RankCountryExports of Waste & scrap of stainless steel in USD (2010)
1Netherlands$1,974,994,372
2Germany$1,812,559,135
3United States$936,545,369
4France$483,727,598
5Korea, South$472,592,353
6Japan$300,722,699
7Canada$271,602,325
8United Kingdom$254,323,259
9Poland$214,215,093
10Mexico$162,127,483
11Turkey$161,909,965
12Belgium$147,105,949
13Czech Republic$117,485,080
14Hong Kong$112,129,656
15Switzerland$111,607,724
16Thailand$110,817,036
17Italy$93,931,267
18Denmark$82,933,741
19Austria$77,779,486
20Romania$75,649,629
21Australia$73,499,228
22Spain$69,188,353
23Singapore$66,338,966
24South Africa$59,352,520
25Sweden$58,994,208
26Russia$56,331,163
27Brazil$42,842,796
28Indonesia$41,470,760
29Hungary$34,334,000
30Portugal$29,795,026
31Norway$24,109,922
32Slovakia$23,797,862
33Estonia$22,567,596
34Bulgaria$22,430,553
35Finland$20,869,225
36Ireland$19,924,936
37Colombia$18,953,650
38New Zealand$17,405,504
39Greece$17,195,428
40Chile$15,993,741
41Slovenia$15,645,060
42Morocco$15,105,678
43Malaysia$13,184,510
44Pakistan$11,780,252
45Croatia$11,184,911
46Israel$9,597,000
47Lithuania$9,468,833
48Peru$8,998,835
49Lebanon$7,218,415
50Philippines$7,098,331
51Botswana$6,902,272
52India$6,532,856
53Serbia$6,466,183
54Egypt$5,827,595
55Georgia$5,624,995
56Iran$5,578,782
57Tunisia$5,311,118
58Latvia$5,053,365
59Luxembourg$4,376,861
60Belarus$4,173,500
61China$3,205,480
62Moldova$2,554,158
63Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,275,613
64Cyprus$2,238,250
65Ecuador$1,872,552
66Jordan$1,860,103
67Mauritania$1,503,504
68Algeria$1,409,938
69Malta$1,284,886
70Vietnam$1,270,550
71Guatemala$988,482
72Albania$987,734
73Costa Rica$931,533
74Paraguay$906,309
75El Salvador$776,255
76Kyrgyzstan$750,013
77Montenegro$533,336
78Armenia$490,275
79Bahrain$441,649
80Iceland$347,608
81Saudi Arabia$312,267
82Sri Lanka$265,690
83Mozambique$194,257
84Trinidad and Tobago$176,823
85Rwanda$172,595
86Mauritius$166,648
87Syria$144,480
88Senegal$64,270
89Nicaragua$62,683
90Cameroon$53,458
91Panama$48,280
92Oman$44,135
93Zambia$40,872
94Zimbabwe$37,683
95Tanzania$36,191
96Nepal$30,194
97Burundi$18,105
98Kenya$16,843
99Bolivia$15,855
100Jamaica$15,160
101Bahamas, The$12,635
102Yemen$6,418
103Guyana$5,018
104Burkina Faso$1,659
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,498,627$991,444$1,853,355$1,101,314$309,773$987,734$1,965,821
Algeria$999,461$4,180,796$2,040,554$4,148,854$2,461,514$1,409,938 
Andorra$19,663      
Antigua and Barbuda$556     $27,778
Argentina$1,494,862$9,060,430$14,716,912$10,693,104  $1,588,407
Armenia$777,915$1,378,966$896,855$216,860$90,595$490,275$391,360
Aruba      $191,262
Australia$78,786,596$106,040,124$157,424,259$132,265,546$56,468,133$73,499,228$99,839,496
Austria$41,319,775$62,578,053$79,991,720$75,394,638$49,435,682$77,779,486 
Azerbaijan$127,050  $56,797   
