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Aluminium scrap – Portugal: buyers and trade

Portugal exports more aluminium scrap than it imports – by 55.5k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Spain; largest buyer: Spain. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7602 00 11, 7602 00 19, 7602 00 90) and the Companies register.

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3aluminium scrap buyers in the country melting 2 · processors 1 Show on the map →
20.9k timports 2025 · +6.1% y/y
76.4k texports 2025 · −14.7% y/y
2,016 EUR/timport unit value 2025 – from declarations, not a market price

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Scrap trade

Imports and exports of aluminium scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of aluminium scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Portugal – aluminium scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 24, exports 71.3; 2022 imports 17.5, exports 67.7; 2023 imports 16, exports 77.8; 2024 imports 19.7, exports 89.6; 2025 imports 20.9, exports 76.4. 0 20 40 60 80 100 imports 2021: 24,017 t exports 2021: 71,329 t 2021 imports 2022: 17,461 t exports 2022: 67,714 t 2022 imports 2023: 16,035 t exports 2023: 77,770 t 2023 imports 2024: 19,727 t exports 2024: 89,603 t 2024 imports 2025: 20,933 t exports 2025: 76,395 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Spain13,154
France6,822
Italy328
São Tomé & Príncipe155
Chile146

Exports to (t)

Spain65,512
China4,689
India1,997
Saudi Arabia804
Germany523
2015–2025 series and unit values
Aluminium scrap trade – Portugal, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 7,22636,16528,939 1,4101,305
2016 6,30334,24327,940 1,1971,141
2017 9,33241,02331,691 1,3721,312
2018 13,34045,73232,392 1,1731,380
2019 9,23449,67840,444 1,1421,180
2020 12,20253,83041,628 1,2061,062
2021 24,01771,32947,313 1,7511,503
2022 17,46167,71450,253 2,4031,926
2023 16,03577,77061,735 1,8501,648
2024 19,72789,60369,876 1,7831,765
2025 20,93376,39555,463 2,0161,883
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 11,77865,55353,775 2,2022,188

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 – Portugal

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Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Portugal Hydro Extrusion Portugal – Avintes plant, Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia (remelt and wrought-ingot casthouse) Extrusal – Companhia Portuguesa de Extrusão, S.A., Ílhavo (extrusion plant) Entroncometais – Recolha de Sucatas, Lda. – Entroncamento – metal scrap and WEEE depot, Entroncamento (non-ferrous scrap recycling)
smelter (document or value-chain link) smelter – type of plant (semi-finished products, foundry) processor Base map: Natural Earth (public domain). Location of some plants: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

  1. Entroncometais

    Recolha de Sucatas, Lda. – Entroncamento – metal scrap and WEEE depot, Entroncamento · Portugal

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

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  2. Extrusal

    Companhia Portuguesa de Extrusão, S.A., Ílhavo · Portugal

    smelter From the type of plant – not from a document B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  3. Hydro Extrusion Portugal

    Avintes plant, Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia · Portugal

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

    Buyer card · Source ↗

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