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Lead scrap – Bulgaria: buyers and trade

Bulgaria imports more lead scrap than it exports – by 7.10k t in 2025. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7802 00 00) and the Companies register.

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7.10k timports 2025 · +113.5% y/y
–exports 2025
1,072 EUR/timport unit value 2025 – from declarations, not a market price

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Scrap trade

Imports and exports of lead scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of lead scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Bulgaria – lead scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 15.4, exports 0; 2022 imports 34.8, exports 0; 2023 imports 11.7, exports 2.80; 2024 imports 3.30, exports 0; 2025 imports 7.10, exports 0. 0 10 20 30 40 imports 2021: 15,422 t exports 2021: 1.40 t 2021 imports 2022: 34,843 t 2022 imports 2023: 11,705 t exports 2023: 2,766 t 2023 imports 2024: 3,306 t 2024 imports 2025: 7,057 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Romania2,132
Israel1,871
Netherlands1,310
Algeria659
Italy524
2015–2025 series and unit values
Lead scrap trade – Bulgaria, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 16,48497.9-16,386 1,6461,583
2016 17,827179-17,648 1,7661,371
2017 14,4664,112-10,354 2,1542,141
2018 16,0503,825-12,225 1,8642,128
2019 16,4352,650-13,785 1,8671,700
2020 10,202248-9,954 1,5831,190
2021 15,4221.40-15,421 1,9501,539
2022 34,843–-34,843 1,278–
2023 11,7052,766-8,940 1,8642,380
2024 3,306–-3,306 1,015–
2025 7,057–-7,057 1,072–
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 6,480–-6,480 1,151–

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7802 00 00 . Lead: lead waste and scrap (7802 00 00). Spent lead-acid batteries – a separate series (battery mass, not lead content); the series are not added up. Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-11-04. Balance = exports − imports. Comext

Spent lead-acid batteries – separate series

Spent lead-acid battery scrap trade – Bulgaria, 2015–2025 Bulgaria – spent lead-acid battery scrap: imports 22,195 t in 2015 and 84,584 t in 2025; exports 1,981 t in 2015 and – t in 2025. Break in series in 2022: from this year the series also includes waste and scrap of batteries (8549 11 90) – earlier and later years are not fully comparable. 0 20 k 40 k 60 k 80 k 100 k 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Break in series in 2022: from this year the series also includes waste and scrap of batteries (8549 11 90) – earlier and later years are not fully comparable.break in series exports 2015: 1,981 texports 2016: 5,133 texports 2018: 42.8 texports 2019: 3,162 texports 2022: 1,557 texports 2023: 1,095 texports 2024: 182 t imports 2015: 22,195 timports 2016: 17,528 timports 2017: 26,447 timports 2018: 19,064 timports 2019: 28,245 timports 2020: 35,106 timports 2021: 38,624 timports 2022: 31,292 timports 2023: 50,016 timports 2024: 99,988 timports 2025: 84,584 t
imports exports tonnes (scrap mass)
Table of years (chart data)
Spent lead-acid battery scrap trade – Bulgaria, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 22,1951,981-20,214 777726
2016 17,5285,133-12,396 812748
2017 26,447–-26,447 972–
2018 19,06442.8-19,022 920814
2019 28,2453,162-25,083 828864
2020 35,106–-35,106 739–
2021 38,624–-38,624 860–
2022 break in series 31,2921,557-29,735 928964
2023 50,0161,095-48,920 852958
2024 99,988182-99,805 727859
2025 84,584–-84,584 782–
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 57,969–-57,969 743–

Largest scrap suppliers (2025)

  1. Italy 30,916 t
  2. Romania 17,032 t
  3. Germany 12,680 t
  4. Czechia 6,846 t
  5. United Kingdom 4,734 t

Largest scrap destinations (2025)

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Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 8548 10 21, 8549 11 10, 8549 11 90 . Spent lead-acid batteries – 8548 10 21 (2015–2021), 8549 11 10 and 8549 11 90 (from 2022). From 2022 the series also includes waste and scrap of batteries (8549 11 90) – years before and after 2022 are not fully comparable. Battery mass, not lead content. 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 lead scrap to non-EU countries amounted to 41.1k t in 2025 (24.1k t in 2024), imports from outside the EU – 34.6k t. Main non-EU buyers: India 38.8k t, United Kingdom 1.80k t, Hong Kong 0.10k t. EU scrap market →

Buyers – Bulgaria

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Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Bulgaria Monbat Recycling EAD – Montana – lead-acid battery recycling, production of lead and lead alloys, Montana (secondary lead smelter (battery breaking, smelting and refining)) ELBAT AD – Dolna Banya – lead-acid battery recycling, smelting in rotary furnaces, lead refining and lead alloys, Dolna Banya (secondary lead smelter (battery breaking, smelting and refining)) KCM AD – Plovdiv – zinc and lead smelter, Plovdiv (smelter)
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. ELBAT AD

    Dolna Banya – lead-acid battery recycling, smelting in rotary furnaces, lead refining and lead alloys, Dolna Banya · Bulgaria

    smelter From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-11-04

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  2. KCM AD

    Plovdiv – zinc and lead smelter, Plovdiv · Bulgaria

    smelter Scrap in a plant document A class A source · verified 2026-11-04

    Accepted grades: spent lead-acid batteries (whole or crushed)

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  3. Monbat Recycling EAD

    Montana – lead-acid battery recycling, production of lead and lead alloys, Montana · Bulgaria

    smelter Scrap in a plant document A class A source · verified 2026-11-04

    Accepted grades: spent lead-acid batteries (whole or crushed)

    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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