 128951 |
| Poland | 67390 | 42222 | 47907 | 113677 | 113133 | 67305 | 57771 | 62416 | 85814 | 118800 | 119191 |
| Portugal | 12050 | 14876 | 13514 | 21625 | 55617 | 45308 | 51078 | 82725 | 134784 | 107251 | 112446 |
| Rest of the World | 649764 | 768681 | 784800 | 889657 | 1070,135 | 1045,232 | 1202,175 | 1138,664 | 1118,591 | 1087,326 | 1339,123 |