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

In 2024, Germany exported $4.4 billion of iron and steel scrap (8 million tonnes), 9.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were Belgium (20%), Italy (17%) and the Netherlands (16%). Germany was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of iron and steel scrap.

Summary

Value
$4.4billion
Tonnes
8million tonnes
Share of world total
9.9%
World rank
2nd
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-exports861Tonnes: 1,090,593USD per tonne: $78919.7%Land
Italy753Tonnes: 1,572,105USD per tonne: $47917.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports682Tonnes: 1,642,724USD per tonne: $41515.6%Sea
Finland477Tonnes: 305,853USD per tonne: $1,55910.9%Sea
Luxembourg333Tonnes: 894,015USD per tonne: $3737.6%Land
Turkey265Tonnes: 652,522USD per tonne: $4076.1%Sea
Austria197Tonnes: 406,656USD per tonne: $4844.5%Land
France154Tonnes: 383,406USD per tonne: $4003.5%Sea
Slovenia116Tonnes: 68,128USD per tonne: $1,6982.6%Sea
India109Tonnes: 136,340USD per tonne: $8022.5%Sea
Switzerland106Tonnes: 275,861USD per tonne: $3842.4%Land
Spain82.2Tonnes: 104,043USD per tonne: $7901.9%Sea
Denmark61Tonnes: 148,270USD per tonne: $4111.4%Sea
Sweden49.8Tonnes: 33,280USD per tonne: $1,4971.1%Sea
Poland34.8Tonnes: 85,075USD per tonne: $4080.79%Sea
Pakistan31.6Tonnes: 73,450USD per tonne: $4300.72%Sea
United Kingdom12Tonnes: 4,374USD per tonne: $2,7360.27%Sea
Croatia7.2Tonnes: 26,599USD per tonne: $2690.16%Sea
Lithuania5.6Tonnes: 19,080USD per tonne: $2920.13%Sea
Thailand5.3Tonnes: 12,273USD per tonne: $4280.12%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Belgium has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Belgium 0.86
  • Italy 0.75
  • Netherlands 0.68
  • Finland 0.48
  • Luxembourg 0.33

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium0.40.86
Italy0.40.75
Netherlands0.310.68
Finland00.48
Luxembourg00.33

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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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