Deerfield Beach ,Fl-Used Tire News -The US leads in th Export of used tires according to DOC Export information.The other worldwide leaders are as follows.
EXPORTED USED TIRES RANK BY COUNTRY
1-USA
2-GERMANY
3-JAPAN
4-UNITED KINGDOM
5-SOUTH KOREA
6-FRANCE
7-SPAIN
8-NETHERLANDS
9-BELGIUM
10-CANADA
Used tire trade generally starts in an industrializd country as that is where the good “Take Off Used Tires” are.The flow from the US and Canada tends to be to go south with Mexico then, US territory of Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic,Central America also imports Million of used tires from North America every year Belize El Salvador,Guatemala, Nicaragua,Panama,Honduras and then South America in the countries that still permit them.From Europe used tires are sent to Africa and other Eastern European countries are also big buyers in the used tire export market.
Most used tire exportation takes place using containers that are shipped on vessels,some by truck and some by rail.The Used Tire Association using DOC and PIERS numbers combined assembled the above list.Used Tire News could not obtain figures for certain countries that are worth mentioning as they export used tires in huge quantities Austria Switzerland,Denmark,Italy,Norway Finland.
The growth of used tires sold online is obvious in Europe as well as hre in the US it is a fast growing part of used tire sales.Ebay,Craigslist,Let Go app, Amazon.com are all offering a selling platform and making it easy for used tire dealers to compete in the Digital Economy.