Shippers Stay Away from Transporting Scrap To China

Hapag-Lloyd and MSC will no longer accept scrap metal or paper as cargo to ports in China.
Announcements add one more layer of confusion to a scrap import landscape in China.
Chinese government agencies raided several recycling facilities and issued statements.
Recyclers are increasingly reluctant to ship even high-grade copper and aluminum scrap to China.
The lack of transparency and definitive lines of regulator responsibility is very difficult.

According to an article published in...