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Lead scrap – Denmark: buyers and trade

Denmark exports more lead scrap than it imports – by 1k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Norway; largest buyer: Germany. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7802 00 00) and the Companies register.

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2.70k timports 2025 · +28.2% y/y
3.70k texports 2025 · +27.8% y/y
1,363 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) Denmark – lead scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 1.40, exports 2.90; 2022 imports 1.60, exports 2.70; 2023 imports 2.30, exports 3.40; 2024 imports 2.10, exports 2.90; 2025 imports 2.70, exports 3.70. 0 1 2 3 4 imports 2021: 1,405 t exports 2021: 2,929 t 2021 imports 2022: 1,567 t exports 2022: 2,669 t 2022 imports 2023: 2,265 t exports 2023: 3,447 t 2023 imports 2024: 2,077 t exports 2024: 2,886 t 2024 imports 2025: 2,662 t exports 2025: 3,688 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Norway1,783
Sweden823
Germany48.3
Greenland6
Faroe Islands2.80

Exports to (t)

Germany1,880
Sweden913
India575
Poland86
Netherlands54
2015–2025 series and unit values
Lead scrap trade – Denmark, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 3,0853,729645 1,0021,335
2016 2,9173,721803 8331,307
2017 2,3192,788469 1,1021,612
2018 2,7352,555-180 1,0391,525
2019 2,3632,582220 1,0711,488
2020 1,5102,5931,083 7891,295
2021 1,4052,9291,524 1,1331,587
2022 1,5672,6691,102 1,4651,746
2023 2,2653,4471,182 1,5731,668
2024 2,0772,886809 1,5741,690
2025 2,6623,6881,025 1,3631,458
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 8221,654833 1,4481,807

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 – Denmark, 2015–2025 Denmark – spent lead-acid battery scrap: imports 0.10 t in 2015 and 10.9 t in 2025; exports 3.60 t in 2015 and 21,441 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 5 k 10 k 15 k 20 k 25 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: 3.60 texports 2016: 0.40 texports 2017: 0.40 texports 2018: 0.40 texports 2019: 0.20 texports 2020: 0.20 texports 2021: 0.30 texports 2022: 18,826 texports 2023: 20,795 texports 2024: 19,084 texports 2025: 21,441 t imports 2015: 0.10 timports 2016: 11.9 timports 2017: 1.10 timports 2018: 15.5 timports 2019: 12 timports 2020: 2 timports 2021: 3.60 timports 2022: 13.1 timports 2023: 46.1 timports 2024: 30.3 timports 2025: 10.9 t
imports exports tonnes (scrap mass)
Table of years (chart data)
Spent lead-acid battery scrap trade – Denmark, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 0.103.603.50 13,3202,973
2016 11.90.40-11.5 73025,113
2017 1.100.40-0.70 4,15131,785
2018 15.50.40-15.1 64426,575
2019 120.20-11.8 50624,950
2020 20.20-1.80 2,18879,780
2021 3.600.30-3.30 55827,183
2022 break in series 13.118,82618,813 256827
2023 46.120,79520,749 1,450769
2024 30.319,08419,054 797738
2025 10.921,44121,430 2,032674
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 24.511,42611,402 315639

Largest scrap suppliers (2025)

  1. Faroe Islands 7.50 t
  2. Italy 0.20 t
  3. China 0.10 t
  4. Norway 0 t

Largest scrap destinations (2025)

  1. Sweden 21,303 t
  2. India 139 t
  3. Norway 0 t

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 – Denmark

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Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Denmark Bradals Produkthandel – Silkeborg – non-ferrous scrap recycling, Silkeborg (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Bagsværd Jernhandel A/S – Bagsværd – non-ferrous scrap recycling, Bagsværd (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Salale ApS – Kalundborg – scrap yard and scrap purchasing, Kalundborg (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Vestsjællands Jernhandel A/S – Svebølle – non-ferrous scrap recycling, Svebølle (non-ferrous scrap recycling)
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. Bagsværd Jernhandel A/S

    Bagsværd – non-ferrous scrap recycling, Bagsværd · Denmark

    processor From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-11-02

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  2. Bradals Produkthandel

    Silkeborg – non-ferrous scrap recycling, Silkeborg · Denmark

    processor From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-11-02

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  3. Salale ApS

    Kalundborg – scrap yard and scrap purchasing, Kalundborg · Denmark

    processor From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-11-02

    Accepted grades: aluminium extrusion scrap, aluminium wheels, used aluminium beverage cans (UBC), aluminium turnings (single-alloy and mixed)

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  4. Vestsjællands Jernhandel A/S

    Svebølle – non-ferrous scrap recycling, Svebølle · Denmark

    processor From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-11-02

    Buyer card · Source ↗

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