RankCountryImports of Copper waste & scrap in USD (2010)
1China$12,250,382,879
2Germany$3,206,424,853
3Belgium$1,489,768,253
4Korea, South$1,297,762,983
5Japan$1,112,813,374
6Austria$893,895,653
7Italy$706,744,427
8Netherlands$596,078,964
9India$522,348,478
10Sweden$513,081,978
11Hong Kong$480,326,101
12Spain$409,800,814
13United States$403,331,507
14France$395,379,033
15Mexico$367,063,328
16Slovakia$315,202,152
17Canada$230,735,423
18Bulgaria$229,174,442
19Poland$159,281,597
20Greece$133,053,960
21United Kingdom$125,795,767
22Indonesia$90,689,797
23Luxembourg$75,011,026
24Malaysia$69,911,220
25Czech Republic$69,625,046
26Thailand$67,077,999
27Norway$65,525,622
28Portugal$52,860,094
29Russia$51,949,754
30Slovenia$50,064,778
31Switzerland$34,905,499
32Finland$29,513,075
33Denmark$25,578,939
34Turkey$25,114,809
35Hungary$23,555,000
36Singapore$20,972,670
37Philippines$18,117,058
38Romania$16,858,883
39Latvia$15,039,508
40Brazil$9,472,759
41Vietnam$9,266,230
42New Zealand$6,581,105
43Sri Lanka$6,033,557
44Australia$5,237,160
45Moldova$4,753,848
46South Africa$4,276,143
47Israel$4,219,000
48Nepal$3,589,342
49Tunisia$3,588,695
50Pakistan$3,235,406
51Jordan$3,156,978
52Serbia$2,356,149
53Costa Rica$2,303,120
54Saudi Arabia$2,032,003
55Iran$1,991,074
56Estonia$1,874,504
57Ukraine$1,672,680
58Lithuania$1,657,741
59Belarus$1,179,000
60Chile$915,246
61Peru$885,615
62Zimbabwe$842,037
63Kyrgyzstan$833,227
64Bahrain$802,931
65Colombia$798,598
66Qatar$572,082
67Zambia$543,908
68Ireland$416,756
69Morocco$382,366
70Oman$287,946
71Egypt$245,410
72Ecuador$236,732
73Paraguay$174,799
74Bosnia and Herzegovina$151,246
75Dominican Republic$134,243
76Croatia$125,793
77Tanzania$94,274
78Montenegro$68,024
79Panama$32,481
80Syria$27,318
81Nigeria$23,979
82Yemen$19,506
83Cote d'Ivoire$19,020
84Iceland$16,744
85Malta$14,570
86Uganda$8,918
87Jamaica$7,201
88Ghana$5,817
89Bahamas, The$4,613
90Albania$4,201
91Georgia$4,140
92El Salvador$3,617
93Barbados$2,045
94Kenya$1,400
95Trinidad and Tobago$1,357
96Lebanon$996
97Cameroon$385
98Niger$203
99Cyprus$78
100Ethiopia$12
101Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$11
102Bhutan$5
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$79,794$179,974$348,462$41,669$107,665$4,201 
Algeria $383,872$434    
Armenia  $416    
Aruba$904   $658  
Australia$3,153,819$6,425,283$44,262,363$8,741,386$3,706,666$5,237,160$5,850,245
Austria$208,568,284$384,321,409$462,505,978$611,253,155$539,914,414$893,895,653 
Azerbaijan   $4,400$24,000  
Bahamas, The  $28  $4,613$1,058
Bahrain$3,271$24,425 $67,867$650,087$802,931$11,219
Barbados$19    $2,045$222
Belarus$982,400$2,587,600$2,256,400$1,203,000$494,400$1,179,000$12,186,200
Belgium$492,120,400$1,153,972,986$1,344,623,168$1,171,436,969$753,514,424$1,489,768,253$1,635,666,721
Bhutan$1,299$9 $17,821 $5 
Bolivia    $9,929  
Bosnia and Herzegovina$562,194$2,596,542$3,749,427$425,285$268,824$151,246$981,537
Botswana$277,466$10,014$131,267$21,057$21,091  
Brazil$4,514,928$4,644,629$20,637,950$29,170,661$2,820,296$9,472,759$40,551,023
Brunei $323     
Bulgaria$16,842,325$38,357,134$72,609,381$166,202,645$98,160,390$229,174,442$407,352,522
Burkina Faso$57      
Cambodia   $406   
Cameroon $96   $385 
Canada$61,926,806$161,552,201$213,832,990$222,072,229$128,485,355$230,735,423$302,492,941
Central African Republic$151,714$171     
