| Rank | Country | Imports of Waste & scrap of tinned iron/steel in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Malaysia | $202,678,721 |  | | 2 | Belgium | $113,751,456 |  | | 3 | Netherlands | $107,253,380 |  | | 4 | Singapore | $75,131,860 |  | | 5 | France | $42,177,987 |  | | 6 | Pakistan | $38,197,903 |  | | 7 | Spain | $30,150,103 |  | | 8 | India | $24,487,195 |  | | 9 | Poland | $16,408,780 |  | | 10 | United States | $15,626,668 |  | | 11 | United Kingdom | $14,985,035 |  | | 12 | Ecuador | $12,268,829 |  | | 13 | Indonesia | $8,432,851 |  | | 14 | Italy | $6,105,937 |  | | 15 | Bulgaria | $5,842,208 |  | | 16 | Sweden | $5,569,659 |  | | 17 | Bhutan | $5,074,414 |  | | 18 | Canada | $4,353,658 |  | | 19 | Slovakia | $2,909,663 |  | | 20 | Germany | $2,631,173 |  | | 21 | Guatemala | $2,294,047 |  | | 22 | Portugal | $1,744,337 |  | | 23 | Ireland | $1,556,646 |  | | 24 | Uganda | $1,420,390 |  | | 25 | Hungary | $1,164,000 |  | | 26 | Thailand | $1,092,559 |  | | 27 | Bahrain | $943,266 |  | | 28 | Colombia | $881,275 |  | | 29 | New Zealand | $846,175 |  | | 30 | Morocco | $845,916 |  | | 31 | Turkey | $828,893 |  | | 32 | Kenya | $737,418 |  | | 33 | Vietnam | $584,910 |  | | 34 | Japan | $569,160 |  | | 35 | Hong Kong | $543,954 |  | | 36 | Korea, South | $480,884 |  | | 37 | Romania | $352,798 |  | | 38 | Philippines | $289,433 |  | | 39 | Denmark | $273,746 |  | | 40 | Greece | $272,129 |  | | 41 | Finland | $265,802 |  | | 42 | Luxembourg | $246,400 |  | | 43 | Czech Republic | $240,170 |  | | 44 | Estonia | $202,056 |  | | 45 | Mali | $197,515 |  | | 46 | Iran | $196,720 |  | | 47 | Tanzania | $163,700 |  | | 48 | Tunisia | $148,998 |  | | 49 | Dominican Republic | $133,501 |  | | 50 | Switzerland | $112,505 |  | | 51 | El Salvador | $107,635 |  | | 52 | Brazil | $100,603 |  | | 53 | Zimbabwe | $88,448 |  | | 54 | Mexico | $53,635 |  | | 55 | China | $53,415 |  | | 56 | Oman | $49,971 |  | | 57 | Israel | $32,000 |  | | 58 | Gambia, The | $27,564 |  | | 59 | Nepal | $21,994 |  | | 60 | Burkina Faso | $17,097 |  | | 61 | Algeria | $16,217 |  | | 62 | Paraguay | $14,150 |  | | 63 | Botswana | $13,425 |  | | 64 | Niger | $12,221 |  | | 65 | South Africa | $10,969 |  | | 66 | Austria | $10,607 |  | | 67 | Australia | $4,604 |  | | 68 | Barbados | $4,354 |  | | 69 | Ghana | $4,095 |  | | 70 | Slovenia | $4,016 |  | | 71 | Norway | $3,508 |  | | 72 | Mozambique | $1,771 |  | | 73 | Madagascar | $1,346 |  | | 74 | Qatar | $1,341 |  | | 75 | Togo | $946 |  | | 76 | Cameroon | $913 |  | | 77 | Panama | $424 |  | | 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $371 |  | | 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | $275 |  | | 80 | Mauritius | $230 |  | | 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | $204 |  | | 82 | Zambia | $103 |  | | 83 | Ethiopia | $19 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | | | $1,601 | | |
