According to Mr. Sergey Grischenko, Deputy Minister of Ukraine, as he announced during the plenary session of Ukrainian part of the inter-governmental Ukrainian-Chinese commission on industrial and trade cooperation, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises in January to August this year supplied 1.7 million tons of rolled steel to China whereas in the same period of last year there was no export to China at all.
Resumption of the supplies allowed to partially stabilizing the situation at several enterprises. In particular, it referrers to the problems at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Plant of Mariupol, related to supplies decrease and loss of orders in other markets. (Interfax-Ukraine)

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