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

In 2024, France exported $2.7 billion of iron and steel scrap (6.7 million tonnes), 6.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were Belgium (34%), Spain (23%) and Luxembourg (10%). France was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of iron and steel scrap.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
6.7million tonnes
Share of world total
6.1%
World rank
5th
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
Belgium re-exports901Tonnes: 1,733,275USD per tonne: $52033.5%Sea
Spain622Tonnes: 1,732,997USD per tonne: $35923.1%Sea
Luxembourg257Tonnes: 813,445USD per tonne: $3169.6%Land
Italy235Tonnes: 592,992USD per tonne: $3978.8%Sea
Germany172Tonnes: 425,271USD per tonne: $4046.4%Sea
Turkey151Tonnes: 655,931USD per tonne: $2295.6%Sea
Portugal78Tonnes: 214,046USD per tonne: $3652.9%Sea
Morocco67.6Tonnes: 170,882USD per tonne: $3962.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports67.1Tonnes: 70,562USD per tonne: $9512.5%Sea
Switzerland48.9Tonnes: 124,318USD per tonne: $3931.8%Land
India28.7Tonnes: 67,208USD per tonne: $4281.1%Sea
Egypt17.2Tonnes: 53,713USD per tonne: $3190.64%Sea
Greece12Tonnes: 26,010USD per tonne: $4620.45%Sea
Pakistan10.2Tonnes: 21,683USD per tonne: $4690.38%Sea
Taiwan3.8Tonnes: 10,370USD per tonne: $3620.14%Sea
Thailand3.6Tonnes: 8,669USD per tonne: $4210.14%Sea
United Kingdom3.3Tonnes: 738USD per tonne: $4,4610.12%Sea
Singapore re-exports2.5Tonnes: 1,493USD per tonne: $1,6750.09%Sea
Austria1.3Tonnes: 1,685USD per tonne: $7580.05%Sea
Malaysia1.2Tonnes: 843USD per tonne: $1,4030.04%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Belgium has been its main destination since 2002

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

  • Belgium 0.9
  • Spain 0.62
  • Luxembourg 0.26
  • Italy 0.24
  • Germany 0.17

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium0.160.9
Spain0.230.62
Luxembourg00.26
Italy0.210.24
Germany0.040.17

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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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