| Algeria | $1,645 | $344 | $7,222 | $2,440 | $7,719 | $16,217 | $34,128 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | | | | | $128 |
| Armenia | | | | | | | $522 |
| Australia | $2,342 | $37,913 | $121,291 | $14,512 | | $4,604 | |
| Austria | $307,144 | $139,507 | $34,116 | $126,992 | $645,470 | $10,607 | |
| Bahamas, The | | | | $48 | | | |
| Bahrain | $14,330 | | $16,777 | $629,600 | $264,880 | $943,266 | $1,863,464 |
| Bangladesh | $26,098,336 | $17,586,561 | $33,481,204 | | | | |
| Barbados | | | | | | $4,354 | $244 |
| Belgium | $10,207,549 | $14,013,470 | $8,710,162 | $59,426,360 | $63,100,905 | $113,751,456 | $140,730,574 |
| Benin | | $2,379 | | | | | |
| Bhutan | $2,365 | $3,265 | $1,477,231 | $2,932,136 | $3,179,732 | $5,074,414 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $11,700 | $13 | $427 | | | $371 | $231 |
| Botswana | $15,111 | $5,493 | $2,056 | $22,071 | $71,366 | $13,425 | $15,517 |
| Brazil | $197,144 | $235,922 | $57,650 | $57,279 | | $100,603 | |
| Brunei | | $35 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $77,233 | $1,232 | $5,028,135 | $48,428,514 | $4,379,237 | $5,842,208 | $4,666,856 |
| Burkina Faso | $7,970 | | $91,219 | $22,555 | $16,367 | $17,097 | |
| Burundi | | | | | $545 | | |
| Cambodia | | $3,657 | | | | | |
| Cameroon | | $719 | $65,021 | $4,076 | $134,987 | $913 | |
| Canada | $4,285,644 | $4,524,477 | $5,034,873 | $5,293,611 | $2,859,731 | $4,353,658 | $2,890,991 |
| Chile | $58,034 | $380 | | $5,542 | | | $4,047 |
| China | | $47,427 | $32,217 | $22,785 | $141,939 | $53,415 | |
| Colombia | $2,065,929 | $5,306,027 | $5,737,432 | $15,866,778 | $829,379 | $881,275 | $329,406 |
| Costa Rica | | $2,226 | | | | | $6,253 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | $2,719 | $74 | $13,529 | $19 | $275 | $29,268 |
| Czech Republic | $1,031 | $265,893 | $526,374 | $888,120 | $9,895 | $240,170 | $333,896 |
| Denmark | | $102,885 | $23,565 | $56,801 | $421,168 | $273,746 | $750,069 |
| Dominican Republic | $350 | $239,106 | $2,792,210 | $2,228,975 | $72,074 | $133,501 | $82,660 |
| East Timor | $13 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $52,277 | $52,529 | $88,055 | $249,482 | $763,315 | $12,268,829 | $19,797,005 |
| Egypt | $36,059 | | | $348,483 | | | |
| El Salvador | $51,725 | $2,483 | $2,633 | | $84 | $107,635 | |
| Estonia | | | | $189 | $111,378 | $202,056 | $8,031 |
| Ethiopia | | | | $113,147 | $42,519 | $19 | $51,625 |
| Finland | | | | | | $265,802 | $107,862 |
| France | $67,943,526 | $74,423,850 | $83,043,265 | $88,920,707 | $19,015,008 | $42,177,987 | $40,671,370 |
| Gambia, The | | | | | | $27,564 | |
| Germany | $628,000 | $2,734,000 | $4,913,000 | $5,723,000 | $757,000 | $2,631,173 | $8,939,646 |
| Ghana | $1,063 | | $209,080 | $43,610 | $42 | $4,095 | $14,778 |
| Greece | | | $1,019,304 | $1,291,938 | $1,089,977 | $272,129 | $10,633,005 |
