India’s Region-wise Ferrous Scrap Imports in FY’26

Western India remained the largest importing region despite an 18% y-o-y decline to 2.8 mnt, while northern India saw the sharpest drop of 27% to 1.77 mnt. Imports into southern India fell by 15% to 1.63 mnt, whereas eastern India recorded only a marginal decline of 6% to 0.63 mnt, indicating relatively steady buying activity compared to other regions.