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Lead scrap – Slovenia: buyers and trade

Slovenia imports more lead scrap than it exports – by 1.30k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Italy; largest buyer: Germany. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7802 00 00) and the Companies register.

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1.50k timports 2025 · −24.7% y/y
0.20k texports 2025 · +32.5% y/y
1,613 EUR/timport unit value 2025 – from declarations, not a market price

Scrap trade

Imports and exports of lead scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of lead scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Slovenia – lead scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 3.70, exports 0.30; 2022 imports 2.80, exports 0.40; 2023 imports 2.10, exports 0.30; 2024 imports 2, exports 0.20; 2025 imports 1.50, exports 0.20. 0 1 2 3 4 imports 2021: 3,699 t exports 2021: 260 t 2021 imports 2022: 2,772 t exports 2022: 375 t 2022 imports 2023: 2,101 t exports 2023: 259 t 2023 imports 2024: 2,042 t exports 2024: 187 t 2024 imports 2025: 1,537 t exports 2025: 247 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Italy518
Netherlands512
Croatia208
Bosnia and Herzegovina196
Montenegro50.9

Exports to (t)

Germany113
Italy49.2
Poland32.6
Netherlands27.2
Austria22.5
2015–2025 series and unit values
Lead scrap trade – Slovenia, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 3,659228-3,431 1,4801,587
2016 4,406405-4,001 1,4681,687
2017 2,142256-1,886 1,8121,488
2018 1,516209-1,307 1,7001,090
2019 1,931241-1,689 1,5131,369
2020 1,876212-1,664 1,4481,316
2021 3,699260-3,438 1,6891,445
2022 2,772375-2,397 1,7781,754
2023 2,101259-1,842 1,7791,628
2024 2,042187-1,856 1,7301,566
2025 1,537247-1,290 1,6131,411
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 906143-763 1,5821,495

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 – Slovenia, 2015–2025 Slovenia – spent lead-acid battery scrap: imports 35,821 t in 2015 and 12,560 t in 2025; exports 0.70 t in 2015 and 40 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 10 k 20 k 30 k 40 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: 0.70 texports 2018: 60 texports 2019: 360 texports 2020: 400 texports 2021: 500 texports 2022: 520 texports 2023: 500 texports 2024: 260 texports 2025: 40 t imports 2015: 35,821 timports 2016: 32,652 timports 2017: 33,443 timports 2018: 34,174 timports 2019: 34,585 timports 2020: 26,795 timports 2021: 23,975 timports 2022: 9,292 timports 2023: 10,649 timports 2024: 8,671 timports 2025: 12,560 t
imports exports tonnes (scrap mass)
Table of years (chart data)
Spent lead-acid battery scrap trade – Slovenia, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 35,8210.70-35,820 723814
2016 32,652–-32,652 743–
2017 33,443–-33,443 910–
2018 34,17460-34,114 8603,571
2019 34,585360-34,225 7942,381
2020 26,795400-26,395 7062,075
2021 23,975500-23,475 7961,531
2022 break in series 9,292520-8,772 8663,671
2023 10,649500-10,149 7794,369
2024 8,671260-8,411 73512,672
2025 12,56040-12,520 6667,329
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 7,042320-6,722 624660

Largest scrap suppliers (2025)

  1. Italy 7,294 t
  2. Netherlands 2,715 t
  3. Germany 1,105 t
  4. Austria 557 t
  5. Israel 494 t

Largest scrap destinations (2025)

  1. Croatia 40 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 – Slovenia

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    Accepted grades: spent lead-acid batteries (whole or crushed)

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