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Lead scrap – Sweden: buyers and trade

Sweden exports more lead scrap than it imports – by 2.80k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Netherlands; largest buyer: Belgium. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7802 00 00) and the Companies register.

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2.50k timports 2025 · −28.2% y/y
5.30k texports 2025 · −16.1% y/y
1,697 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) Sweden – lead scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 7.90, exports 4.10; 2022 imports 2.90, exports 4.80; 2023 imports 3.40, exports 5.50; 2024 imports 3.40, exports 6.30; 2025 imports 2.50, exports 5.30. 0 2 4 6 8 imports 2021: 7,912 t exports 2021: 4,124 t 2021 imports 2022: 2,945 t exports 2022: 4,849 t 2022 imports 2023: 3,381 t exports 2023: 5,511 t 2023 imports 2024: 3,427 t exports 2024: 6,288 t 2024 imports 2025: 2,460 t exports 2025: 5,278 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Netherlands953
Denmark863
Finland329
Norway166
Germany124

Exports to (t)

Belgium1,826
Estonia1,680
Poland824
Denmark519
Germany169
2015–2025 series and unit values
Lead scrap trade – Sweden, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 11,6275,568-6,059 1,149294
2016 6,3256,940615 1,242583
2017 12,0192,831-9,188 1,4461,379
2018 11,5644,333-7,231 1,4211,306
2019 10,1744,139-6,035 1,2751,219
2020 11,3293,903-7,426 1,163933
2021 7,9124,124-3,788 1,3131,265
2022 2,9454,8491,905 1,7371,444
2023 3,3815,5112,130 1,7091,179
2024 3,4276,2882,861 1,6911,233
2025 2,4605,2782,818 1,6971,309
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 1,7322,582849 1,4861,220

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 – Sweden, 2015–2025 Sweden – spent lead-acid battery scrap: imports 27,714 t in 2015 and 41,164 t in 2025; exports 238 t in 2015 and 23.1 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 10 k 20 k 30 k 40 k 50 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: 238 texports 2016: 1,165 texports 2017: 58.1 texports 2018: 25.8 texports 2019: 0.90 texports 2020: 1,133 texports 2021: 1,741 texports 2022: 2,036 texports 2023: 655 texports 2024: 1.50 texports 2025: 23.1 t imports 2015: 27,714 timports 2016: 29,711 timports 2017: 35,065 timports 2018: 33,062 timports 2019: 30,008 timports 2020: 29,745 timports 2021: 38,979 timports 2022: 38,436 timports 2023: 42,505 timports 2024: 38,642 timports 2025: 41,164 t
imports exports tonnes (scrap mass)
Table of years (chart data)
Spent lead-acid battery scrap trade – Sweden, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 27,714238-27,477 725446
2016 29,7111,165-28,546 738795
2017 35,06558.1-35,007 9271,219
2018 33,06225.8-33,037 843761
2019 30,0080.90-30,008 7592,781
2020 29,7451,133-28,613 716739
2021 38,9791,741-37,238 784872
2022 break in series 38,4362,036-36,400 937718
2023 42,505655-41,850 902908
2024 38,6421.50-38,640 849669
2025 41,16423.1-41,141 730908
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 29,6500-29,650 739–

Largest scrap suppliers (2025)

  1. Denmark 21,322 t
  2. Norway 12,821 t
  3. Finland 5,279 t
  4. Netherlands 981 t
  5. Iceland 515 t

Largest scrap destinations (2025)

  1. Netherlands 23.1 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 – Sweden

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Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Sweden Boliden Bergsöe AB – Landskrona – secondary lead smelter (battery recycling), Landskrona (non-ferrous scrap remelting)
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. Boliden Bergsöe AB

    Landskrona – secondary lead smelter (battery recycling), Landskrona · Sweden

    smelter Scrap in a plant document B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    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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