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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
Import Statistic Data
Importers20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
China69122227074626732581080096748384190887776778813048254247735422973471765828750
Hong Kong41458354503012475265447953503962054320048725061713080676286476928779561889224
Netherlands221914238843144459295928374308467433531881622941598127611300633601
Germany239700227723214448296940302344420106423052501628545607548029516740
USA416683412156356098379490342014361294372705417046393392447945442544
Belgium281228294000350481285426322250292285259805226729259728312587246820
Malaysia81900381949232381885142860176779301435225986249941287673549786
Austria131224148423106394146137210909218640194626250263245451240589220192
Italy199010162786116475138291145795138957134360160232153379178631195905
Taiwan122913150203119829148887153084149491201522204365221499177934202099
Canada187747161881129748148031153294155107146523186390249179171657140662
India16990997936478491116252131419195988259614251546185746166859145580
Turkey1911410848716923260557805649767396105287104031159569261863
Sweden7949487251138100300324255449134230213483153842179539139748
United Kingdom9799275784462565311064237739079348711109787280130021117314
Czechia4187454849480745855593122111373122698128088131523129925124109
France70526813925870898940109177109822111921110017117055122987144688
Indonesia31385883175399069053510699413599310742397146120979128951
Poland67390422224790711367711313367305577716241685814118800119191
Portugal1205014876135142162555617453085107882725134784107251112446
Rest of the World6497647686817848008896571070,1351045,2321202,1751138,6641118,5911087,3261339,123

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