Polyethylene scrap accounted for almost 61 000 tonnes of the January 2017 export total for a year-on-year gain of 37% while overseas shipments of PET scrap surged 117% to 28 600 tonnes, according to data released by the US Census Bureau and International Trade Commission.
This January’s exports of polystyrene scrap and PVC scrap were higher by, respectively, 90% and 25% when compared to the opening month of last year.
Despite the upturn in US shipments, there is widespread concern that China’s recently-announced National Sword crackdown on ‘foreign waste’ smuggling activities could have a serious impact on US plastic scrap flows in the coming months.
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