Chile$1,864,219$6,197,697$6,045,293$2,525,256$1,082,344$915,246$15,141,631
China$3,179,867,592$4,043,448,309$6,390,676,901$5,970,255,466$6,090,204,565$12,250,382,879$16,337,925,536
Colombia$151,398$704,890$782,518$1,206,431$655,881$798,598$1,721,335
Costa Rica$713$4,143$1,000$494$683,299$2,303,120$3,555,432
Cote d'Ivoire    $6,817$19,020$11,501
Croatia$84,965$293,552$368,898$400,964$457,339$125,793$306,637
Cuba$27,941      
Cyprus$37,510 $11,122  $78 
Czech Republic$13,370,433$37,574,907$47,391,790$47,809,514$39,888,191$69,625,046$143,222,100
Denmark$10,998,488$18,107,056$23,292,756$22,036,098$16,692,755$25,578,939$28,950,528
Dominican Republic $2,319$57,047$900,496$65,338$134,243$138,298
Ecuador $1,195$9,044$143,180$128,224$236,732$9,603
Egypt$10,859$735,874$669,116$826,740$539,172$245,410$167,541
El Salvador  $3,949$3,110 $3,617 
Estonia$279,056$1,574,715$1,994,403$2,521,207$2,005,971$1,874,504$1,812,496
Ethiopia  $202$3,730 $12 
Fiji $1,203$501    
Finland$5,936,702$1,674,511$16,007,963$25,756,422$21,779,267$29,513,075$40,587,989
France$192,156,808$444,976,178$510,480,556$450,855,554$196,877,508$395,379,033$534,321,341
French Polynesia $3,952  $118  
Gambia, The   $40,686$1,165  
Georgia$51,472 $383$138,320 $4,140 
Germany$1,151,529,000$2,694,941,000$3,058,442,000$2,909,027,000$1,724,135,000$3,206,424,853$4,135,935,299
Ghana$313$3,968$20 $6,664$5,817$1,964
Greece$2,930,857$11,094,760$73,452,170$134,617,074$54,460,157$133,053,960$246,412,980
Guatemala$54,937$47,723$606$2,504$79 $24,128
Honduras  $5,382 $59,056  
Hong Kong$164,508,405$315,888,455$542,547,357$697,427,227$395,090,890$480,326,101$479,628,541
Hungary$1,604,000$4,021,000$9,334,000$37,685,000$46,801,000$23,555,000$26,995,000
Iceland$20,199$167,835$55,847 $66,639$16,744$251,175
India$258,208,213$372,844,753$530,862,193$440,790,538$304,687,339$522,348,478$960,029,130
Indonesia$5,314,764$5,829,012$22,918,239$56,299,251$28,997,511$90,689,797$132,821,243
Iran$902,171$125,213   $1,991,074 
Ireland$35,162$67,417$592,895$242,413$88,947$416,756$112,915
Israel$295,000$524,000$1,308,000$1,732,000$2,613,000$4,219,000$3,207,000
Italy$305,687,815$1,039,699,699$971,662,994$875,123,638$356,926,640$706,744,427$988,641,499
Jamaica$49 $5,529  $7,201 
Japan$317,674,655$734,329,337$886,066,457$997,875,911$479,327,859$1,112,813,374$1,138,791,680
Jordan$255,435$454,909$397,193$426,850$2,205,576$3,156,978$5,484,514
Kazakhstan$93,471$2,872$314,456$443,371$40,297  
Kenya$67,927$63,425$28,657$140$7,958$1,400 
Korea, South$626,705,823$1,158,777,042$1,422,038,572$1,427,493,117$708,874,053$1,297,762,983$2,106,853,843
Kyrgyzstan$373,686$2,581,205$8,502,427$12,704,398$202,638$833,227 
Latvia$143,430$815,021$1,647,448$3,791,525$6,198,399$15,039,508$26,062,188
Lebanon$2,356,000$1,761,285 $155,710$1,589$996 
Lithuania$1,530,591$990,850$1,310,446$3,255,304$1,207,971$1,657,741$3,926,888
Luxembourg$44,872,125$72,156,873$63,099,647$60,216,698$48,917,144$75,011,026$82,943,022
Macau$4,504$1,593,647$1,540,432$913,410$1,578  
Macedonia$25$158,488$47,902$54,147$596  
Madagascar $46 $14   
Malaysia$22,687,381$59,938,718$203,955,591$155,706,592$36,977,710$69,911,220$120,382,613
Maldives$448$104$24    
Mali$195 $4,274    
Malta$10,077 $109,925$113,590$10,720$14,570 
Mauritius   $1,761   
Mayotte$30      
Mexico$43,015,627$94,914,622$124,777,028$208,942,098$154,750,895$367,063,328$240,685,436
Moldova     $4,753,848$10,588,827
