CIA Handbook of International Statistics 1997 
      
        | Table 138  Major OECD Exporters of Recyclable Secondary Materials, by
        Type, and Volume, 1995  | 
        Thousand metric tons | 
       
      
        | Country | 
        Iron/steel | 
        Aluminum | 
        Copper | 
        Lead | 
        Zinc | 
        Paper | 
        Plastic | 
        Tires | 
        Total | 
        To LDCs | 
       
      
        | United States | 
        10,445 | 
        356 | 
        550 | 
        104 | 
        38 | 
        9,459 | 
        317 | 
        0 | 
        21,269 | 
        12,916 | 
       
      
        | Germany | 
        7,965 | 
        442 | 
        261 | 
        27 | 
        24 | 
        2,986 | 
        263 | 
        48 | 
        12,016 | 
        1,401 | 
       
      
        | Netherlands | 
        3,622 | 
        157 | 
        127 | 
        27 | 
        17 | 
        1,621 | 
        152 | 
        62 | 
        5,786 | 
        968 | 
       
      
        | France | 
        3,725 | 
        103 | 
        140 | 
        5 | 
        26 | 
        774 | 
        104 | 
        28 | 
        4,906 | 
        80 | 
       
      
        | United Kingdom | 
        3,331 | 
        105 | 
        114 | 
        13 | 
        24 | 
        271 | 
        23 | 
        10 | 
        3,893 | 
        675 | 
       
      
        | Canada | 
        2,129 | 
        237 | 
        120 | 
        8 | 
        41 | 
        543 | 
        79 | 
        0 | 
        3,158 | 
        464 | 
       
      
        | Belgium | 
        1,976 | 
        106 | 
        57 | 
        44 | 
        20 | 
        843 | 
        83 | 
        13 | 
        3,142 | 
        564 | 
       
      
        | Japan | 
        915 | 
        13 | 
        52 | 
        1 | 
        8 | 
        42 | 
        123 | 
        117 | 
        1,271 | 
        1,221 | 
       
     
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