
STAT SNAPSHOT
Global trade in metal scrap and scrap materials for 2012 was valued at US $84 billion.
—“Export Restrictions in Raw Materials Trade: Facts, fallacies and better practices,” Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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