UK plastic waste exports to Turkey 2012-2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 24, 2023
In 2021, UK plastic waste exports to Turkey totaled 122,898 metric tons - a decrease of 41 percent from the previous year. Plastic waste exports to Turkey surged in the years following China's ban on foreign waste imports in 2017, and reached a peak of almost 210,000 metric tons in 2020. Although exports dropped the following year, Turkey remained UK's largest plastic waste export destination in 2021.

Quantity of plastic waste exported to Turkey from the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2021 (in metric tons)

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2022

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Based on Harmonized System Commodity Code (HS) 39 15 - Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics (HS4)
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