RankCountryImports of Aluminium waste & scrap in USD (2010)
1China$4,294,354,380
2Korea, South$937,020,907
3India$825,332,305
4Germany$743,017,568
5United States$727,832,508
6Italy$600,790,778
7Austria$485,629,676
8France$446,286,609
9Belgium$269,248,693
10Netherlands$269,013,097
11Luxembourg$235,538,740
12United Kingdom$209,265,097
13Canada$200,387,970
14Mexico$192,110,123
15Thailand$156,460,009
16Japan$146,391,555
17Poland$140,608,912
18Spain$133,160,964
19Czech Republic$102,319,294
20Slovenia$95,372,337
21Romania$94,921,420
22Malaysia$90,165,617
23Greece$81,446,126
24Hungary$80,176,000
25Norway$76,049,574
26Brazil$73,532,688
27Sweden$71,242,851
28Indonesia$64,086,946
29Switzerland$60,586,089
30Pakistan$40,764,976
31Turkey$39,950,714
32Hong Kong$39,557,055
33Iran$25,918,382
34Bulgaria$21,531,665
35Finland$17,622,757
36Vietnam$17,593,440
37Serbia$16,834,904
38Latvia$12,691,842
39Bosnia and Herzegovina$11,915,928
40Argentina$8,553,289
41Portugal$7,729,910
42Australia$6,895,352
43Denmark$6,719,246
44Singapore$6,562,112
45Ecuador$6,080,112
46Russia$4,105,302
47Lithuania$3,727,752
48Slovakia$3,480,454
49Nepal$3,425,599
50Nigeria$2,511,542
51Albania$2,147,757
52Estonia$1,627,163
53Saudi Arabia$1,623,735
54New Zealand$1,447,412
55South Africa$1,076,747
56Kenya$976,122
57Jordan$961,945
58Philippines$876,422
59Madagascar$741,582
60Belarus$681,100
61Colombia$641,561
62Tunisia$592,319
63Peru$585,612
64Ireland$416,260
65Bahrain$199,612
66Kyrgyzstan$157,200
67Malawi$139,241
68Ukraine$136,000
69Tanzania$132,172
70Mali$132,084
71Botswana$126,838
72Croatia$86,352
73Panama$58,489
74Zimbabwe$57,760
75Guatemala$45,733
76Cameroon$45,355
77Israel$41,000
78Cyprus$38,170
79Morocco$32,600
80Iceland$28,199
81Uganda$26,957
82Qatar$26,275
83Dominican Republic$25,979
84Egypt$20,345
85Chile$18,433
86Costa Rica$12,490
87Burkina Faso$10,673
88Paraguay$9,870
89Trinidad and Tobago$9,154
90Oman$7,821
91Samoa$7,548
92Bhutan$5,331
93Ghana$4,993
94Aruba$3,973
95Montenegro$2,404
96El Salvador$1,784
97Mauritius$1,583
98Niger$1,109
99Tonga$212
100Bermuda$149
101Venezuela$86
102Zambia$81
103Moldova$67
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$812,027$1,877,742$2,751,130$975,899$128,238$2,147,757$2,157,096
Algeria$14$3,380 $13   
Anguilla $51,531     
Antigua and Barbuda  $18   $503
Argentina$482,213$1,011,277$3,291,241$7,068,142$4,671,512$8,553,289$13,609,600
Armenia      $1,572,138
Aruba$9,746,338   $54,035$3,973$20,754
Australia$15,028,782$25,258,297$32,178,323$20,820,483$7,397,070$6,895,352$5,579,045
Austria$222,690,586$296,033,996$350,277,234$369,764,192$217,684,252$485,629,676 
Bahamas, The$1,592$1,157$131$28$7 $105
Bahrain$1,121,408$238,473$56,183$639,084$336,869$199,612$2,371,585
Bangladesh$178,007$229,651$631,282    
Barbados $39     
Belarus$842,500$1,434,900$1,762,000$2,264,500$478,900$681,100$1,963,600
Belgium$177,754,224$294,931,691$312,353,817$305,565,065$195,225,155$269,248,693$374,299,885
Belize $286     
Bermuda     $149 
Bhutan$1,209$205 $3,902$3,386$5,331 
Bolivia  $37,399$138$329  
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,290,458$3,045,205$4,301,097$526,861$2,223,879$11,915,928$7,915,436
Botswana$65,711$43,113$49,273$11,301$199,747$126,838$497,532
Brazil$60,928,567$96,290,682$197,490,823$189,230,104$74,563,375$73,532,688$81,709,436
Brunei $17,061     
Bulgaria$1,885,086$3,550,980$6,753,987$7,464,717$3,464,933$21,531,665$7,184,054
Burkina Faso$15,484 $26,835$2,057$33,538$10,673 
Burundi    $20  
Cameroon$9,679$9,089$76,428$15,817$12,762$45,355 
