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Aluminium scrap – Cyprus: buyers and trade

Cyprus exports more aluminium scrap than it imports – by 11.2k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Greece; largest buyer: Greece. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7602 00 11, 7602 00 19, 7602 00 90) and the Companies register.

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2aluminium scrap buyers in the country melting 1 · processors 1 Show on the map →
0.10k timports 2025
11.3k texports 2025 · +13.6% y/y
2,720 EUR/timport unit value 2025 – from declarations, not a market price

Scrap trade

Imports and exports of aluminium scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of aluminium scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Cyprus – aluminium scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 0, exports 9.50; 2022 imports 0, exports 8.90; 2023 imports 0, exports 7.50; 2024 imports 0, exports 9.90; 2025 imports 0.10, exports 11.3. 0 2.50 5 7.50 10 12.5 exports 2021: 9,515 t 2021 exports 2022: 8,865 t 2022 imports 2023: 0 t exports 2023: 7,524 t 2023 exports 2024: 9,945 t 2024 imports 2025: 88 t exports 2025: 11,301 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Greece88

Exports to (t)

Greece5,086
India3,480
Netherlands639
Pakistan466
Slovenia365
2015–2025 series and unit values
Aluminium scrap trade – Cyprus, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 77.83,9143,836 6631,393
2016 1545,5875,433 5541,151
2017 1695,5295,361 5261,326
2018 2425,8075,565 4091,454
2019 –5,5235,523 –1,353
2020 –7,3427,342 –1,074
2021 –9,5159,515 –1,705
2022 –8,8658,865 –1,959
2023 07,5247,524 –1,874
2024 –9,9459,945 –1,898
2025 8811,30111,213 2,7201,883
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 –6,9936,993 –2,487

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7602 00 11, 7602 00 19, 7602 00 90 . Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-10-20. Balance = exports − imports. Comext

EU-27 context

EU-27 exports of aluminium scrap to non-EU countries amounted to 1,277.3k t in 2025 (1,257.7k t in 2024), imports from outside the EU – 652.4k t. Main non-EU buyers: India 383k t, Thailand 149.6k t, China 127.1k t. EU scrap market →

Buyers – Cyprus

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  1. Alpha Scrap Metals Ltd

    Ypsonas (Limassol) – scrapyard, Ypsonas · Cyprus

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

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  2. Economides Metal Recycling Ltd

    Nicosia – scrap yard and secondary aluminium smelter, Nicosia · Cyprus

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

    Buyer card · Source ↗

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