| Rank | Country | Imports of Ferrous waste & scrap (excl. of 7204.10-7204.41) in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Turkey | $7,116,504,345 |  | | 2 | Korea, South | $2,995,461,306 |  | | 3 | China | $2,747,177,213 |  | | 4 | India | $1,586,262,714 |  | | 5 | Italy | $1,301,874,043 |  | | 6 | Spain | $1,286,421,900 |  | | 7 | Germany | $1,069,713,606 |  | | 8 | Belgium | $931,611,330 |  | | 9 | Vietnam | $892,419,450 |  | | 10 | Egypt | $531,128,530 |  | | 11 | France | $514,897,248 |  | | 12 | Malaysia | $508,011,483 |  | | 13 | Luxembourg | $497,918,849 |  | | 14 | Indonesia | $487,420,529 |  | | 15 | Belarus | $436,669,000 |  | | 16 | Netherlands | $326,612,454 |  | | 17 | United States | $324,360,683 |  | | 18 | Austria | $289,074,475 |  | | 19 | Greece | $275,745,745 |  | | 20 | Mexico | $260,794,508 |  | | 21 | Pakistan | $256,445,755 |  | | 22 | Portugal | $243,947,550 |  | | 23 | Canada | $217,866,527 |  | | 24 | Latvia | $139,638,058 |  | | 25 | Thailand | $139,413,447 |  | | 26 | Peru | $119,670,364 |  | | 27 | Slovenia | $116,294,995 |  | | 28 | Switzerland | $101,899,459 |  | | 29 | Czech Republic | $101,684,582 |  | | 30 | Albania | $100,016,264 |  | | 31 | Hong Kong | $88,205,838 |  | | 32 | Slovakia | $76,418,221 |  | | 33 | Japan | $72,893,557 |  | | 34 | Finland | $68,242,671 |  | | 35 | Morocco | $67,723,526 |  | | 36 | Denmark | $57,788,236 |  | | 37 | Poland | $56,225,753 |  | | 38 | United Kingdom | $37,813,594 |  | | 39 | Brazil | $30,919,147 |  | | 40 | Bulgaria | $29,789,399 |  | | 41 | Norway | $23,897,207 |  | | 42 | Sweden | $22,527,677 |  | | 43 | Singapore | $20,421,517 |  | | 44 | Oman | $16,941,489 |  | | 45 | Romania | $16,455,096 |  | | 46 | Hungary | $13,824,000 |  | | 47 | Lithuania | $8,920,269 |  | | 48 | Estonia | $8,483,057 |  | | 49 | Croatia | $7,479,898 |  | | 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | $5,491,862 |  | | 51 | Serbia | $4,050,481 |  | | 52 | New Zealand | $3,257,725 |  | | 53 | Ukraine | $2,790,916 |  | | 54 | Jordan | $2,560,426 |  | | 55 | Montenegro | $2,133,791 |  | | 56 | Russia | $1,674,462 |  | | 57 | Australia | $1,592,159 |  | | 58 | Sri Lanka | $1,581,916 |  | | 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,127,531 |  | | 60 | Iran | $1,009,407 |  | | 61 | Ecuador | $861,735 |  | | 62 | Azerbaijan | $720,063 |  | | 63 | Colombia | $658,311 |  | | 64 | Philippines | $651,889 |  | | 65 | Bhutan | $589,621 |  | | 66 | Israel | $429,000 |  | | 67 | Panama | $348,043 |  | | 68 | Ireland | $344,757 |  | | 69 | Chile | $282,195 |  | | 70 | Costa Rica | $278,024 |  | | 71 | Argentina | $205,533 |  | | 72 | Uganda | $147,927 |  | | 73 | Qatar | $87,708 |  | | 74 | South Africa | $86,767 |  | | 75 | Zimbabwe | $70,202 |  | | 76 | Tunisia | $64,361 |  | | 77 | Mali | $63,534 |  | | 78 | Algeria | $60,103 |  | | 79 | Paraguay | $44,698 |  | | 80 | Nepal | $42,196 |  | | 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | $41,898 |  | | 82 | Guatemala | $33,280 |  | | 83 | Jamaica | $32,165 |  | | 84 | Kenya | $16,940 |  | | 85 | Dominican Republic | $15,367 |  | | 86 | Burkina Faso | $13,464 |  | | 87 | Bolivia | $11,973 |  | | 88 | Bahrain | $11,420 |  | | 89 | Ghana | $11,298 |  | | 90 | Cyprus | $11,203 |  | | 91 | Nicaragua | $8,137 |  | | 92 | Tanzania | $8,097 |  | | 93 | Cameroon | $7,729 |  | | 94 | El Salvador | $6,967 |  | | 95 | Niger | $6,956 |  | | 96 | Kyrgyzstan | $6,400 |  | | 97 | Lebanon | $5,174 |  | | 98 | Senegal | $2,658 |  | | 99 | Iceland | $2,115 |  | | 100 | Zambia | $1,921 |  | | 101 | Botswana | $1,886 |  | | 102 | Georgia | $568 |  | | 103 | Benin | $505 |  | | 104 | Bahamas, The | $242 |  | | 105 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $73 |  | | 106 | Aruba | $66 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $9,809,895 | $9,015,555 | $41,287,250 | $44,845,314 | $38,445,950 | $100,016,264 | $137,834,739 |
| Algeria | $2,794 | $3,062 | $30,701 | $6,693 | $15,158 | $60,103 | $30,099 |
| Argentina | $2,827,759 | $2,665,869 | $2,315,493 | $1,531,155 | $65,365 | $205,533 | $28,690 |
| Armenia | | $6,969 | | | | | $1,309 |
| Aruba | | | | | | $66 | $108,939 |
| Australia | $3,640,336 | $1,123,456 | $757,069 | $1,485,095 | $993,659 | $1,592,159 | $2,672,651 |
| Austria | $165,020,108 | $188,699,097 | $323,784,721 | $608,902,852 | $231,314,406 | $289,074,475 | |
| Azerbaijan | | $9,050 | $1,826 | $4,286 | $6,503 | $720,063 | $1,801,890 |
| Bahamas, The | $15,207 | | $1,027 | $1,139 | $25,484 | $242 | |
| Bahrain | $93,404 | $50,628 | $59,093 | $45,186 | $14,150 | $11,420 | $453,940 |
| Bangladesh | $79,572,784 | $158,890,414 | $174,523,100 | | | | |
| Belarus | $192,435,600 | $296,201,400 | $339,306,900 | $514,200,400 | $265,688,000 | $436,669,000 | $525,358,200 |
| Belgium | $419,089,578 | $616,084,050 | $778,206,027 | $1,022,198,227 | $518,012,293 | $931,611,330 | $1,125,797,371 |
| Belize | | | $9 | | | | |
| Benin | $1,603 | $4,614 | | | | $505 | |
| Bhutan | | $62 | $152,102 | $339,207 | $374,291 | $589,621 | |
| Bolivia | | $11,303 | $6,799 | $398 | $9,070 | $11,973 | $16,225 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $23,134,445 | $49,789,921 | $89,498,927 | $106,708,219 | $4,243,429 | $1,127,531 | $321,741 |
| Botswana | $16,197 | $7,340 | $1,206 | $25,048 | $23 | $1,886 | $37,136 |
| Brazil | $8,519,852 | $5,350,033 | $5,457,288 | $8,865,359 | $4,173,698 | $30,919,147 | $26,249,071 |
| Brunei | | $641 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $18,823,223 | $32,998,198 | $51,780,831 | $51,080,939 | $30,499,025 | $29,789,399 | $64,926,743 |
| Burkina Faso | $11,357 | | $10,760 | $8,377 | $4,688 | $13,464 | |
| Burundi | $1,409 | | | $323 | | | |
| Cambodia | $58,058 | | $57,027 | $1,390 | $2,494 | | |
| Cameroon | | | $9,836 | $71,306 | $23,589 | $7,729 | |
| Canada | $67,942,947 | $83,994,600 | $134,554,149 | $225,040,940 | $84,535,980 | $217,866,527 | $257,618,327 |
| Cape Verde | | | | $326 | | | |
| Central African Republic | $38 | | | | | | |
| Chile | $38,640 | $164,283 | $69,599 | $367,481 | $181,945 | $282,195 | $972,273 |
| China | $2,226,341,002 | $1,409,711,397 | $1,327,076,264 | $1,679,548,767 | $4,480,370,662 | $2,747,177,213 | $3,762,751,119 |
| Colombia | $913,780 | $762,989 | $5,580,381 | $1,598,907 | $408,083 | $658,311 | $1,124,171 |
