The amount of scrap commodities exported to China from the United States increased significantly in the last decades, from just seven million metric tons between 1994 and 1998, to around 104 million metric tons between 2009 and 2013. As China declared it would no longer accept certain waste materials such as mixed paper and consumer plastic, the volume exported notably declined in the period between 2014 and 2018.
Volume of scrap commodities exported to China from the United States from 1994 to 2018 (in million metric tons)
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ISRI. (January 23, 2020). Volume of scrap commodities exported to China from the United States from 1994 to 2018 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122295/volume-scrap-exported-us-china-since-1994/
ISRI. "Volume of scrap commodities exported to China from the United States from 1994 to 2018 (in million metric tons)." Chart. January 23, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122295/volume-scrap-exported-us-china-since-1994/
ISRI. (2020). Volume of scrap commodities exported to China from the United States from 1994 to 2018 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122295/volume-scrap-exported-us-china-since-1994/
ISRI. "Volume of Scrap Commodities Exported to China from The United States from 1994 to 2018 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122295/volume-scrap-exported-us-china-since-1994/
ISRI, Volume of scrap commodities exported to China from the United States from 1994 to 2018 (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122295/volume-scrap-exported-us-china-since-1994/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Volume of scrap commodities exported to China from the United States from 1994 to 2018 (in million metric tons) [Graph], ISRI, January 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122295/volume-scrap-exported-us-china-since-1994/