Nautica Metal Scrap B.V. is a Rotterdam-based Millberry copper exporter shipping bare bright 99.95% Cu wire to refiners, rod plants and brass mills worldwide. Material is segregated from European cable-manufacturer off-cuts and clean industrial copper, inspected to ISRI 'Barley' standard, and loaded CIF/FOB at LME-linked discounts.
Rotterdam Loading
SGS Inspection
MOQ 1× 20GP
CIF / FOB Global
Millberry — globally referenced under the ISRI code 'Barley' — is the highest grade of copper wire scrap. The trade definition: bare, bright, uncoated, unalloyed, untinned copper wire, no smaller than 1/16 inch (1.59 mm) in diameter, free of burnt wire that is brittle. Chemistry runs at 99.95% Cu minimum with negligible oxidation. It is the closest scrap form to LME Grade A cathode, which is why it commands the smallest LME discount of any copper grade.
Our Millberry stream comes from European cable manufacturers' production off-cuts, transformer winding rejects, controlled bus-bar trimmings and verified large-industrial customer arisings. We do not buy from informal collectors who routinely co-mingle tinned, lacquered or burnt wire into bright copper. This single-source discipline is why our Millberry consistently passes XRF re-checks at discharge port within 0.05% of contract.
ISRI defines Barley as: 'No. 1 Bare Bright Copper Wire. Shall consist of bare, bright, uncoated, unalloyed copper wire, not smaller than No. 16 B&S wire gauge, free from the following: burnt wire which is brittle; hair wire; wire with copper oxide present; coated wire; soldered or tinned wire.' Every Nautica Millberry contract references this clause verbatim.
Inbound copper is weighed, photo-documented and visually graded against the ISRI master sample. Random handfuls are clipped to expose any internal oxidation, tinning, or lacquer that surface inspection might miss. Lots failing the visual or clip test are rejected back to the source or downgraded to Berry. Buyers may nominate SGS, Bureau Veritas, Intertek or CCIC to witness container stuffing and apply seals before B/L release.
Default is loose loaded in floor-lined 20GP containers at 22–24 MT per box. Pressed Millberry bales of 250–500 kg are available for buyers handling material via overhead crane (typical use case: Korean and Japanese rod plants). For very high-volume refiners we can supply 1-ton bulk bags on shrink-wrapped pallets.
Each Millberry container ships with commercial invoice, packing list, weighbridge tickets, B/L, EUR.1 origin certificate where applicable, EU Annex VII movement document for non-OECD destinations, XRF analysis report, and the buyer-nominated third-party inspection certificate. Indian buyers receive BIS-format docs; Chinese buyers receive AQSIQ/CCIC-aligned papers.
Millberry CIF prices are quoted as a discount to the LME 3-month Grade A copper settlement on the contract date. Typical Millberry discount: $250–$450/MT depending on destination freight, inspection cost and tonnage. The discount captures freight + inspection + our margin and is fixed at contract signature. Buyers see the exact LME date, premium adjustment, and resulting USD/MT figure on the quote.
Nhava Sheva and Mundra (India — for ICA-listed refiners), Tianjin and Shanghai (China — for cathode producers via CCIC), Busan (Korea — for rod & wire mills), Mersin (Turkey — for brass and rod plants), Jebel Ali (UAE — for re-export distribution). Sailings depart Rotterdam weekly on Maersk, MSC, CMA-CGM, ONE and Hapag-Lloyd.
RFQ → CIF/FOB offer within 24h locked to LME 3M Grade A at offer time → signed contract → 30% TT advance → loading and inspection within 7–14 days → 70% LC at sight or TT against scanned docs → originals released. New buyers receive XRF analysis and a yard video before first container ships.
Single-source European industrial origin, ISRI Barley clause written into every contract, third-party inspection on every container, transparent LME-linked discount and an 80%+ repeat-buyer rate. We sell only to companies holding verified import permits — no retail and no unverified middlemen.
Bare bright 99.95% Cu, loose in lined 20GP
Pressed bales for crane-handling mills
Palletised for high-volume refiners
Primary loading from Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg. Weekly container sailings to Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.
Procurement teams sourcing from our European copper scrap supplier typically cross-reference live pricing on the copper scrap price index and compare grade economics in our copper scrap grades explained before committing tonnage. Refiners buying cathode-quality material work directly with our copper cathode supplier, while rod-plant buyers prefer Millberry copper exporter and copper wire scrap exporter.
Mixed and heavy copper buyers should review Birch and Cliff copper scrap alongside the ISRI scrap grades guide for ISRI tolerance verification and the scrap metal inspection guide for SGS, BV and CCIC pre-shipment procedures applied at our Rotterdam yard.
Rod and granule buyers pairing insulated feedstock with bare-bright loads frequently combine our Candy copper scrap and copper Chops scrap within the same 20-ft container to hit target chemistry at the melt.
For commercial enquiries connect with our dedicated copper millberry supplier, our copper wire scrap exporter desk, our copper scrap supplier in the Netherlands office, or contact our sales team directly to discuss tonnage, LME-linked pricing and shipment scheduling.
Send your quantity, destination port and Incoterm. We reply with a CIF/FOB offer, full specification sheet and export documentation list.
Contact our sales team for competitive pricing, bulk orders, and customized solutions.MOQ: 25 MT | Monthly Capacity: 20,000 MT