In 2023, global exports of ferrous waste and scrap amounted to 44.9 billion U.S. dollars. This represented a decline of roughly 18 percent in comparison to two years earlier, when scrap iron exports reached a decade-high, at nearly 55 billion U.S. dollars. The U.S. is the largest exporter of ferrous waste and scrap across the globe.
Exports of ferrous waste and scrap worldwide from 2011 to 2023
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Figures include remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel. It excludes slag, scale and other waste from the production of iron or steel, radioactive waste and scrap, fragments of pigs, blocks or other primary forms of pig iron.
Values have been rounded.
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Trade Map. (July 3, 2024). Exports of ferrous waste and scrap worldwide from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391455/export-value-ferrous-waste-and-scrap-worldwide/
Trade Map. "Exports of ferrous waste and scrap worldwide from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. July 3, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391455/export-value-ferrous-waste-and-scrap-worldwide/
Trade Map. (2024). Exports of ferrous waste and scrap worldwide from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391455/export-value-ferrous-waste-and-scrap-worldwide/
Trade Map. "Exports of Ferrous Waste and Scrap Worldwide from 2011 to 2023 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391455/export-value-ferrous-waste-and-scrap-worldwide/
Trade Map, Exports of ferrous waste and scrap worldwide from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391455/export-value-ferrous-waste-and-scrap-worldwide/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Exports of ferrous waste and scrap worldwide from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Trade Map, July 3, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391455/export-value-ferrous-waste-and-scrap-worldwide/
