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Top 20 Global Exporters of Plastic Scrap by Country and Year 2007-2017
Key Figures
  • 11869461 Metric Tons Plastic Scrap exported in 2015
  • 11743659 Metric Tons Plastic Scrap exported in 2016
  • 10572428 Metric Tons Plastic Scrap exported in 2017
Export Statistic Data
Exporters20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
USA13756811593703202077020404832127877201109519093352171691204312416169671667736
Japan15173121513419148770516389621631455167362016817331670228160627115269211431561
Germany846084774655144553314186801462561151134913248631453609137683314451551218352
United Kingdom548298654393711223838188880577811509648614764404791554805072679066
France385592390634447683477954502826508034454119483026468754483957457667
Netherlands412010357819245322361137381131428666464294431322505903481088387883
Belgium399629369552453559396963414619456860471666437310430720440849496630
Mexico419676435085372442414021442197522143517067862744449974429537374148
Spain108685112448166850217892192363236880225844333466329937318926302260
Thailand1832871453091663702059152321702631283175403469122653903063720
Viet Nam19147193421892939760102059110246223408202021119292276395302159
Italy113942139913212414263949269601228019191621175859223076234262260565
Canada199638229263188862190252197638203046170783191778208955213690197142
Rep. of Korea324564285244307717201549161358182975183291192851187609208826199572
Indonesia581675320353728116354166430204750231747193842148735203586193545
Australia103540125183204739156388151209193087155085185705206060199743146780
Poland56911668319715310754110273610130199431138834166378192224166503
Slovenia1465123641281263536228177692517159497581103849180460109580
Malaysia107316114943123627134326153865197598250809247007182271163622165810
Taiwan170590149536166445182693164825157914120210146153145125155244133347
Rest of the World2040,8922466,7612551,9033527,2972752,2152218,8912168,9392031,8241909,6521860,7611682,124

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