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Who buys the United Kingdom’s iron and steel scrap? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $3.4 billion of iron and steel scrap (8 million tonnes), 7.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were Turkey (28%), Egypt (18%) and India (14%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of iron and steel scrap.

Summary

Value
$3.4billion
Tonnes
8million tonnes
Share of world total
7.6%
World rank
3rd
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
Turkey939Tonnes: 2,264,531USD per tonne: $41527.9%Sea
Egypt613Tonnes: 1,711,041USD per tonne: $35818.2%Sea
India472Tonnes: 929,352USD per tonne: $50814%Sea
Pakistan346Tonnes: 754,511USD per tonne: $45910.3%Sea
Morocco228Tonnes: 564,205USD per tonne: $4056.8%Sea
Portugal152Tonnes: 435,385USD per tonne: $3504.5%Sea
Spain143Tonnes: 353,263USD per tonne: $4044.2%Sea
Saudi Arabia87.2Tonnes: 230,489USD per tonne: $3782.6%Sea
Italy56.1Tonnes: 136,591USD per tonne: $4111.7%Sea
Netherlands re-exports50.1Tonnes: 128,677USD per tonne: $3891.5%Sea
China42.1Tonnes: 14,841USD per tonne: $2,8401.3%Sea
France36.6Tonnes: 91,870USD per tonne: $3981.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports36.2Tonnes: 92,315USD per tonne: $3921.1%Sea
United States34.8Tonnes: 97,702USD per tonne: $3561%Sea
Bangladesh16.9Tonnes: 43,527USD per tonne: $3890.5%Sea
Uganda16.1Tonnes: 25,410USD per tonne: $6350.48%Sea
Malaysia13.1Tonnes: 28,204USD per tonne: $4640.39%Sea
Germany13.1Tonnes: 25,919USD per tonne: $5040.39%Sea
Thailand11.7Tonnes: 27,832USD per tonne: $4110.35%Sea
Japan10Tonnes: 2,608USD per tonne: $3,8370.3%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Turkey has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Turkey 0.94
  • Egypt 0.61
  • India 0.47
  • Pakistan 0.35
  • Morocco 0.23

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Turkey0.10.94
Egypt0.010.61
India0.040.47
Pakistan< 0.010.35
Morocco00.23

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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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