According to the data issued by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January to October this year Ukraine consumed about 4.72 million tons of rolled steel products down by 37.8% YoY.
In January to October 2009 Ukraine consumption of primary rolled steel products, excluding pipes was as follows:
Product
January-October 2008, t
January-October 2009,t
Change, %
Rebar
957,209
437,530
-54.3
Beam
94,532
33,444
-64.6
Wire rod
553,316
402,601
-27.2
HRC
2,567,338
1,577,010
-38.6
CRC
477,480
231,478
-51.5
Angle
282,456
130,270
-53.9
Channel
226,201
118,927
-47.4
Others
2,429,156
1,787,603
-26.4
Market capacity
7,587,687
4,718,864
-37.8

During the period in question, the share of imports in the domestic rolled steel product market decreased to 11.9% YoY from 20.4% YoY amounting to 591,000 tons. (SteelOrbis)

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