Montenegro $52,355$57,868$41,609$19,094$68,024$269,904
Montserrat$157      
Morocco$223,399$399,605$392,365$241,149$144,189$382,366 
Namibia$26,186$441$35,775$30,797   
Nepal    $4,192,911$3,589,342 
Netherlands$183,652,256$417,873,726$489,838,279$477,200,472$408,397,973$596,078,964 
Netherlands Antilles$12,904$5,386$40,650$62,234   
New Zealand$1,218,081$1,488,750$2,141,701$2,849,425$2,902,281$6,581,105$8,882,533
Nicaragua   $3,038  $2
Niger  $44$175$176$203$171
Nigeria  $3,934$37,583$465,860$23,979 
Norway$38,653,941$67,528,480$81,755,354$68,828,395$41,545,873$65,525,622$102,396,023
Oman $2,267,056$1,713,277$759,293$3,125,336$287,946 
Pakistan$1,427,143$1,055,956$2,418,329$1,594,754$4,006,458$3,235,406$3,646,735
Panama$6,990   $6,226$32,481 
Paraguay   $9,390$137,486$174,799$165,930
Peru$172,015$2,308$454,862$882,492$20,090$885,615$1,778,560
Philippines$11,312,530$12,879,735$13,065,100$23,861,603$16,584,425$18,117,058$13,713,892
Poland$17,429,477$29,415,570$121,744,791$129,983,705$74,118,377$159,281,597$207,800,716
Portugal$9,500,487$25,385,540$56,391,034$65,347,770$31,134,684$52,860,094$55,616,512
Qatar$10,012$127,095$16,191  $572,082 
Romania$5,124,989$16,846,616$11,079,666$28,742,934$1,039,744$16,858,883$22,892,625
Russia$504,985$1,552,890$2,857,276$21,914,325$45,911,012$51,949,754$10,218,531
Saint Kitts and Nevis $110     
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$532 $352$3,743$6,334$11 
Samoa  $35,424$4,363   
Saudi Arabia$34,113$834,271$2,704,136  $2,032,003 
Senegal   $428   
Serbia$116,764$831,840$1,435,415$1,880,589$1,093,003$2,356,149$6,371,253
Singapore$41,950,751$101,354,138$48,316,018$25,954,969$9,356,866$20,972,670$56,121,966
Slovakia$60,666,662$87,308,996$80,410,509$146,989,217$142,392,310$315,202,152$296,025,630
Slovenia$14,266,474$40,666,395$50,588,016$36,477,335$32,846,546$50,064,778$72,885,232
South Africa$2,351,682$3,954,403$5,076,983$5,214,851$2,812,512$4,276,143$6,850,355
Spain$184,646,735$387,315,084$244,431,384$303,531,724$209,948,011$409,800,814 
Sri Lanka$83,108,611$34,603,351$16,412,904$8,727,044$727,538$6,033,557$8,643,997
Sudan$714$30,108$8,083 $3,506  
Swaziland$5,071$5,436$157,662    
Sweden$135,876,319$205,005,041$326,335,377$351,896,501$360,637,586$513,081,978$716,238,425
Switzerland$24,517,381$33,537,627$40,838,378$31,145,764$11,282,965$34,905,499$31,153,030
Syria     $27,318 
Tanzania $6,436 $299$13,920$94,274$200,324
Thailand$14,966,716$32,398,170$47,301,112$59,912,546$42,160,694$67,077,999$65,946,337
Tonga$435      
Trinidad and Tobago$1,452$48,602$1,696$385$1,263$1,357 
Tunisia$459,848$778,444$1,683,662$4,373,562$3,073,037$3,588,695 
Turkey$29,229,325$34,884,124$17,300,979$6,011,238$3,975,580$25,114,809$44,062,529
Uganda$131$38$2,623$6,134$9,594$8,918 
Ukraine$321,269$735,447$2,123,118$11,235,672$427,519$1,672,680$2,493
United Arab Emirates$12,841,599 $17,557,469$15,124,863   
United Kingdom$46,624,406$81,122,534$106,726,175$98,216,543$62,334,183$125,795,767$146,267,284
United States$275,660,413$480,797,712$664,627,918$485,377,890$237,381,200$403,331,507$552,400,493
Uruguay$590,192$489,372$60,400$367,943$262,178  
Vanuatu  $22    
Venezuela$590,703$4,200$2,243,904$3,242,959   
Vietnam$5,414,276$8,042,625$26,925,306$17,938,209$4,522,694$9,266,230 
Yemen $76,463$17,353$14,921$8,493$19,506$479
Zambia$189$5,358$1,182$67,363$34$543,908 
Zimbabwe$131,125  $1 $842,037