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Zinc scrap – Slovakia: buyers and trade

Slovakia imports more zinc scrap than it exports – by 0.10k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Poland; largest buyer: Czechia. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7902 00 00) and the Companies register.

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1zinc scrap buyers in the country smelters 0 · processors 1 Show on the map →
0.90k timports 2025 · −24.8% y/y
0.80k texports 2025 · −1.2% y/y
1,972 EUR/timport unit value 2025 – from declarations, not a market price

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Scrap trade

Imports and exports of zinc scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of zinc scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Slovakia – zinc scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 0.10, exports 0.80; 2022 imports 0.20, exports 0.60; 2023 imports 0.70, exports 0.70; 2024 imports 1.20, exports 0.80; 2025 imports 0.90, exports 0.80. 0 0.25 0.50 0.75 1 1.25 imports 2021: 143 t exports 2021: 798 t 2021 imports 2022: 204 t exports 2022: 638 t 2022 imports 2023: 701 t exports 2023: 750 t 2023 imports 2024: 1,244 t exports 2024: 804 t 2024 imports 2025: 935 t exports 2025: 794 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Poland600
Hungary230
Czechia96.3
Germany4.90
Belgium1.80

Exports to (t)

Czechia264
Austria231
France126
Hungary46.4
Germany45.9
2015–2025 series and unit values
Zinc scrap trade – Slovakia, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 279999720 1,2271,082
2016 2281,093864 1,0551,287
2017 80.2801721 1,3201,861
2018 441,0661,022 1,4431,857
2019 41.4950908 1,5871,590
2020 74768694 1,5991,691
2021 143798655 2,8901,808
2022 204638434 2,5422,419
2023 70175048.8 1,6141,854
2024 1,244804-440 1,9252,187
2025 935794-141 1,9722,186
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 428396-32.1 2,3431,936

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 – Slovakia

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Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Slovakia SAKER Slovensko s.r.o. – Horný Hričov – non-ferrous metals processing plant, Horný Hričov (non-ferrous 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. 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 ↗

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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