Nautica Metal Scrap B.V. supplies copper, aluminium and stainless scrap to South Korean rod plants, secondary smelters, granulator operators and specialty stainless mills. Material loads in Rotterdam under Intertek or SGS pre-shipment inspection and ships CIF Busan and Incheon in 30–35 days on weekly direct services.
Rotterdam Loading
SGS Inspection
MOQ 1× 20GP
CIF / FOB Global
Korea hosts world-class copper rod production (LS Cable, Iljin Materials), advanced secondary aluminium wheel manufacturing, granulator-led insulated copper wire recovery, and a specialty stainless sector consuming 309/310/321 grades. Korean buyers are quality-driven and pay premium prices for predictable European-origin material with strong inspection documentation.
Copper: Millberry bare bright bales to rod plants; Houses Wire #1 and Druid #2 insulated wire to granulator plants. Aluminium: Troma wheels to wheel-back-to-wheel manufacturers; UBC bales to can-sheet rolling mills; 6063 to extrusion billet casters. Stainless: 304, 316 solids; specialty 309, 310, 321 to high-temperature applications.
Korea does not impose a mandatory pre-shipment inspection regime equivalent to BIS or CCIC, but Intertek Korea, SGS and BV are widely used at buyer's option to lock quality at load port. Korean customs requires KECCS electronic declaration; documentation is processed by the buyer's local customs broker.
Rotterdam → Busan: direct weekly sailings on Maersk, MSC, CMA-CGM, ONE, Hapag-Lloyd — 30–35 days transit via Suez (or 38–42 days via Cape during Red Sea disruption). Rotterdam → Incheon: 32–37 days via direct or Busan transhipment. Most Korean buyers receive at Busan and inland-truck to mills in Gwangyang, Pohang, Ulsan, Daegu.
20GP standard for non-ferrous — copper 22–24 MT, stainless 22 MT, wheels 22 MT. 40HQ for UBC bales (~40 MT). Insulated wire loads in 20GP (~18 MT due to PVC bulk). Korean buyers typically prefer multi-container parcels of 5–10 boxes per shipment to optimise granulator and smelter feed scheduling.
Commercial invoice, packing list, B/L, weight tickets, EUR.1 where applicable, Annex VII, Intertek/SGS/BV inspection certificate, XRF analysis. For insulated wire: recovery test results from the inspection agency (burn or strip method). Documentation submitted through Korean Customs electronic system by the buyer's broker.
Standard: 30% TT advance / 70% LC at sight from a first-class Korean bank (Shinhan, KEB Hana, Woori, KB Kookmin). Alternative: 100% LC at sight. Korean buyers commonly use LC with multiple drawings against multiple containers within a master contract — Nautica supports this structure.
Rotterdam → Busan: 30–35 days; add 2–3 days customs and discharge; 4–12 hours inland to most mills. Total Rotterdam-to-mill: typically 33–40 days. Longer transit than other Asian destinations because of distance and routing, but the Korean buyer base accepts this for the quality premium they pay.
LME 3M discount mechanics apply; insulated wire priced on recovery × LME 3M × discount as standard. Freight from Rotterdam to Busan is the highest in our network ($140–180/MT typical), so CIF Busan discounts are slightly wider than CIF Mersin or CIF Mundra — but Korean buyers' quality premium typically offsets this.
Send RFQ with grade, tonnage, destination (Busan/Incheon), payment terms and preferred inspection agency. Nautica responds within 24 hours with a written CIF offer. Insulated wire RFQs receive recovery test methodology proposal alongside the price quote.
To LS Cable, Iljin and rod plants
To granulator operators (recovery-priced)
To wheel-back-to-wheel manufacturers
To can-sheet rolling mills
To specialty stainless mills
Primary loading from Busan, Incheon. Weekly container sailings to Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.
Importers in this market typically combine cargo from our European copper scrap supplier and our UBC scrap supplier in the Netherlands, adding ferrous tonnage through our HMS scrap exporter when consolidating mixed shipments. Bare-bright wire buyers should request quotes through the Millberry copper exporter.
Contract pricing is set through our LME pricing center and explained step-by-step in how LME scrap pricing works. Shipping documents follow our European scrap export guide and the inspection workflow in our scrap metal inspection guide.
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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