According to the data issued by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in January to May this year the country exports of ferrous metals increased in value by 47.3% YoY to $5.79 billion, while its exports of ferrous metal products went down by 17.3% YoY to $668.5 million.
The share of exports of ferrous metals and ferrous metal products in the country overall export structure amounted to 30.9% and 3.6% respectively.
During the period in question Ukraine imports of ferrous metals increased in value by 74.8% to $659.8 million and its imports of ferrous metal products went up by 24% to $259.7 million both compared to January to May 2009.
The share of imports of ferrous metals and ferrous metal products in the country overall import structure amounted to 3.2% and 1.2% respectively. (SteelOrbis)
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