RankCountryImports of Waste & scrap of stainless steel in USD (2010)
1Belgium$1,507,615,196
2Finland$1,390,608,304
3Netherlands$1,310,526,555
4Germany$944,988,584
5Korea, South$762,017,342
6India$565,684,603
7Spain$540,285,932
8Japan$431,797,303
9United States$309,939,376
10Italy$249,619,351
11Sweden$207,338,025
12United Kingdom$185,359,226
13Slovenia$168,151,131
14China$147,741,126
15France$130,783,440
16Bulgaria$46,442,150
17Canada$39,415,704
18Poland$39,020,016
19Austria$25,977,265
20Hong Kong$21,330,917
21Singapore$17,662,062
22Estonia$6,174,649
23Pakistan$5,528,840
24Lithuania$4,895,212
25Thailand$4,471,870
26Czech Republic$2,847,441
27Switzerland$2,579,209
28South Africa$2,458,377
29Vietnam$1,982,460
30Malaysia$1,361,221
31Turkey$1,331,597
32Denmark$1,262,446
33Saudi Arabia$1,259,202
34Qatar$1,133,611
35Philippines$1,051,868
36Nigeria$898,995
37Hungary$870,000
38Iran$654,690
39Norway$623,646
40Latvia$611,371
41Slovakia$543,737
42Brazil$503,497
43Australia$457,602
44Bahrain$351,679
45Mexico$324,182
46Portugal$243,693
47New Zealand$222,574
48Venezuela$212,460
49Argentina$200,513
50Romania$177,153
51Greece$170,150
52Oman$168,016
53Tunisia$165,110
54Russia$158,717
55Ireland$154,508
56Indonesia$142,890
57Chile$115,997
58Bosnia and Herzegovina$104,755
59Israel$85,000
60Uganda$81,153
61Jordan$81,082
62Colombia$79,615
63Tanzania$47,376
64Croatia$38,629
65Zimbabwe$38,601
66Luxembourg$30,658
67Ecuador$20,619
68Bolivia$19,290
69Ukraine$16,483
70Montenegro$16,112
71Mauritania$15,081
72Gambia, The$12,529
73Botswana$9,402
74Bahamas, The$7,779
75Costa Rica$7,685
76Jamaica$3,476
77Iceland$3,157
78Ethiopia$1,848
79Bhutan$1,794
80Dominican Republic$1,790
81Kenya$1,456
82Aruba$1,083
83Bermuda$1,079
84Malta$1,073
85Morocco$908
86Nepal$887
87Ghana$788
88Samoa$680
89Albania$587
90Tonga$568
91Yemen$557
92Burundi$322
93Egypt$244
94Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$205
95Guatemala$174
96Trinidad and Tobago$117
97El Salvador$29
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania  $9,850$242$2,997$587 
Argentina    $174,802$200,513$347,700
Armenia      $14,883
Aruba     $1,083$171
Australia$190,635$637,149$322,046$913,695$612,568$457,602$1,403,129
Austria$30,454,170$38,120,787$65,565,598$90,870,955$11,555,209$25,977,265 
Bahamas, The$9,432$981$33,029$22,864$69,399$7,779$2,216
Bahrain$55,460$84,404$70,056$369,643$105,779$351,679$117,852
Bangladesh$14,687$13,328$87    
Barbados    $938  
Belarus$70,600$11,600$22,800$2,500$1,200  
Belgium$880,353,953$1,617,977,645$1,907,686,620$1,725,532,860$778,336,547$1,507,615,196$1,734,131,125
Belize  $1,614    
Bermuda     $1,079 
Bhutan$3,064$13,828$63,274$5,461$171$1,794 
Bolivia$118$21$170$2,961$21$19,290$15,057
Bosnia and Herzegovina$434,957$896,236$817,632$716,692$23,817$104,755$239,748
Botswana$43,254$221$7,188$6,053$16,751$9,402$36,740
Brazil$3,901,212$4,332,778$867,928$3,336,596$168,673$503,497$1,765,941
Brunei $2,816     
Bulgaria$67,589$37,435$2,341,443$4,865,739$11,710,072$46,442,150$23,439,809
Burkina Faso$378      