Canada$181,334,352$211,657,729$297,073,454$296,624,931$151,696,823$200,387,970$259,140,348
Cape Verde    $33  
Central African Republic $9,993     
Chile$14,495$265,857$787,735$968,822$279,374$18,433$16,573
China$1,368,589,342$1,910,964,381$2,446,345,766$2,540,177,978$2,751,824,685$4,294,354,380$4,625,402,398
Colombia$51,227$557,490$832,571$349,198$393,801$641,561$721,808
Costa Rica$145,499$167,962$123,294$24,173$6,474$12,490$80,855
Cote d'Ivoire$34  $1,596$6,804  
Croatia$147,670$317,893$163,203$60,319$53,963$86,352$129,513
Cuba$31,844      
Cyprus   $5,874 $38,170$54,028
Czech Republic$45,984,902$95,256,495$125,060,007$108,666,424$56,184,567$102,319,294$162,063,250
Denmark$22,077,203$44,983,491$53,969,909$55,085,311$6,643,220$6,719,246$7,753,589
Djibouti    $8,654  
Dominican Republic$80$35,995$85,129$25,498$24,405$25,979$127,747
East Timor$1,025      
Ecuador$5,707$284,721$714,042$4,261,176$4,107,925$6,080,112$4,395,422
Egypt$119,642$142,555$337,126$1,611,873$724,231$20,345$10,490
El Salvador$25,147$22,585$670$5,015$779$1,784 
Estonia$617,576$2,089,937$1,487,980$766,180$614,852$1,627,163$2,000,745
Ethiopia$65,734$164$76 $32,834 $4,804
Finland$10,028,978$15,234,270$22,193,660$23,917,208$7,267,644$17,622,757$13,235,445
France$204,970,331$438,757,449$433,623,262$436,776,356$305,357,436$446,286,609$594,364,138
French Polynesia$728$521     
Gambia, The  $121    
Georgia  $2,664 $18  
Germany$605,621,000$1,027,956,000$1,160,942,000$1,017,325,000$410,881,000$743,017,568$938,133,030
Ghana$269$5,023$295 $5,977$4,993$34,462
Greece$28,500,872$41,059,115$129,091,387$74,768,512$26,757,106$81,446,126$221,245,421
Grenada$473      
Guatemala$181,266$185,334$410,357$307,540$23,516$45,733$107,577
Guyana      $1,457
Honduras$17,932$40,708$48,935 $78,663  
Hong Kong$15,765,016$24,472,407$51,121,110$40,220,505$34,091,816$39,557,055$63,721,467
Hungary$27,521,000$127,379,000$108,213,000$149,256,000$40,121,000$80,176,000$124,792,000
Iceland     $28,199 
India$243,238,735$416,019,722$485,860,530$458,689,802$401,025,465$825,332,305$1,210,862,927
Indonesia$31,131,482$51,858,799$42,848,545$83,348,786$40,558,625$64,086,946$75,751,150
Iran$7,931,703$160,175   $25,918,382 
Ireland$206,749$63,539$327,780$307,626$3,151$416,260$140,159
Israel$1,000$35,000$1,016,000$751,000$82,000$41,000 
Italy$432,997,493$707,629,196$905,446,155$719,549,134$277,430,685$600,790,778$823,386,158
Japan$163,442,619$278,348,182$277,172,009$347,730,312$76,743,271$146,391,555$132,580,532
Jordan$949,270$711,653$2,504,507$905,045$2,224,289$961,945$2,263,758
Kazakhstan$393$4,239$49,088$18,205$2,625  
Kenya$1,863,949$3,062,102$5,573,292$5,580,237$1,401,067$976,122 
Korea, South$431,168,160$709,128,853$926,294,987$1,020,541,336$567,862,742$937,020,907$1,098,176,318
Kyrgyzstan$703,181$3,570,944$2,110,512$3,539,740$664,459$157,200 
Latvia$15,805,142$10,703,662$11,817,990$14,073,036$6,844,228$12,691,842$18,324,984
Lebanon$381,000$1,595,426$108,034    
Lesotho   $1,323   
Lithuania$2,270,994$1,710,879$5,516,505$3,094,364$857,044$3,727,752$9,879,802
Luxembourg$199,320,129$323,290,772$345,917,342$320,377,779$141,659,525$235,538,740$241,638,573
Macau $4,999$9,955    
Macedonia$629,788$860,573$1,310,437$924,058$1,624,498 $3,339,959
Madagascar$629,713$393,722$396,577$731,874$754,152$741,582 
Malawi     $139,241$93,932
Malaysia$59,398,441$82,305,494$84,288,207$103,287,918$69,941,938$90,165,617$114,316,885
Maldives$259$167 $12,604   
Mali$648 $3,400$2,164 $132,084 
Malta$131,409  $9,462$10  
Mauritania$41,902     $16,654
Mauritius  $815 $2,506$1,583 
