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Who buys Belgium’s iron and steel scrap? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Belgium exported $1.6 billion of iron and steel scrap (3.7 million tonnes), 3.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were Turkey (34%), Egypt (25%) and France (14%). Belgium was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of iron and steel scrap.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
3.7million tonnes
Share of world total
3.6%
World rank
8th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Turkey535Tonnes: 1,313,524USD per tonne: $40833.9%Sea
Egypt402Tonnes: 998,181USD per tonne: $40325.5%Sea
France221Tonnes: 588,576USD per tonne: $37514%Sea
Netherlands re-exports143Tonnes: 286,723USD per tonne: $5009.1%Sea
Germany70.7Tonnes: 145,159USD per tonne: $4874.5%Sea
India58.9Tonnes: 87,258USD per tonne: $6763.7%Sea
Pakistan45Tonnes: 63,751USD per tonne: $7062.9%Sea
Luxembourg42.5Tonnes: 118,904USD per tonne: $3582.7%Land
Greece23.9Tonnes: 59,383USD per tonne: $4021.5%Sea
Morocco5.9Tonnes: 14,772USD per tonne: $4030.38%Sea
Portugal5.4Tonnes: 15,899USD per tonne: $3400.34%Sea
Thailand4Tonnes: 15,855USD per tonne: $2510.25%Sea
Spain3.4Tonnes: 3,881USD per tonne: $8820.22%Sea
Italy3.4Tonnes: 1,342USD per tonne: $2,5190.21%Sea
Malaysia3.2Tonnes: 2,144USD per tonne: $1,4920.2%Sea
United Kingdom2.9Tonnes: 10,829USD per tonne: $2640.18%Sea
Uganda2.6Tonnes: 5,397USD per tonne: $4860.17%Sea
Austria1.5Tonnes: 4,514USD per tonne: $3390.1%Sea
Poland0.78Tonnes: 921USD per tonne: $8450.05%Sea
Taiwan0.44Tonnes: 589USD per tonne: $7490.03%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Turkey has been its main destination since 2001

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Turkey 535
  • Egypt 402
  • France 221
  • Netherlands 143
  • Germany 70.7

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Turkey112535
Egypt0.03402
France54.8221
Netherlands34.9143
Germany10.770.7

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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