| Costa Rica | $8,792 | $7,722 | $56,569 | $27,356 | $38,908 | $278,024 | $96,233 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $11,541 | $33,820 | $16,816 | $73,956 | $99,147 | $41,898 | $2,324 |
| Croatia | $2,900,376 | $3,648,936 | $8,424,708 | $2,474,736 | $1,147,085 | $7,479,898 | $16,892,304 |
| Cuba | | $155,329 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $4,870 | $2,400 | $91,976 | $16,682 | | $11,203 | |
| Czech Republic | $81,803,574 | $123,770,260 | $134,725,633 | $197,320,580 | $78,080,380 | $101,684,582 | $168,431,004 |
| Denmark | $20,506,097 | $25,906,951 | $35,886,855 | $132,048,235 | $52,269,265 | $57,788,236 | $81,452,569 |
| Djibouti | | | | | $456 | | |
| Dominican Republic | $40,528 | $4,201 | | $1,000 | $52,761 | $15,367 | $689,716 |
| Ecuador | $109,829 | $71,638 | $80,829 | $204,141 | $619,242 | $861,735 | $232,211 |
| Egypt | $186,975,868 | $271,484,276 | $290,569,907 | $1,477,058,181 | $352,076,894 | $531,128,530 | $883,598,861 |
| El Salvador | $9,765 | $37,413 | $21,622 | $35,209 | $8,613 | $6,967 | |
| Estonia | $24,016,737 | $40,373,909 | $18,247,419 | $23,710,536 | $2,062,844 | $8,483,057 | $5,377,112 |
| Ethiopia | $592 | $83 | | | | | $234,432 |
| Fiji | | | $213 | | | | |
| Finland | $57,209,506 | $83,233,293 | $42,791,133 | $50,933,035 | $23,559,555 | $68,242,671 | $73,008,244 |
| France | $294,845,412 | $427,564,241 | $582,122,255 | $773,925,626 | $386,824,948 | $514,897,248 | $733,612,445 |
| Gabon | | $17,780 | $625 | | | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | | $2,068 | | |
| Georgia | $13,624 | | $27,770 | $294 | $448,974 | $568 | |
| Germany | $755,544,000 | $890,163,000 | $1,094,194,000 | $1,447,963,000 | $495,544,000 | $1,069,713,606 | $1,707,775,867 |
| Ghana | | $5,829 | $7,029 | $3,764 | $33,913 | $11,298 | $6,758 |
| Greece | $335,000,563 | $348,713,451 | $461,763,328 | $551,723,818 | $234,461,573 | $275,745,745 | $345,469,741 |
| Grenada | | | | $1,230 | | | |
| Guatemala | $330,153 | $147,269 | $520,447 | $634,053 | $87,928 | $33,280 | $1,450,836 |
| Guyana | | $50 | | $1,497 | $591 | | |
| Honduras | $11,234 | $1,789 | $9,604 | | $820 | | |
| Hong Kong | $41,448,497 | $62,485,649 | $102,042,166 | $162,968,960 | $89,708,366 | $88,205,838 | $98,775,898 |
| Hungary | $7,882,000 | $12,661,000 | $25,220,000 | $62,555,000 | $7,852,000 | $13,824,000 | $10,691,000 |
| Iceland | | | | | | $2,115 | $7,683 |
| India | $1,092,565,333 | $663,512,332 | $783,926,079 | $1,747,061,648 | $1,423,936,286 | $1,586,262,714 | $2,488,221,583 |
| Indonesia | $157,609,795 | $161,160,116 | $233,665,649 | $656,252,535 | $328,994,511 | $487,420,529 | $751,230,074 |
| Iran | $1,499,194 | $1,589,834 | | | | $1,009,407 | |
| Ireland | $224,706 | $423,778 | $175,634 | $287,970 | $1,179,673 | $344,757 | $239,787 |
| Israel | $752,000 | $926,000 | $1,614,000 | $2,939,000 | $1,342,000 | $429,000 | $464,000 |
| Italy | $1,031,661,680 | $1,155,319,688 | $1,374,630,679 | $2,305,409,690 | $634,582,152 | $1,301,874,043 | $1,900,426,413 |
| Jamaica | | | | | | $32,165 | |
| Japan | $2,866,391 | $1,981,366 | $39,200,046 | $256,505,383 | $8,737,917 | $72,893,557 | $103,820,143 |
| Jordan | $6,965,500 | $295,586 | $103,167 | $164,118 | $573,195 | $2,560,426 | $15,851,330 |
