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Copper scrap – Ireland: buyers and trade

Ireland exports more copper scrap than it imports – by 15.5k t in 2025. Largest supplier: United States; largest buyer: United Kingdom. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7404 00 10, 7404 00 91, 7404 00 99) and the Companies register.

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0k timports 2025 · −83.3% y/y
15.5k texports 2025 · −16.0% y/y
50,720 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) Ireland – copper scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 0, exports 12.2; 2022 imports 0, exports 12.1; 2023 imports 0, exports 10.6; 2024 imports 0, exports 18.5; 2025 imports 0, exports 15.5. 0 5 10 15 20 imports 2021: 3 t exports 2021: 12,233 t 2021 imports 2022: 1.90 t exports 2022: 12,130 t 2022 imports 2023: 2.30 t exports 2023: 10,624 t 2023 imports 2024: 0.60 t exports 2024: 18,514 t 2024 imports 2025: 0.10 t exports 2025: 15,544 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

United States0.10
Pakistan0
China0
United Kingdom0
India0

Exports to (t)

United Kingdom13,735
India1,166
Netherlands263
Germany165
Belgium107
2015–2025 series and unit values
Copper scrap trade – Ireland, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 25.810,35010,324 11,8003,109
2016 7.4011,78011,773 4,3912,587
2017 0.9012,68312,682 21,1423,098
2018 612,47212,466 8,5023,409
2019 38.611,32411,286 1,1533,490
2020 628,4778,415 5,4494,027
2021 312,23312,230 11,6654,074
2022 1.9012,13012,128 8,9114,647
2023 2.3010,62410,622 24,7254,579
2024 0.6018,51418,514 31,6633,896
2025 0.1015,54415,544 50,7205,221
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 9.7010,81710,807 7,2126,461

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 – Ireland

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Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Ireland Hammond Lane Metal Company Ltd – Dublin (Clondalkin) – non-ferrous metals branch, Dublin (Clondalkin) (non-ferrous scrap recycling)
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  1. Hammond Lane Metal Company Ltd

    Dublin (Clondalkin) – non-ferrous metals branch, Dublin (Clondalkin) · Ireland

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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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