That Dominican Republic Is she second country of the northern subregion of Latin America and the Caribbean export wastesecond only to Mexico, according to a recent study published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The data shows that in 2021, waste export reached 128,256 million dollars or equivalent to 0.58% of export world.
It determines that United States of America is the largest exporter in 2021, with 22.1% of export world waste.
Other major exporters are Germany, UK, Japan, Hong Kong (China), France, Canadathat Dutch, China Y belgium which, together with the United States, accounts for 62% of world exports from waste.
These countries, at the same time, are the main ones trash buyer in 2021. Germany and China each import 12% of the total, according to the document “Competitiveness studies and selected trade cases for countries in the northern subregion of Latin America using Magic”, from ECLAC.
The recently published document details that countries in the subregion participate with 2.1% of the total world exports from wasteby 2021. Mexico is set to be the subregion’s top exporter, with 76% of export.
Other exporters are Dominican Republic (9.5% of the total) and Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala and El Salvador, accounting for less than 1% of the total export.
Main sales product They:
- That waste copper (36% of total exports)
- Aluminum (28%)
- From the electrical part of machines and devices (6%)
- Waste gold (6%)
- That wastewaste and plastic scraps
Product
In 2021, the waste with the highest exports are those related to metal.
The first is copper waste (24.3%). This metal is followed by waste aluminum (15.4%), silver (11.1%), platinum (9.3%) and gold (6.2%). this type waste adding 66% of total exports.
Also, apart from metals, a large proportion of machine or device parts are exported (5-2%), paper waste or cardboard (4.3%), and dirt and waste brewery (2.8%).
Dominican Republic
The study shows that Dominican Republic is the main supplier waste to the subregion with 32% of export intraregional.
Other countries that exported the most in 2021 are also included Panama Y Honduras (each with 13% of the total), Guatemala (12%), Nicaragua and Costa Rica (each with 10%), and El Salvador (9%).
Mexico export to subregion only 1% of total imports, indicating greater concentration in other markets outside the region.
On the import side, the Dominican Republic it is also the largest importer (19% of the total) of traded waste products in the sub-region.
Costa Rica ranks as the second largest importer (18%) in 2021, followed by Guatemala (15%), El Salvador (14%), Panama (11%), Haiti (10%), Mexico (8%), Nicaragua (3% ), Cuba (1%) and Honduras (1%).
conclusion
About trading from wastewhich are generally related to the delivery of waste and pollutants from developed countries to developing countries, the study explains that statistics from world trade obtained through Trade Map shows that most of them waste traded between developed countries.
Besides that, main product what is sold is metal that serves as input for the development of production processes.
In subregionthat statistical exercise undertaken to establish Mexico as the world’s leading exporter of waste, but with minimal intra-subregional trade.
In this sub-region, the largest exporter is Dominican Republic and these wastes traded between countries are linked to their main industries: textiles, paper, and glass.
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