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Copper scrap – Croatia: buyers and trade

Croatia exports more copper scrap than it imports – by 9.20k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Slovenia; largest buyer: Germany. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7404 00 10, 7404 00 91, 7404 00 99) and the Companies register.

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1.60k timports 2025 · +64.4% y/y
10.7k texports 2025 · +10.9% y/y
5,194 EUR/timport unit value 2025 – from declarations, not a market price

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Scrap trade

Imports and exports of copper scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of copper scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Croatia – copper scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 0, exports 10.2; 2022 imports 0.10, exports 9.10; 2023 imports 0.30, exports 8.80; 2024 imports 1, exports 9.70; 2025 imports 1.60, exports 10.7. 0 2.50 5 7.50 10 12.5 imports 2021: 14.1 t exports 2021: 10,166 t 2021 imports 2022: 118 t exports 2022: 9,105 t 2022 imports 2023: 318 t exports 2023: 8,775 t 2023 imports 2024: 968 t exports 2024: 9,690 t 2024 imports 2025: 1,591 t exports 2025: 10,747 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Slovenia687
Italy395
Serbia346
Hungary56
Austria45.1

Exports to (t)

Germany2,573
Italy2,557
Slovenia2,159
Austria1,202
Poland1,045
2015–2025 series and unit values
Copper scrap trade – Croatia, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 1,44711,4399,992 3,1543,551
2016 48.28,7758,727 2,9853,191
2017 88711,20710,320 3,7173,599
2018 1,55511,71810,164 3,6933,896
2019 13711,23611,098 3,3803,400
2020 29310,0149,722 5523,384
2021 14.110,16610,152 5,6454,889
2022 1189,1058,987 4,4325,448
2023 3188,7758,456 5,8914,828
2024 9689,6908,722 5,1295,291
2025 1,59110,7479,156 5,1945,516
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 8296,0665,237 6,9646,885

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7404 00 10, 7404 00 91, 7404 00 99 . Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-10-20. Balance = exports − imports. Comext

EU-27 context

EU-27 exports of copper scrap to non-EU countries amounted to 648.5k t in 2025 (608.4k t in 2024), imports from outside the EU – 476.3k t. Main non-EU buyers: China 309.9k t, India 109k t, Thailand 50.2k t. EU scrap market →

Buyers – Croatia

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Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Croatia MELTAL SL d.o.o. – Veliko Trgovišće – metal purchasing and processing, Veliko Trgovišće (non-ferrous scrap recycling)
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  1. MELTAL SL d.o.o.

    Veliko Trgovišće – metal purchasing and processing, Veliko Trgovišće · Croatia

    processor From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

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Straight-line distance (great circle) from the shipping point – not road distance. The description of the shipment procedure is general and does not constitute legal advice. Legal status as of 20 October 2026: Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste. The classification of the waste and the obligations of the parties are determined case by case.

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