Table 4.15

Copper Waste and Scrap Exports by Destination by Volume

Unit: Metric tonnes · Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 · 2002 to 2025

Copper Waste and Scrap Exports by Destination by Volume. Metric tonnes
Series	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
EXPORTS BY CONTINENT (3)
Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	< 1	11	13	140	0	0	49	0	25	21	0	61	0	0
America	3,178	10,506	16,921	10,323	15,925	25,555	12,256	16,791	28,245	20,413	2,830	2,082	1,321	1,058	154	921	970	803	1,313	831	1,244	1,716	2,071	1,402
Asia	9,127	11,661	18,134	23,696	31,433	67,610	58,728	51,259	85,945	42,066	20,059	38,935	39,010	35,099	62,618	26,708	22,780	11,335	7,275	12,988	17,261	23,298	30,207	26,529
Europe	5,211	2,050	3,072	2,960	6,138	5,342	1,005	576	5,625	7,050	3,666	8,136	6,420	7,402	14,563	5,109	4,686	4,553	4,205	1,869	3,209	2,273	6,665	6,567
Oceania	0	0	0	0	1,505	3,507	0	0	0	0	< 1	2	0	< 1	0	0	21	42	67	0	0	0	0	0
EXPORTS BY COUNTRY
Germany	3,507	635	267	757	4,219	3,622	0	69	112	290	370	592	55	241	125	1,576	2,391	0	219	91	115	0	45	85
Australia	0	0	0	0	1,505	3,507	0	0	0	0	< 1	2	0	< 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium	428	568	593	453	558	397	161	86	3,144	3,595	279	693	501	293	3,344	1,194	1,062	1,590	1,627	776	893	756	1,646	1,140
Brazil	0	40	771	951	641	749	364	42	0	0	0	100	102	0	0	0	416	604	1,170	669	1,203	1,613	1,468	1,031
China	5,477	8,178	12,532	16,992	17,727	49,104	42,112	47,263	79,328	40,065	19,536	34,647	29,766	29,791	56,945	21,090	20,286	2,622	1,452	7,482	10,968	12,891	15,802	17,057
South Korea	2,324	1,766	3,018	5,683	13,011	10,608	9,643	1,785	3,976	1,827	217	3,444	2,849	2,858	3,653	1,795	1,340	3,377	2,964	3,541	4,380	7,009	6,441	5,835
Spain	301	43	0	0	115	300	6	368	601	844	656	902	1,670	1,733	1,843	1,586	572	1,298	499	661	1,109	1,286	4,691	4,884
United States	138	19	1,781	85	11,641	14,551	244	175	1,455	3,653	2,830	1,880	1,212	1,057	57	354	316	199	142	163	41	60	272	90
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	6	1,212	1,737	251	463	117	0	1,201	607	142	582	187	93	69
Hong Kong	8	25	0	191	0	104	26	355	29	0	0	0	0	4	22	103	83	1,666	453	266	85	23	50	30
India	493	836	206	46	107	5,368	1,269	158	2,146	0	22	173	6,035	1,214	736	399	440	659	711	847	424	482	421	668
Italy	0	0	0	1,000	0	38	55	0	0	984	957	1,060	812	0	549	0	0	0	25	25	43	0	0	0
Japan	529	317	2,143	80	110	1,191	5,532	1,553	287	64	41	360	121	72	842	581	182	1,869	798	277	191	559	822	835
Malaysia	0	0	0	30	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	117	84	196	197	340	3,719	784
Mexico	2,995	10,218	13,696	9,006	3,499	8,212	10,788	15,826	26,554	16,760	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	64	327	54	522	472	425	0	22	1,526	1,091	1,140	3,584	1,620	4,863	8,188	536	594	82	44	132	290	23	144	47
Peru	24	0	444	51	0	21	201	0	0	0	0	0	0	< 1	45	73	0	0	0	0	0	23	74	241
United Kingdom	129	227	23	207	651	421	783	31	203	245	259	24	16	21	12	100	67	90	155	21	150	20	< 1	0
Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	291	970	0	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	0	0	2,012	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thailand	0	0	0	325	129	23	43	123	67	0	0	0	0	25	0	23	21	152	600	88	204	1,570	1,982	922
Taiwan	216	116	235	348	302	168	82	< 1	41	110	35	65	114	81	195	425	345	485	134	240	812	341	816	397
Türkiye	0	0	0	0	0	1,002	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Others	883	938	399	292	288	2,204	817	904	301	0	244	428	148	1,193	314	2,789	368	432	233	93	28	162	458	382
TOTAL	17,516	24,256	38,173	37,020	55,000	102,014	72,126	68,761	119,815	69,530	26,592	49,166	46,764	43,699	77,334	32,739	28,507	16,733	12,885	15,709	21,714	27,348	38,943	34,497

Notes of the table

(1) Las cantidades corresponden al peso bruto del producto exportado y no a su contenido metálico fino. / Quantities correspond to the gross weight of the exported product and not to its fine metal content.
(2) Incluye desperdicios y desechos de cobre refinado y de aleaciones de cobre, tales como bronces, latones y otras aleaciones de cobre. / Includes waste and scrap of refined copper and copper alloys, such as bronze, brass and other copper alloys.
(3) Los totales por continente pueden no coincidir exactamente con los totales por país, debido a la existencia de exportaciones cuyo destino no se encuentra asignado. Estas exportaciones no pueden clasificarse por continente; sin embargo, se incluyen en la categoría “Otros” de países. / Totals by continent may not exactly match totals by country due to the existence of exports with unassigned destinations. These exports cannot be classified by continent; however, they are included in the “Others” category under countries.

Source stated in the table

Elaborado por COCHILCO a partir del registro de exportaciones por código arancelario del Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile. / Prepared by COCHILCO based on export records by tariff code from the National Customs Service of Chile.

Source: Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco), Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 (XLSX), 2026. Read on Oct 6, 2026.

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n.d.: no data · n.a.: not applicable · “< 1”: less than one unit.