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Copper scrap – Slovakia: buyers and trade

Slovakia imports more copper scrap than it exports – by 25.8k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Poland; largest buyer: Czechia. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7404 00 10, 7404 00 91, 7404 00 99) and the Companies register.

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61.3k timports 2025 · −1.0% y/y
35.5k texports 2025 · +24.5% y/y
7,217 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) Slovakia – copper scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 43.7, exports 31; 2022 imports 33.7, exports 38.9; 2023 imports 36.1, exports 26.9; 2024 imports 61.9, exports 28.5; 2025 imports 61.3, exports 35.5. 0 20 40 60 80 imports 2021: 43,705 t exports 2021: 30,959 t 2021 imports 2022: 33,701 t exports 2022: 38,923 t 2022 imports 2023: 36,119 t exports 2023: 26,932 t 2023 imports 2024: 61,850 t exports 2024: 28,510 t 2024 imports 2025: 61,255 t exports 2025: 35,498 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Poland23,112
Germany10,305
Hungary8,005
Czechia5,514
United States4,155

Exports to (t)

Czechia7,954
Poland6,576
Hungary5,159
Germany4,481
Italy3,707
2015–2025 series and unit values
Copper scrap trade – Slovakia, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 26,02119,012-7,008 4,2883,361
2016 28,92318,403-10,520 3,9652,997
2017 36,94248,57011,629 4,2131,695
2018 28,49118,903-9,588 4,3453,598
2019 35,59617,613-17,983 3,9852,999
2020 38,93420,700-18,234 3,7032,542
2021 43,70530,959-12,745 5,1823,350
2022 33,70138,9235,222 5,9525,034
2023 36,11926,932-9,187 6,0464,593
2024 61,85028,510-33,341 6,5094,287
2025 61,25535,498-25,756 7,2174,007
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 42,50620,916-21,590 9,2675,203

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 – Slovakia

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Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Slovakia FENEGA, s.r.o. – Kračúnovce – purchase and processing of non-ferrous metals, Kračúnovce (non-ferrous scrap recycling) SAKER Slovensko s.r.o. – Horný Hričov – non-ferrous metals processing plant, Horný Hričov (non-ferrous scrap recycling)
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  1. FENEGA, s.r.o.

    Kračúnovce – purchase and processing of non-ferrous metals, Kračúnovce · Slovakia

    processor Scrap in a plant document B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    Accepted grades: brass scrap, insulated copper wire and cable scrap, mixed copper-bearing scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  2. SAKER Slovensko s.r.o.

    Horný Hričov – non-ferrous metals processing plant, Horný Hričov · Slovakia

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

    Buyer card · Source ↗

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