Mayotte$245      
Mexico$141,251,024$203,295,576$227,465,761$211,595,051$95,559,875$192,110,123$212,798,885
Moldova $291$233$166$142$67 
Montenegro $70,832$50,434$48,071$19$2,404 
Morocco$9,853$4,153$1,583  $32,600 
Mozambique$120,920$1,881  $815  
Namibia$28,182$18,861$60,078$22,096   
Nepal    $8,228,485$3,425,599 
Netherlands$246,046,957$344,336,302$380,538,801$398,227,476$185,159,664$269,013,097 
Netherlands Antilles$63,811$29,263$167,832$101,735   
New Caledonia   $628   
New Zealand$2,392,115$820,591$1,889,284$2,240,956$1,180,436$1,447,412$1,184,775
Nicaragua $175$33,516$5,948  $76
Niger$573$299$11$3,444$1,086$1,109$240
Nigeria $26,493$334,606$3,392,267$3,964,922$2,511,542 
Norway$34,024,757$54,756,624$73,269,479$90,328,220$37,419,454$76,049,574$95,276,894
Oman$520$3,704 $59,035$312,767$7,821 
Pakistan$43,103,587$39,379,486$48,687,634$29,900,397$41,965,873$40,764,976$44,733,522
Panama $16,901 $327$2,435$58,489$6,841
Paraguay     $9,870$710
Peru $29$73$15,981$274,064$585,612$559,255
Philippines$153,101$300,186$1,186,328$415,100$88,407$876,422$2,354,635
Poland$52,691,990$96,577,050$111,974,158$121,563,401$74,308,230$140,608,912$189,160,540
Portugal$4,381,523$2,978,099$5,689,442$6,718,165$10,179,123$7,729,910$5,080,088
Qatar$31,038$28,115$51,450  $26,275 
Romania$786,624$852,833$8,213,709$1,222,170$7,119,486$94,921,420$137,872,768
Russia$572,821$2,446,009$2,617,983$3,658,757$2,723,959$4,105,302$134,654
Rwanda  $3,740$279   
Saint Kitts and Nevis$376 $605    
Saint Lucia $48,330     
Samoa$12,818 $6,661 $9,671$7,548 
Sao Tome and Principe   $408   
Saudi Arabia$1,203,224$1,198,623$1,482,595  $1,623,735 
Serbia$62,831$2,081,841$12,979,948$12,902,964$6,524,162$16,834,904$15,078,160
Seychelles$7,169$48 $1,499   
Singapore$6,166,945$11,479,279$10,042,382$14,481,476$6,200,685$6,562,112$9,266,754
Slovakia$17,644,763$17,264,282$19,106,485$10,175,002$1,304,917$3,480,454$5,601,750
Slovenia$83,536,251$113,997,522$122,798,374$122,541,787$53,099,068$95,372,337$110,529,650
South Africa$1,983,626$1,673,150$2,636,554$2,229,492$985,100$1,076,747$1,176,750
Spain$125,810,283$195,552,705$231,903,781$193,204,747$76,209,683$133,160,964 
Sri Lanka$9,768,791$857,926$14,076$6,381  $266
Sudan $2,692$245,030$186,220$157,157  
Suriname $2 $380  $163
Swaziland$182,394$15,974$27,908    
Sweden$34,897,959$56,465,110$69,975,838$73,918,757$38,081,133$71,242,851$68,914,451
Switzerland$35,773,649$52,282,192$71,707,525$73,895,156$35,244,078$60,586,089$76,747,604
Syria $16,987     
Tanzania$52,391$60,093$274$39,168$29,911$132,172$33,550
Thailand$47,047,114$103,531,655$102,555,701$203,761,831$94,103,489$156,460,009$189,102,381
Tonga$34$57  $1,707$212 
Trinidad and Tobago$62,530$121,652$173,479$44,253$694$9,154 
Tunisia$120,331$223,851$397,077$237,881$215,462$592,319 
Turkey$24,916,198$22,206,505$43,086,408$34,567,382$18,262,447$39,950,714$47,477,242
Tuvalu   $98   
Uganda$116,482$70,237$3,400$2,775$114,489$26,957 
Ukraine$212,082$92,903$27,877$82,555$337,432$136,000$364,919
United Arab Emirates$13,071,803 $25,154,124$32,054,939   
United Kingdom$165,454,410$222,133,002$291,075,990$286,421,142$147,976,056$209,265,097$197,400,879
United States$627,712,282$869,915,535$793,924,029$823,313,530$451,930,106$727,832,508$962,276,498
Uruguay$485,918$1,200,792$771,875$1,108,215$619,265  
Vanuatu $357$384    
Venezuela$14,210$3,591 $789,633$2$86 
Vietnam$426,692$1,236,106$14,993,017$29,914,620$14,938,333$17,593,440 
Yemen $510$200$3,875$6,504  
Zambia$78$113,258$78,398$802$18,429$81 
Zimbabwe$415,638$4,166$6,780 $15$57,760