Figures exclude ingots or other similar unwrought shapes of remelted copper waste and scrap, ashes and residues containing copper, and waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators.
Values have been rounded.
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Global exports of copper waste and scrap 2024, by leading country
The United States exported nearly *** thousand metric tons of copper waste and scrap in 2024, making it the largest exporter of this material worldwide. It was followed by Germany and Japan, each with exports above *** thousand tons. Global exports of copper scrap amounted to over ** billion U.S. dollars that year.
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Trade Map. (June 13, 2025). Leading exporters of copper waste and scrap worldwide in 2024 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/1391123/leading-exporters-of-copper-waste-and-scrap-worldwide/
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