In January-July Ukrainian metal companies decreased hot-briquetted iron imports by 96.7% YoY, to 1.47 thousand tons.
According to the customs statistics of the State Fiscal Service, in monetary terms imports decreased by 94.8%, to $389 thousand.
All the metal arrived from Russia.
Ukraine neither exports nor re-exports HBI.
The largest HBI manufacturer in CIS is Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works (Russia). (Ukrainian metal)