Costa Rican scrap exports decline in December

Costa Rican scrap exports in December 2015 declined 35 percent, year-on-year, according to information from the country’s export promotion agency, Procomer.

Scrap exports in December reached 5,138 mt, down from 7,903 mt in the same period of the year prior.

South America and Asia remained as the nation’s top export destinations. South America received 2,605 mt of the product, while Asia imported some 2,373 mt of scrap.

Only 160 mt of scrap were exported to the Central America in December, according to Procomer’s figures.

Costa Rican total scraps for the whole year of 2015 reached 79,610 mt, down by 34.7 percent, year-on-year, from 121,978 mt.