| Kazakhstan | $1,496,489 | $1,180,588 | $476,840 | $728,975 | $641,379 | | |
| Kenya | | $14,720 | $198,492 | $1,282 | $292 | $16,940 | |
| Kiribati | | | | | $52 | | |
| Korea, South | $1,659,103,677 | $1,315,399,686 | $2,187,193,885 | $3,790,637,982 | $2,218,305,109 | $2,995,461,306 | $3,915,599,332 |
| Kuwait | | $3,296 | | $1,462 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $1,167 | $1,142 | $134,371 | $37,601 | $14,573 | $6,400 | $62 |
| Latvia | $24,317,214 | $33,864,176 | $77,495,392 | $160,567,260 | $47,613,776 | $139,638,058 | $143,614,572 |
| Lebanon | $599,000 | | | | | $5,174 | |
| Lesotho | | | | $11,521 | | | |
| Lithuania | $10,808,927 | $18,883,490 | $13,346,203 | $23,764,551 | $6,090,960 | $8,920,269 | $23,959,654 |
| Luxembourg | $272,403,527 | $428,558,873 | $434,951,487 | $603,321,527 | $270,975,919 | $497,918,849 | $598,380,342 |
| Macau | $45,863 | $231,927 | $124,970 | $265,746 | $56,746 | | $35,153 |
| Macedonia | $1,907 | $90,854 | $17,585 | $303,870 | $5,536 | | $99,303,661 |
| Madagascar | $5,579 | $38 | $750 | $3,712 | $10,476 | | |
| Malawi | | | | $486 | | | |
| Malaysia | $395,729,293 | $490,064,239 | $658,358,444 | $586,768,324 | $322,476,230 | $508,011,483 | $497,924,461 |
| Mali | $3,624 | $1,788 | $18,657 | | | $63,534 | |
| Malta | | | $387 | | | | |
| Mauritania | $382 | | | | | | |
| Mauritius | | | | $1,485 | | | $1,453 |
| Mexico | $255,340,351 | $239,486,120 | $304,274,433 | $461,718,864 | $186,679,613 | $260,794,508 | $290,838,319 |
| Moldova | $42 | $420 | $117 | | | | |
| Mongolia | $12,910 | | | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $6,513,274 | $1,562,864 | $563,631 | $667,021 | $2,133,791 | $10,288,030 |
| Morocco | $13,886,572 | $17,829,570 | $63,633,345 | $113,997,550 | $74,532,473 | $67,723,526 | |
| Mozambique | $9,842 | | $398 | $55,921 | $6,185 | | |
| Namibia | $1,278 | | $86,694 | $8,690 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $7,396 | $42,196 | |
| Netherlands | $272,439,456 | $350,717,041 | $275,683,551 | $403,720,635 | $228,255,669 | $326,612,454 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | | $587 | | | |
| New Zealand | $1,254,591 | $1,755,634 | $3,463,284 | $6,695,051 | $3,175,963 | $3,257,725 | $3,568,602 |
| Nicaragua | $620 | $3,763 | $14,024 | $4,329 | $16,388 | $8,137 | $6,947 |
| Niger | $4,006 | $4,821 | $11,848 | $13,725 | $25,371 | $6,956 | $28,056 |
| Nigeria | | | | | $305,418 | | |
| Norway | $71,113,700 | $72,683,606 | $73,111,622 | $25,574,062 | $19,347,821 | $23,897,207 | $45,810,311 |
| Oman | $8,153 | | $18,601 | $1,993,320 | $2,567,658 | $16,941,489 | |
| Pakistan | $175,262,008 | $162,837,173 | $210,566,352 | $281,879,037 | $269,656,918 | $256,445,755 | $282,958,755 |
| Panama | $1,106 | | $682 | $529,302 | $742,352 | $348,043 | $94,322 |
| Paraguay | | | $79,200 | $286,533 | $21,750 | $44,698 | $11,613 |
| Peru | $31,129,007 | $24,621,781 | $16,416,890 | $83,435,613 | $51,113,907 | $119,670,364 | $80,400,834 |
| Philippines | $3,250 | $36,088 | $233,874 | $20,044 | $216,969 | $651,889 | $3,653,301 |
| Poland | $21,140,845 | $27,535,237 | $47,359,351 | $115,841,554 | $65,367,865 | $56,225,753 | $85,518,487 |
