According to a source in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, ferrous scrap export in October this year in comparison to September decreased by 26.3% to 129,950 tonnes.
Ferrous scrap export revenue decreased by 19.7% to USD 33.5 million. But as compared to October 2008, ferrous scrap export has increased in 3.9 times!
In January to October 2009 compared to January to October 2008 ferrous scrap export increased by 25.1% and made 726,800 tonnes for USD 164.8 million.
As it has been reported before in 2008 compared to 2007, export of ferrous scrap from Ukraine decreased by 6.7% to 630,180 tonnes for USD 293.45 million. (Rusmet.ru)