| Guatemala | | $336,165 | $469,349 | $581,890 | $93,198 | $2,294,047 | $4,459,110 |
| Guinea | | $3,928 | | | | | |
| Honduras | | $78 | $2,568 | | | | |
| Hong Kong | $27,136 | $1,285 | $25,934 | $69,302 | $234,472 | $543,954 | $71,300 |
| Hungary | $111,000 | $119,000 | | | | $1,164,000 | |
| India | $94,986,273 | $83,047,005 | $55,220,020 | $24,824,100 | $19,304,218 | $24,487,195 | $11,416,391 |
| Indonesia | $431,297 | $1,614,781 | $1,100,007 | $9,005,197 | $4,003,482 | $8,432,851 | $10,514,566 |
| Iran | $161,919 | $224,157 | | | | $196,720 | |
| Ireland | $47,176 | $905,489 | $1,114,471 | $1,178,118 | $962,321 | $1,556,646 | $1,255,840 |
| Israel | | | | | | $32,000 | |
| Italy | $6,271,107 | $4,541,196 | $12,747,877 | $12,205,333 | $7,039,778 | $6,105,937 | $27,880,879 |
| Japan | $154,644 | $670,086 | $179,596 | $6,745,088 | $67,514 | $569,160 | $281,086 |
| Jordan | | | | $9,123 | | | $10,469 |
| Kazakhstan | | $890 | | | $40 | | |
| Kenya | $53,158 | $1,097,389 | $1,052,969 | $976,903 | $1,060,189 | $737,418 | |
| Korea, South | | $91,565 | $803,345 | $8,706,681 | $163,125 | $480,884 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $273 | | | | | | |
| Latvia | $2,344 | $1,320 | | | | | $450,224 |
| Lesotho | | | | $125,678 | | | |
| Lithuania | $4,104 | $13,473 | | | | | $1,681 |
| Luxembourg | $339,205 | $32,247 | $298,917 | $2,280,008 | $3,992,940 | $246,400 | $422,266 |
| Macau | $135 | | | | | | |
| Macedonia | | | | | $3,135 | | |
| Madagascar | | | $5,387 | $827 | $1,159 | $1,346 | |
| Malawi | | | | | $2,610 | | $766 |
| Malaysia | $83,147,484 | $101,628,895 | $236,692,138 | $288,837,203 | $114,004,251 | $202,678,721 | $294,665,918 |
| Mali | $2,446 | $1,272 | $162,520 | | | $197,515 | |
| Mauritania | | | | | $21,101 | | |
| Mauritius | | | | $433 | $436 | $230 | $1,001 |
| Mexico | $174,147 | $174,761 | $148,393 | $139,043 | $171,256 | $53,635 | $63,493 |
| Morocco | $25,204 | $17 | $51,865 | | $65,306 | $845,916 | |
| Mozambique | | $1,438 | | $77,866 | $9,187 | $1,771 | |
| Namibia | $1,159 | $2,868 | $295 | $13,731 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $11,745 | $21,994 | |
| Netherlands | $35,892,803 | $56,004,524 | $53,785,050 | $96,536,958 | $51,805,594 | $107,253,380 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | $3,339 | | | | | |
| New Zealand | $4,788 | $6,459 | $257,641 | $1,373,336 | $547,155 | $846,175 | $1,026,973 |
| Nicaragua | $59,150 | $33,688 | $13,186 | $8,493 | $2,180 | | |
| Niger | $284 | | | $570 | $6,712 | $12,221 | $3,572 |
| Nigeria | | $15,836 | | | | | |
| Norway | $27,160 | $124,742 | $40,513 | $155,068 | $108,727 | $3,508 | $116,101 |
| Oman | $749 | | $10,858 | $359 | $9,789 | $49,971 | |
| Pakistan | $22,468,222 | $21,036,226 | $24,763,591 | $35,250,197 | $37,952,468 | $38,197,903 | $37,985,790 |
| Panama | $4,178 | $4,003 | | $121,616 | $2,857 | $424 | |