Bahamas, The $5,000 $24,137 $12,635$5,000
Bahrain$36,702$23,936$245,976$19,790 $441,649$771,286
Bangladesh$3,373,743$5,521,084$12,538,742    
Barbados $5,000$1,500$1,000   
Belarus$1,964,300$4,442,000$2,402,000$3,858,100$3,381,700$4,173,500$4,895,800
Belgium$77,743,806$123,374,736$188,529,971$145,223,758$89,021,139$147,105,949$124,150,916
Belize $668     
Bolivia$27,850$8,389$45,048$13,006$18,357$15,855$33,005
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,776,787$2,307,860$2,971,939$1,406,191$416,859$2,275,613$1,800,062
Botswana$275,117$862,365$922,462$1,044,429$1,357,901$6,902,272$4,815,016
Brazil$6,292,600$34,895,748$33,324,432$25,003,839$25,075,050$42,842,796$58,060,745
Brunei $12,744     
Bulgaria$19,150,030$34,622,064$47,264,857$27,249,815$13,707,653$22,430,553$22,547,557
Burkina Faso    $366$1,659 
Burundi$15,646$122,920$155,306$76,067$48,923$18,105 
Cameroon$60,589 $18,524$39,475$18,755$53,458 
Canada$270,916,890$364,294,992$321,465,037$228,200,396$137,716,277$271,602,325$298,800,737
Chile$9,333,214$16,796,063$27,312,948$20,293,420$7,427,757$15,993,741$17,304,811
China$346,762$3,474,796$3,076,878$795,759$244,488$3,205,480$34,550
Colombia$8,240,303$22,563,165$35,946,209$24,593,306$8,877,164$18,953,650$19,781,706
Costa Rica$652,699$1,005,936$1,098,014$119,117$83,961$931,533$1,513,794
Cote d'Ivoire $10,382$123,971$329,410$23,819 $2,205
Croatia$3,689,185$10,345,489$15,806,881$12,603,331$5,536,797$11,184,911$16,496,482
Cuba$2,796,433$2,793,662     
Cyprus$576,025$1,244,459$3,171,485$2,022,258$1,561,390$2,238,250$3,243,293
Czech Republic$48,931,666$88,287,240$125,541,913$99,957,755$63,828,791$117,485,080$102,238,902
Denmark$41,051,898$83,129,955$138,672,682$109,514,831$53,841,838$82,933,741$74,161,941
East Timor$8,890      
Ecuador$741,915$324,331$2,848,560$2,527,950$1,794,330$1,872,552$6,401,997
Egypt$1,541,312$1,700,705$2,930,230$3,199,310$4,325,211$5,827,595$7,219,876
El Salvador$288,292$448,628$549,473$152,295$31,929$776,255 
Estonia$7,544,017$11,528,257$18,374,950$17,434,289$17,703,523$22,567,596$9,414,569
Ethiopia$426,067      
Faroe Islands $64,600$36,344$39,296   
Fiji  $5,870 $16,465  
Finland$22,457,362$18,802,280$44,051,196$36,838,562$32,296,541$20,869,225$25,015,869
France$339,151,823$597,455,479$815,230,287$691,659,878$273,052,384$483,727,598$559,616,258
Gabon$203,818$109,802$77,907$225   
Georgia$4,041,113$5,252,040$9,161,544$4,640,627$1,312,613$5,624,995 
Germany$1,008,617,000$1,616,408,000$2,723,653,000$2,088,007,000$951,393,000$1,812,559,135$2,134,680,640
Ghana$38,851$77,008$116,640$123,697$23,141 $39,077
Greece$9,228,863$22,458,949$28,392,464$21,728,404$11,303,390$17,195,428$18,831,678
Greenland$12,900$13,405$43,914    
Grenada  $19$648   
Guatemala$250$1,116$10,500$10,124$531,424$988,482$662,087
Guinea   $72,678   
