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Lead scrap – Cyprus: buyers and trade

Buyers of lead scrap in Cyprus according to the Companies register, and the lead scrap trade of the country in 2015–2025 (Eurostat Comext).

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Scrap trade

2015–2025 series and unit values
Lead scrap trade – Cyprus, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 –905905 –726
2016 –131131 –1,023
2017 –505505 –920
2018 –1,2861,286 –882
2019 –210210 –793
2020 ––– ––
2021 ––– ––
2022 ––– ––
2023 ––– ––
2024 ––– ––
2025 ––– ––
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 ––– ––

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7802 00 00 . Lead: lead waste and scrap (7802 00 00). Spent lead-acid batteries – a separate series (battery mass, not lead content); the series are not added up. Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-11-04. Balance = exports − imports. Comext

Spent lead-acid batteries – separate series

Spent lead-acid battery scrap trade – Cyprus, 2015–2025 Cyprus – spent lead-acid battery scrap: imports 0 t in 2015 and 0 t in 2025; exports 3,409 t in 2015 and 5,570 t in 2025. Break in series in 2022: from this year the series also includes waste and scrap of batteries (8549 11 90) – earlier and later years are not fully comparable. 0 2 k 4 k 6 k 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Break in series in 2022: from this year the series also includes waste and scrap of batteries (8549 11 90) – earlier and later years are not fully comparable.break in series exports 2015: 3,409 texports 2016: 2,690 texports 2017: 2,727 texports 2018: 2,149 texports 2019: 3,351 texports 2020: 3,092 texports 2021: 4,533 texports 2022: 4,989 texports 2023: 4,725 texports 2024: 4,825 texports 2025: 5,570 t imports 2015: 0 timports 2016: 0.10 timports 2017: 0.10 timports 2018: 0.10 timports 2019: 0.10 timports 2020: 0.10 timports 2021: 0.10 timports 2025: 0 t
imports exports tonnes (scrap mass)
Table of years (chart data)
Spent lead-acid battery scrap trade – Cyprus, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 03,4093,409 –702
2016 0.102,6902,690 15,010728
2017 0.102,7272,727 6,230917
2018 0.102,1492,149 6,760867
2019 0.103,3513,351 14,570784
2020 0.103,0923,092 6,180700
2021 0.104,5334,533 2,000808
2022 break in series –4,9894,989 –888
2023 –4,7254,725 –850
2024 –4,8254,825 –778
2025 05,5705,570 –705
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 –3,0483,048 –700

Largest scrap suppliers (2025)

  1. Hong Kong 0 t
  2. China 0 t

Largest scrap destinations (2025)

  1. Bulgaria 4,924 t
  2. Greece 572 t
  3. India 74.5 t

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 8548 10 21, 8549 11 10, 8549 11 90 . Spent lead-acid batteries – 8548 10 21 (2015–2021), 8549 11 10 and 8549 11 90 (from 2022). From 2022 the series also includes waste and scrap of batteries (8549 11 90) – years before and after 2022 are not fully comparable. Battery mass, not lead content. Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-11-04. Balance = exports − imports. Comext

EU-27 context

EU-27 exports of lead scrap to non-EU countries amounted to 41.1k t in 2025 (24.1k t in 2024), imports from outside the EU – 34.6k t. Main non-EU buyers: India 38.8k t, United Kingdom 1.80k t, Hong Kong 0.10k t. EU scrap market →

Buyers – Cyprus

The register has no buyers of this metal’s scrap in this country.

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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