The National Bank of Ukraine forecasts that most of metal and coke plants will have improved their output to the level of 2016 by the end of 2017.
“The enterprises on the Ukraine-controlled territory, which received raw materials from uncontrolled territory, would gradually reorient themselves to other supply sources, either by increasing output on controlled territories or through imports”, the bank said in a statement.
In January-March Ukraine decreased steel output by 8% YoY, to 5.596 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)