| Paraguay | $9,856 | $18,998 | $50,408 | $27,588 | $5,218 | $14,150 | |
| Peru | | | | $159,197 | | | |
| Philippines | | $209,890 | $6,945 | $15,554 | | $289,433 | $1,078,313 |
| Poland | | $2,872,951 | $6,689,748 | $20,555,675 | $35,489,765 | $16,408,780 | $18,650,942 |
| Portugal | $680,432 | $347,710 | $570,734 | $560,377 | $59,348 | $1,744,337 | $510,975 |
| Qatar | $41,981 | $9,692,402 | | $123,940 | | $1,341 | |
| Romania | | | $1,056,646 | $78 | $6,374 | $352,798 | $79,601 |
| Russia | | | $5,862 | | | | |
| Rwanda | | | | | $40 | | $2,741 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | $529 | $38,757 | $148 | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | | $176,003 | $3,026 | | | | |
| Senegal | $8,845 | | $47 | $74,617 | $10,897 | | $11,878 |
| Seychelles | $82 | | | | | | |
| Singapore | $1,590,329 | $16,018,714 | $70,627,734 | $149,913,580 | $53,497,235 | $75,131,860 | $115,446,578 |
| Slovakia | $578,474 | | | $306,307 | $334,127 | $2,909,663 | $1,055,388 |
| Slovenia | $102,836 | $49,366 | $133,618 | $150,355 | $14,016 | $4,016 | $79,366 |
| South Africa | $21,968 | $133,005 | $118,281 | $263,283 | | $10,969 | $28,899 |
| Spain | $45,657,573 | $67,373,406 | $43,348,499 | $66,963,647 | $8,962,634 | $30,150,103 | |
| Sri Lanka | $136,209 | $15,757 | $74,253 | | $86,989 | | $152 |
| Sudan | $12,543 | $5,996 | $4,415 | $49,984 | $7,395 | | |
| Swaziland | $3,056 | $62,738 | $2,964 | | | | |
| Sweden | | $175,803 | $106,991 | $2,370,497 | $2,404,784 | $5,569,659 | $11,012,739 |
| Switzerland | $862,757 | $176,527 | $66,314 | $164,016 | $39,427 | $112,505 | $2,988,970 |
| Tanzania | $8,405 | | $2,473 | $86,126 | $14,281 | $163,700 | $11,157 |
| Thailand | $1,729,561 | $4,921,009 | $3,401,124 | $22,785,445 | $3,295,807 | $1,092,559 | $4,949,336 |
| Togo | | | $1,920 | | | $946 | |
| Tonga | | | | | $3,043 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | $476 | | $377 | $204 | |
| Tunisia | $12,804 | $43,492 | $22,545 | $1,717 | $12,499 | $148,998 | |
| Turkey | $126 | $2,816,327 | $50,385 | $77,428 | $225,378 | $828,893 | $1,808,687 |
| Uganda | $4,288 | $2,752 | $607 | | $216,063 | $1,420,390 | |
| Ukraine | $25,704 | | | | | | |
| United Arab Emirates | $983,403 | | $237,612 | $433,045 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $1,031,352 | $3,594,702 | $5,785,103 | $16,572,830 | $10,235,785 | $14,985,035 | $19,070,279 |
| United States | $3,310,043 | $2,624,410 | $2,081,415 | $7,227,282 | $5,552,694 | $15,626,668 | $29,451,862 |
| Uruguay | | $1,930 | $18,493 | $45,219 | $30,225 | | |
| Venezuela | $2,875 | | | | | | |
| Vietnam | $61,419 | $2,457,386 | $10,132,591 | $2,465,859 | $3,126,816 | $584,910 | |
| Yemen | $103 | $2,076 | | | | | |
| Zambia | $2,133 | | | $315 | | $103 | |
| Zimbabwe | $79,452 | | $112 | $1,818 | | $88,448 | |
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