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Zinc scrap – Czechia: buyers and trade

Czechia exports more zinc scrap than it imports – by 2.20k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Slovakia; largest buyer: Italy. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7902 00 00) and the Companies register.

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1.60k timports 2025 · +26.6% y/y
3.80k texports 2025 · +18.6% y/y
704 EUR/timport unit value 2025 – from declarations, not a market price

Scrap trade

Imports and exports of zinc scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of zinc scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Czechia – zinc scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 0.70, exports 3.30; 2022 imports 1.90, exports 2.90; 2023 imports 1.30, exports 2.90; 2024 imports 1.30, exports 3.20; 2025 imports 1.60, exports 3.80. 0 1 2 3 4 imports 2021: 693 t exports 2021: 3,260 t 2021 imports 2022: 1,935 t exports 2022: 2,926 t 2022 imports 2023: 1,276 t exports 2023: 2,915 t 2023 imports 2024: 1,276 t exports 2024: 3,233 t 2024 imports 2025: 1,616 t exports 2025: 3,835 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Slovakia1,435
Sweden113
Poland49.8
Vietnam13.9
Belgium3.40

Exports to (t)

Italy1,123
Belgium1,071
Poland715
Austria624
Germany189
2015–2025 series and unit values
Zinc scrap trade – Czechia, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 2802,5792,299 5201,466
2016 9973,2942,297 7661,496
2017 1,1023,0051,903 1,1661,957
2018 9663,4462,480 1,0051,941
2019 3503,1682,817 1,5491,802
2020 4672,7672,300 1,7221,498
2021 6933,2602,567 1,6791,750
2022 1,9352,926991 7392,117
2023 1,2762,9151,639 7821,686
2024 1,2763,2331,957 7591,717
2025 1,6163,8352,219 7041,609
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 1,3312,038707 6121,932

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7902 00 00 . 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 zinc scrap to non-EU countries amounted to 64.5k t in 2025 (54.3k t in 2024), imports from outside the EU – 14.1k t. Main non-EU buyers: India 42k t, Thailand 16k t, Malaysia 1.50k t. EU scrap market →

Buyers – Czechia

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  1. HULMAN-kovošrot s.r.o.

    Moravský Krumlov – metal scrap purchasing, Moravský Krumlov · Czechia

    processor From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-11-02

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  2. KOVOŠROT SUDA s.r.o.

    Plzeň-Křimice – non-ferrous scrap recycling, Plzeň-Křimice · Czechia

    processor From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-11-02

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  3. SAKER Pečky spol. s r.o.

    Pečky – non-ferrous metals processing plant, Pečky · Czechia

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

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  4. SAKER, spol. s r.o.

    Kroměříž – main non-ferrous metals processing plant, Kroměříž · Czechia

    processor From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-10-24

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  5. TSR Czech Republic s.r.o.

    Spomyšl – non-ferrous scrap recycling, Spomyšl · Czechia

    processor From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-11-02

    Buyer card · Source ↗

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