Recycled plastic export report: May 2023

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A container ship that is used to transport recyclable materials

These are the latest HMRC export figures for May 2023 for PE-based plastics – commodity code 391510. Only destinations of more than 1,000 tonnes per month are included.

Exports were down a little in May to 23,031 tonnes in total compared to April’s 23,540 tonnes.

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Although exports have shown a small decline since reaching a 2023 high of 24,307 tonnes, they still remain much better than 19,327 tonnes in February and 17,243 tonnes in January.

With 54%, the European Union remains the majority destination, and this was largely similar in April. Turkey remains the largest single destination.

May 2023April 2023May 2022
Turkey7,6059,0356,288
Netherlands4,7506,0206,338
Belgium2,1191,8801,729
Malaysia1,924469330
Germany1,6031,7362,197