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Lead scrap – Lithuania: buyers and trade

Lithuania exports more lead scrap than it imports – by 8.90k t in 2025. Largest supplier: United Kingdom; largest buyer: Czechia. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7802 00 00) and the Companies register.

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5lead scrap buyers in the country smelters 0 · processors 5 Show on the map →
0.20k timports 2025 · +261.1% y/y
9.10k texports 2025 · +11.1% y/y
973 EUR/timport unit value 2025 – from declarations, not a market price

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Scrap trade

Imports and exports of lead scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of lead scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Lithuania – lead scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 0, exports 8.40; 2022 imports 0.10, exports 10.7; 2023 imports 0, exports 7.40; 2024 imports 0.10, exports 8.10; 2025 imports 0.20, exports 9.10. 0 2.50 5 7.50 10 12.5 imports 2021: 39 t exports 2021: 8,372 t 2021 imports 2022: 98.4 t exports 2022: 10,728 t 2022 imports 2023: 11.3 t exports 2023: 7,432 t 2023 imports 2024: 56 t exports 2024: 8,149 t 2024 imports 2025: 202 t exports 2025: 9,053 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

United Kingdom187
Estonia9.40
Germany6
Latvia0.20

Exports to (t)

Czechia6,701
India1,728
Latvia236
Estonia229
Poland134
2015–2025 series and unit values
Lead scrap trade – Lithuania, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 5903,6713,081 7551,146
2016 2613,1022,841 8481,136
2017 2294,7234,494 1,4541,467
2018 6333,7063,073 1,3281,316
2019 2974,1393,842 6511,201
2020 65.73,7773,711 1,2891,004
2021 398,3728,333 1,5151,161
2022 98.410,72810,630 7591,335
2023 11.37,4327,421 1,5621,221
2024 568,1498,093 1,7431,199
2025 2029,0538,850 9731,103
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 2354,9164,681 9701,025

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 – Lithuania, 2015–2025 Lithuania – spent lead-acid battery scrap: imports 73.2 t in 2015 and 6.80 t in 2025; exports 46.6 t in 2015 and 1,726 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 1 k 2 k 3 k 4 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: 46.6 texports 2016: 252 texports 2017: 413 texports 2018: 321 texports 2019: 298 texports 2020: 393 texports 2021: 186 texports 2022: 3,441 texports 2023: 2,700 texports 2024: 2,545 texports 2025: 1,726 t imports 2015: 73.2 timports 2016: 2,658 timports 2017: 2,897 timports 2018: 3,254 timports 2019: 3,221 timports 2020: 1,746 timports 2021: 1,374 timports 2022: 192 timports 2024: 3.90 timports 2025: 6.80 t
imports exports tonnes (scrap mass)
Table of years (chart data)
Spent lead-acid battery scrap trade – Lithuania, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 73.246.6-26.6 843715
2016 2,658252-2,407 800628
2017 2,897413-2,484 887861
2018 3,254321-2,932 856829
2019 3,221298-2,923 768722
2020 1,746393-1,353 656667
2021 1,374186-1,188 724672
2022 break in series 1923,4413,249 8001,207
2023 –2,7002,700 –1,134
2024 3.902,5452,542 5041,046
2025 6.801,7261,719 6981,005
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 –961961 –931

Largest scrap suppliers (2025)

  1. Norway 6.80 t

Largest scrap destinations (2025)

  1. Czechia 1,726 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 – Lithuania

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Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Lithuania UAB Metruna – Šiauliai – metal scrap yard, Šiauliai (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) UAB Metruna – Panevėžys – metal scrap yard, Panevėžys (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) UAB Metruna – Klaipėda – metal scrap yard, Klaipėda (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) UAB Metruna – Kaunas – metal scrap yard, Kaunas (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) UAB Metruna – Vilnius – metal scrap yards, Vilnius (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling)
smelter (document or value-chain link) smelter – type of plant (semi-finished products, foundry, zinc alloys and zinc oxide) processor Base map: Natural Earth (public domain). Location of some plants: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

  1. UAB Metruna

    Kaunas – metal scrap yard, Kaunas · Lithuania

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

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  2. UAB Metruna

    Klaipėda – metal scrap yard, Klaipėda · Lithuania

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

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  3. UAB Metruna

    Panevėžys – metal scrap yard, Panevėžys · Lithuania

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

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  4. UAB Metruna

    Šiauliai – metal scrap yard, Šiauliai · Lithuania

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

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  5. UAB Metruna

    Vilnius – metal scrap yards, Vilnius · Lithuania

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

    Accepted grades: brass scrap, bronze and red brass scrap

    Buyer card · Source ↗

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