U.S. Exports Of Copper Scrap, By Country

TABLE 18
U.S. EXPORTS OF COPPER SCRAP, BY COUNTRY¹

	Unalloyed copper scrap					Copper-alloy scrap
	2013			2014		2013		2014
	Quantity		Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
Country	(metric tons)		(thousands)	(metric tons)	(thousands)	(metric tons)	(thousands)	(metric tons)	(thousands)
Belgium	18,400		$111,000	11,900	$49,800	10,900	$37,300	9,440	$30,000
Canada	20,900		156,000	26,800	182,000	36,500	140,000	37,600	136,000
China	320,000		1,450,000	276,000	1,120,000	523,000	1,310,000	451,000	984,000
Germany	28,800		174,000	44,900	215,000	8,440	30,000	11700	48,200
Hong Kong	8,160		26,100	5,480	17,600	48,800	111,000	28,400	49,300
India	873		4,470	3,220	12,900	8,280	22,300	16,900	51,700
Japan	4,080		21,800	6,910	31,400	14,000	58,000	12,900	63,500
Korea, Republic of	10,600		71,700	14,100	92,300	12,000	45,600	17,100	86,500
Mexico	1,780		11,700	708	3,740	3,580	20,000	3,420	19,600
Spain	3,550		14,200	1,550	5,820	8,720	26,500	11,800	28,200
Taiwan	4,740		26,900	5,830	22,400	7,680	11,700	5,340	15,700
Other	26,800	^r	153,000	32,500	175,000	24,100	40,800	11,400	36,100
Total	449,000	^r	2,220,000	430,000	1,930,000	706,000	1,850,000	616,000	1,550,000
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

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