Scrap production in Asia

China is the top country by the production of scrap iron in the world. As of December 2017, the production of scrap iron in China was 54,723 thousand tonnes that accounts for 72.94% of the world's the production of scrap iron. The top 5 countries (others are India, Japan, Republic of Korea, and Taiwan Province of China) account for 99.56% of it. The world's total the production of scrap iron was estimated at 75,022 thousand tonnes in December 2017.