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Copper scrap – Malta: buyers and trade

Malta exports more copper scrap than it imports – by 0.50k t in 2025. Largest supplier: China; largest buyer: Poland. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7404 00 10, 7404 00 91, 7404 00 99) and the Companies register.

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0copper scrap buyers in the country melting 0 · processors 0
0k timports 2025 · −100.0% y/y
0.50k texports 2025 · −12.0% y/y

Scrap trade

Imports and exports of copper scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of copper scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Malta – copper scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 0, exports 0.40; 2022 imports 0, exports 0.90; 2023 imports 0, exports 0.90; 2024 imports 0, exports 0.50; 2025 imports 0, exports 0.50. 0 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1 exports 2021: 417 t 2021 imports 2022: 0 t exports 2022: 891 t 2022 imports 2023: 0 t exports 2023: 861 t 2023 imports 2024: 21.6 t exports 2024: 520 t 2024 imports 2025: 0 t exports 2025: 458 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

China0
United Kingdom0
Israel0
Singapore0

Exports to (t)

Poland158
Japan128
Italy71.9
Germany38.3
India18.4
2015–2025 series and unit values
Copper scrap trade – Malta, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 –666666 –2,109
2016 0.70543542 7,4012,124
2017 –326326 –3,105
2018 0335335 –3,243
2019 47.4348301 2,6822,821
2020 0274274 –2,694
2021 –417417 –4,204
2022 0891891 –4,297
2023 0861861 –4,785
2024 21.6520499 5,5724,769
2025 0458458 –4,341
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 0.30715715 4,2506,498

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7404 00 10, 7404 00 91, 7404 00 99 . 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 copper scrap to non-EU countries amounted to 648.5k t in 2025 (608.4k t in 2024), imports from outside the EU – 476.3k t. Main non-EU buyers: China 309.9k t, India 109k t, Thailand 50.2k t. EU scrap market →

Buyers – Malta

The register has no buyers of this metal’s scrap in this country.

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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