Burundi    $8,129$322 
Cambodia  $74,319$4,335   
Cameroon  $157    
Canada$25,641,622$41,713,779$54,728,335$47,743,250$23,395,598$39,415,704$40,318,426
Cape Verde  $769    
Chile$2,836$16,127$459$43,150$64,634$115,997$150,553
China$248,040,477$365,856,144$1,081,818,495$681,245,864$464,672,307$147,741,126$263,340,378
Colombia$10,783$44,629$68,425$181,157$69,064$79,615$90,982
Costa Rica  $5,879  $7,685$271
Cote d'Ivoire$11,245  $6,290$135  
Croatia$89,451$104,124$127,988$44,947 $38,629$167,093
Cyprus$9  $23,477   
Czech Republic$2,824,890$4,980,891$11,279,110$5,056,258$2,129,965$2,847,441$12,150,574
Denmark$3,259,558$7,662,307$6,980,464$4,891,100$1,001,351$1,262,446$1,418,423
Dominican Republic$5,596$100$6,464$2,309$67,162$1,790$868
East Timor$2,940      
Ecuador   $3,948$5,285$20,619$14,310
Egypt$28,784$327,988$297,868$13,406 $244$17,979
El Salvador $2,140  $40$29 
Estonia$3,189,848$2,301,680$1,343,426$1,638,621$3,793,570$6,174,649$7,178,843
Ethiopia$298,098$30 $2,710$254,430$1,848$49
Fiji  $1,798 $6,005  
Finland$800,126,391$1,515,943,412$2,034,126,696$1,276,448,416$670,778,327$1,390,608,304$1,447,935,959
France$89,899,966$102,236,745$179,434,338$199,696,219$51,223,934$130,783,440$167,284,142
Gambia, The     $12,529$1,007
Georgia$38,393 $978    
Germany$539,927,000$826,947,000$1,104,352,000$922,574,000$428,278,000$944,988,584$927,253,367
Ghana$10,197$589$1,184$16,590$6,449$788$262
Greece$62,868$107,206$39,255$3,351$181,635$170,150$1,742,372
Guatemala$922$2,118$17,389$1,800$4,447$174$109,308
Guinea $620     
Honduras $1,680$7,721 $605  
Hong Kong$16,541,676$13,983,658$27,263,032$29,333,409$16,460,862$21,330,917$31,572,720
Hungary$1,378,000$1,209,000$1,274,000$1,188,000$758,000$870,000$2,953,000
Iceland$15,465   $6,892$3,157$3,036
India$307,887,344$483,742,099$950,929,600$708,959,727$349,104,340$565,684,603$908,924,335
Indonesia$375,272$343,898$215,793$4,430,408$101,415$142,890$197,389
Iran$5,721    $654,690 
Ireland$1,507,179$353,612$551,052$1,179,245$145,260$154,508$213,316
Israel$35,000$229,000$12,000$126,000$19,000$85,000$36,000
Italy$247,537,183$254,438,276$471,830,804$324,013,778$115,898,292$249,619,351$431,130,700
Jamaica   $410 $3,476 
Japan$189,336,906$310,349,795$655,973,891$401,699,226$216,817,364$431,797,303$370,419,279
Jordan$2,664    $81,082$48,904
Kazakhstan$9,747$5,771$184,481$417,480$63,327  
Kenya $28,037  $569,108$1,456 
Korea, South$600,364,412$862,780,716$1,326,872,841$674,906,151$313,173,180$762,017,342$1,030,052,511
Kuwait  $7,331$15,033   
Kyrgyzstan$3,487 $1,218$3,951$14 $114,600
Latvia$189,164$315,460$303,115$326,328$264,261$611,371$1,082,087
Lebanon    $3,883  
Lesotho   $381,698   
Lithuania$654,538$1,342,951$10,910,961$626,247$721,829$4,895,212$2,051,278
Luxembourg$2,696,001$5,453,413$7,850,836$4,047,127$1,907,816$30,658$16,393
Macau$8,506 $10,285$748   
Macedonia  $125    
Malawi $3,248 $27,705   
Malaysia$2,683,927$5,230,998$48,142,309$6,442,920$1,895,652$1,361,221$5,757,656
Malta    $96$1,073 
Mauritania$4,143    $15,081 
Mauritius$1,241      