Guyana$1,031$117,707$13,937$175,430$112,562$5,018$13,497
Hong Kong$41,108,328$46,324,209$55,353,250$32,932,942$34,787,056$112,129,656$99,781,483
Hungary$22,542,000$35,792,000$51,765,000$35,554,000$15,650,000$34,334,000$37,368,000
Iceland$151,166$170,803$512,735$269,365$127,297$347,608$373,113
India$3,315,294$1,358,304$8,763,496$11,208,912$4,231,327$6,532,856$11,351,039
Indonesia$23,181,849$40,498,438$58,342,958$36,500,013$31,086,422$41,470,760$50,045,398
Iran$4,842,425$12,636,652   $5,578,782 
Ireland$4,216,246$8,848,742$16,234,296$10,290,358$6,710,347$19,924,936$14,496,551
Israel$5,831,000$14,212,000$19,283,000$7,009,000$4,313,000$9,597,000$10,238,000
Italy$52,532,189$66,988,994$100,653,225$176,353,563$65,766,675$93,931,267$97,853,071
Jamaica $2,501$17,830$45,764$33,948$15,160 
Japan$242,170,350$476,863,823$544,691,888$551,922,741$245,513,959$300,722,699$238,227,272
Jordan$1,319,382$1,933,782$3,648,180$1,672,347$1,089,778$1,860,103$2,135,540
Kazakhstan$16,154,288$27,560,053$43,188,499$37,078,543$15,283,582  
Kenya$1,646,751$151,287$15,073$39,779$2,717$16,843 
Korea, South$111,718,468$164,236,732$344,150,698$349,805,776$233,943,001$472,592,353$427,470,589
Kuwait $4,121,098$13,412,941$372,554$2,269,641  
Kyrgyzstan$4,006,770$1,796,308$1,442,905$612,589$330,192$750,013$1,178,529
Latvia$8,065,539$8,893,197$15,858,428$6,514,399$3,554,410$5,053,365$3,516,133
Lebanon$2,757,000$7,169,877$8,502,451$4,917,471$2,758,686$7,218,415$8,075,831
Lesotho   $476   
Lithuania$4,201,492$6,622,039$17,744,451$5,600,463$2,995,229$9,468,833$9,540,020
Luxembourg$5,966,601$11,001,584$10,216,223$9,438,048$3,055,146$4,376,861$3,602,564
Macau$42,310$148,083$457,878$284,685$314,414 $737,308
Macedonia$110,191$80,387$164,426 $84,091 $332,251
Madagascar $209$1,073$8,106$1,001  
Malawi$368,699      
Malaysia$7,173,847$13,077,290$22,516,895$15,763,982$7,864,706$13,184,510$14,744,721
Maldives$748 $4,919    
Malta$2,224,623$2,202,829$1,800,560$1,689,558$824,682$1,284,886 
Mauritania    $482,059$1,503,504 
Mauritius$1,811,223$1,172,768$291,444$634,965$130,782$166,648$69,704
Mayotte   $1,481   
Mexico$86,588,792$146,564,408$215,919,941$159,738,747$95,163,134$162,127,483$149,415,257
Moldova$1,589,735$1,314,888$8,842,468$2,890,163$953,425$2,554,158$3,038,342
Mongolia$8,000      
Montenegro $581,471$867,583$280,404$729,193$533,336$489,826
Morocco$841,319$2,618,732$7,734,297$6,536,114$3,779,668$15,105,678 
Mozambique$194,064$1,173,867$269,483$142,642$147,224$194,257$1,427,000
Namibia$184,749$325,997$1,654,534$1,674,191   
Nepal     $30,194 
Netherlands$1,003,607,402$1,722,792,313$2,582,717,694$1,742,306,434$987,530,688$1,974,994,372 
New Caledonia $1,616 $1,243  $2,698
New Zealand$12,131,485$25,832,940$38,246,122$24,667,629$10,450,055$17,405,504$20,621,304
Nicaragua $10,330$142,875$184,695$83,124$62,683$334,061
