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Where does Germany get its iron and steel scrap? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $1.9 billion of iron and steel scrap (4.6 million tonnes), 4.3% of the world total. Its main sources were the Netherlands (19%), Czechia (18%) and Poland (14%). Germany was the world’s 6th-largest importer of iron and steel scrap.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
4.6million tonnes
Share of world total
4.3%
World rank
6th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports358Tonnes: 849,771USD per tonne: $42219%Sea
Czechia344Tonnes: 1,091,452USD per tonne: $31518.3%Land
Poland272Tonnes: 758,843USD per tonne: $35814.4%Sea
France172Tonnes: 425,271USD per tonne: $4049.1%Sea
Switzerland146Tonnes: 352,175USD per tonne: $4147.7%Land
Austria125Tonnes: 268,195USD per tonne: $4676.6%Land
Sweden86.4Tonnes: 198,765USD per tonne: $4344.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports70.7Tonnes: 145,159USD per tonne: $4873.8%Sea
Norway52.6Tonnes: 121,804USD per tonne: $4322.8%Sea
Denmark45.6Tonnes: 142,547USD per tonne: $3202.4%Sea
Kazakhstan21.9Tonnes: 20,073USD per tonne: $1,0891.2%Sea
Finland17.8Tonnes: 56,182USD per tonne: $3160.94%Sea
Estonia14.3Tonnes: 13,866USD per tonne: $1,0320.76%Sea
Italy13.4Tonnes: 22,182USD per tonne: $6060.71%Sea
United Kingdom13.1Tonnes: 25,919USD per tonne: $5040.69%Sea
Romania10.3Tonnes: 6,246USD per tonne: $1,6520.55%Sea
Slovakia10Tonnes: 9,374USD per tonne: $1,0710.53%Sea
Ukraine9.6Tonnes: 6,564USD per tonne: $1,4560.51%Sea
United States9.5Tonnes: 8,951USD per tonne: $1,0620.5%Sea
Luxembourg8.6Tonnes: 33,332USD per tonne: $2580.46%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Netherlands 358
  • Czechia 344
  • Poland 272
  • France 172
  • Switzerland 146

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands73.3358
Czechia14.9344
Poland21.3272
France38.4172
Switzerland18.6146

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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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