Mexico$709,284$1,153,427$738,867$710,519$370,319$324,182$1,353,785
Moldova      $24,500
Montenegro $27,023$18,851$8,380 $16,112$87,475
Morocco $140$53,065  $908 
Mozambique  $171    
Namibia$38,667$11,447$55,302$38,449   
Nepal    $4,341$887 
Netherlands$571,396,970$1,118,077,893$1,670,021,198$1,094,956,845$609,104,895$1,310,526,555 
Netherlands Antilles$1,527$12,184$351$1,402   
New Caledonia $324     
New Zealand$51,667$26,078$538,527$450,615$293,974$222,574$192,561
Nicaragua  $29$1,095   
Niger$152$53$845   $2,522
Nigeria     $898,995 
Norway$68,175$100,844$200,112$1,377,494$189,397$623,646$906,049
Oman$115,782$9,914$136,414$223,935$129,514$168,016 
Pakistan$727,967$837,442$1,186,731$3,442,070$4,952,033$5,528,840$5,443,304
Panama  $25,816 $17,215 $9,799
Peru   $5,844$8,540  
Philippines$1,014,445$954,418$903,543$633,849$623,209$1,051,868$1,395,899
Poland$8,685,494$18,731,895$28,362,467$25,338,656$23,834,004$39,020,016$42,765,169
Portugal$41,679$310,813$446,379$2,267,723$134,919$243,693$1,600,065
Qatar$396,177$133,956$906,586$1,901,479 $1,133,611 
Romania$305,360$139,656$147,262$654,816$86,063$177,153$883,276
Russia$19,519$10,600$81,351$544$11,169$158,717$5,979
Rwanda   $117,011$51,778 $44,084
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines     $205 
Samoa    $1,587$680$11,073
Saudi Arabia$1,415,467$208,223$868,909  $1,259,202 
Senegal    $2,903  
Serbia $3,571$45,973$220,138  $50,887
Seychelles$15,098$23,420$61$87   
Singapore$12,097,081$33,358,869$29,915,226$12,836,245$7,524,233$17,662,062$24,120,871
Slovakia$320,240 $912,534$864,795$224,884$543,737$2,977,038
Slovenia$79,487,879$157,117,495$189,141,692$156,880,062$86,334,189$168,151,131$174,572,208
South Africa$603,881$458,983$7,644,973$3,705,692$1,644,108$2,458,377$1,282,473
Spain$443,600,620$712,643,229$1,137,869,833$895,320,302$323,729,659$540,285,932 
Sri Lanka$2,612      
Sudan$6,881$69,936$305,783$1,679   
Swaziland$14,633$1,267,568$195,666    
Sweden$188,359,283$300,481,401$393,823,859$198,420,167$108,285,112$207,338,025$171,042,875
Switzerland$405,722$600,159$655,916$356,674$898,132$2,579,209$3,535,724
Tanzania$4,362$10,126$16,049$167,905$9,904$47,376$103,763
Thailand$1,888,075$3,044,859$6,553,385$6,384,125$2,420,597$4,471,870$14,360,646
Togo  $1,046    
Tonga   $3,708$247$568 
Trinidad and Tobago $6,627  $437$117 
Tunisia$41,156$179,896$31,273$120,749$229,755$165,110 
Turkey$715,169$725,803$638,215$300,456$975,895$1,331,597$1,305,932
Uganda$50 $1,136$2,190$29,833$81,153 
Ukraine$37,875$1,229$40,100$264,202$936$16,483$7,912,763
United Arab Emirates$20,865,105 $45,668,910$43,306,430   
United Kingdom$114,274,678$119,358,448$274,225,270$179,004,943$83,420,808$185,359,226$156,556,447
United States$126,336,315$211,967,642$200,121,597$220,182,373$140,355,829$309,939,376$300,334,528
Vanuatu $2,818$255    
Venezuela$7,311$1,113$5$52$93$212,460$448
Vietnam$9,089,689$1,772,633$2,808,290$2,257,937$922,664$1,982,460 
Yemen$6,901$81,295$49,830$84,809 $557$7,627
Zambia$1,626 $12,643$151,446$1,209  
Zimbabwe$6,545$4,121$139 $70,235$38,601