| Portugal | $77,117,870 | $171,840,402 | $235,785,382 | $339,670,825 | $156,157,631 | $243,947,550 | $424,167,718 |
| Qatar | $18,729 | $32,819 | | $5,596 | | $87,708 | |
| Romania | $109,071 | $1,827,009 | $3,345,052 | $166,384 | $1,117,567 | $16,455,096 | $2,401,263 |
| Russia | $14,761,401 | $24,420,851 | $20,715,828 | $29,507,319 | $561,961 | $1,674,462 | $524,219 |
| Rwanda | | | | $2,569 | | | $30,727 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | | | $73 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $207,633 | $448,335 | $89,177 | | | | |
| Senegal | $11,295 | $57 | $2,992 | $218,566 | $69,262 | $2,658 | |
| Serbia | $5,648,194 | $2,979,052 | $2,673,758 | $30,996,122 | $4,459,312 | $4,050,481 | $13,282,354 |
| Seychelles | | $123 | | | | | |
| Singapore | $34,811,408 | $45,527,333 | $45,739,105 | $31,123,174 | $19,888,756 | $20,421,517 | $14,399,556 |
| Slovakia | $45,252,211 | $67,139,256 | $96,531,657 | $114,015,393 | $42,027,823 | $76,418,221 | $64,314,863 |
| Slovenia | $71,986,510 | $78,953,743 | $84,374,647 | $128,122,436 | $48,260,204 | $116,294,995 | $182,419,781 |
| South Africa | $60,803 | $35,610 | $231,968 | $782,092 | $66,429 | $86,767 | $330,362 |
| Spain | $1,146,423,151 | $1,303,740,689 | $1,437,876,700 | $2,024,510,710 | $918,862,118 | $1,286,421,900 | |
| Sri Lanka | $223,248 | $687,058 | $552,389 | $49,029 | $267,118 | $1,581,916 | $1,455,528 |
| Sudan | $10,421 | | | $2,170 | $783 | | |
| Swaziland | $31,184 | $2,065 | $248,602 | | | | |
| Sweden | $12,333,883 | $14,210,055 | $33,838,396 | $31,122,196 | $14,111,002 | $22,527,677 | $39,710,211 |
| Switzerland | $64,246,193 | $86,082,071 | $101,279,413 | $151,170,260 | $58,005,946 | $101,899,459 | $132,205,579 |
| Syria | $213,236 | | | $86,854 | | | |
| Tanzania | $4,786 | $23,136 | $16,014 | $1,849 | $49,768 | $8,097 | $35,140 |
| Thailand | $403,566,929 | $304,574,304 | $410,238,947 | $718,862,550 | $136,951,488 | $139,413,447 | $290,194,016 |
| Tonga | | | | | $230 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $1,572 | $862 | | $25 | | $5,491,862 | |
| Tunisia | $73,189 | $15,275 | $170,459 | $11,015 | $23,011 | $64,361 | |
| Turkey | $3,140,794,411 | $3,908,025,278 | $5,585,808,400 | $8,959,395,735 | $4,237,811,019 | $7,116,504,345 | $9,613,152,812 |
| Uganda | | $1,459 | $3,332 | $7,568 | $45,795 | $147,927 | |
| Ukraine | $503,488 | $583,214 | $4,799,401 | $74,508,160 | $2,453,400 | $2,790,916 | $44,884,431 |
| United Arab Emirates | $13,613,452 | | $14,153,287 | $22,156,599 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $23,785,157 | $19,691,990 | $15,953,234 | $31,357,277 | $23,972,240 | $37,813,594 | $76,930,417 |
| United States | $326,526,868 | $425,549,152 | $264,145,790 | $385,079,515 | $240,690,803 | $324,360,683 | $421,658,132 |
| Uruguay | $1,617,504 | $1,655,840 | $1,161,994 | $3,667,897 | $103,387 | | |
| Venezuela | | $1,440 | | $3,189 | $1,135 | | |
| Vietnam | $66,392,171 | $122,483,366 | $340,490,863 | $774,845,590 | $667,642,200 | $892,419,450 | |
| Yemen | $9,748 | $107 | $28,212 | | | | |
| Zambia | | $27 | | | $1,394 | $1,921 | |
| Zimbabwe | $131,862 | $84 | | $128 | | $70,202 | |
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