Niger $315    $1,055
Norway$9,870,854$16,797,337$28,927,675$25,913,824$15,569,885$24,109,922$27,032,408
Oman   $55,589$91,922$44,135 
Pakistan$6,236,179$8,565,506$12,174,853$6,390,872$5,983,894$11,780,252$10,306,139
Panama$46,914$191,405$227,264$92,666$81,902$48,280$103,935
Paraguay$92,490$505,031$1,425,509$781,465$546,713$906,309$1,613,301
Peru$1,459,517$3,253,859$5,417,557$4,841,823$2,217,024$8,998,835$9,493,971
Philippines$7,246,177$14,282,751$19,560,261$13,296,272$3,641,754$7,098,331$4,885,079
Poland$93,857,050$154,180,454$237,555,813$183,018,243$135,095,725$214,215,093$241,128,760
Portugal$17,528,959$30,911,296$38,131,332$27,142,389$13,744,006$29,795,026$41,685,727
Qatar$13,736$140,866     
Romania$43,248,535$73,485,760$121,277,085$77,139,876$49,194,712$75,649,629$60,744,076
Russia$290,328,189$297,709,210$339,753,274$200,376,463$55,794,616$56,331,163$170,266,833
Rwanda   $45,292$169,725$172,595$110,138
Saint Lucia$2,804  $21,131   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$807$6,951  $1,202  
Saudi Arabia$93,242$880,047$1,145,801  $312,267 
Senegal  $32,701$65,932$8,959$64,270$274,396
Serbia$1,368,106$2,531,117$10,840,864$6,080,434$3,641,530$6,466,183$9,042,113
Singapore$46,777,036$92,460,230$92,731,242$72,553,426$30,594,495$66,338,966$75,560,404
Slovakia$10,213,490$20,680,232$37,919,173$30,455,011$28,206,647$23,797,862$36,605,662
Slovenia$6,804,686$16,763,511$28,053,243$15,130,420$9,092,591$15,645,060$23,384,378
South Africa$33,127,609$34,990,850$56,288,587$33,642,892$33,370,673$59,352,520$52,375,020
Spain$31,979,881$37,262,300$106,760,051$80,395,685$43,086,844$69,188,353 
Sri Lanka$561,226$141,320$12,919$60,536$102,474$265,690$204,068
Sudan$199,261  $16,200$53,403  
Swaziland$92,715$130,669$226,684    
Sweden$32,706,145$42,292,690$99,239,927$103,589,782$51,867,184$58,994,208$64,396,347
Switzerland$65,165,648$104,951,485$151,395,501$121,284,499$57,172,365$111,607,724$129,838,639
Syria     $144,480 
Tanzania$2,698$145,775 $893,543 $36,191$72,474
Thailand$67,168,825$95,179,388$142,887,154$100,519,110$43,812,534$110,817,036$105,591,026
Togo$1,892      
Tonga    $901  
Trinidad and Tobago$31,880$875,499$44,563$182,862$1,375,015$176,823 
Tunisia$920,280$4,190,611$5,645,506$3,030,434$1,940,408$5,311,118 
Turkey$58,653,746$131,568,710$170,786,966$129,430,767$87,652,979$161,909,965$195,929,693
Uganda  $3,091$149,771$13,005  
United Arab Emirates$16,470,113 $24,413,295$18,463,400   
United Kingdom$177,373,765$310,473,769$456,515,183$349,932,819$216,057,303$254,323,259$252,978,333
United States$697,001,130$716,270,573$1,670,274,758$1,265,773,662$778,771,849$936,545,369$958,903,970
Venezuela$7,548,417  $36,377   
Vietnam$913,088$549,912$895,322$1,014,424$576,712$1,270,550 
Yemen    $10,346$6,418 
Zambia$23,638$30,462$44,570$45,627$31,522$40,872 
Zimbabwe     $37,683