According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the first eight months of 2010 Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products increased by 93.2% YoY amounting to 892,805 tons.
|
Product
|
January-August 2009, t
|
January-August 2010, t
|
Change, %
|
|
Rebar
|
44,925
|
22,188
|
-50.6
|
|
Beam
|
5,513
|
7,499
|
36
|
|
Wire rod
|
3,633
|
8,951
|
146.4
|
|
Round bar
|
42,920
|
83,437
|
94.4
|
|
HR sheet/coil
|
72,988
|
185,080
|
153.6
|
|
Galvanized steel
|
61,872
|
107,493
|
73.7
|
|
CR sheet
|
47,431
|
73,610
|
55.2
|
|
Round billet
|
144,357
|
308,254
|
113.5
|
|
Pipe
|
26,151
|
28,675
|
9.7
|
|
Angle
|
2,470
|
4,772
|
93.2
|
|
Channel
|
1,931
|
5,842
|
202.6
|
|
Other
|
7,840
|
57,002
|
627
|
|
Total
|
462,030
|
892,805
|
93.2
|
In January-August one third of overall rolled steel imports to Ukraine was accounted for by round billets, the share of which increased from 31.2% in the same period last year to 34.5%. In addition, during the period in question the share of HR sheet/coils went up from 15.8% to 20.7%. UGMK noted that rebar imports almost halved, with their share in overall rolled steel imports declining from 9.7% to 2.5% while there were year on year decreases in the shares of CR sheet/coils and pipes in Ukraine’s total volume of steel imports, dropping from 10.3% to 8.2% and from 5.7% to 3.2% respectively.
As in previous months, the main suppliers of round billets to Ukraine in August were Russia’s Oskol Metallurgical Plant, a subsidiary of Metalloinvest, and Byelorussian Iron and Steel Works, the shares of which amounted to 63.7% and 23.1% of total supplies respectively. About 92.3% of total imports of round billets were supplied to Interpipe‘s pipe making subsidiaries.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s main suppliers of HR sheet/coils in August were Russian steelmakers Severstal and Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, the respective shares of which amounted to 44.2% and 41.7% of total deliveries.
In August Ukraine’s main importers of rolled steel products were the pipe sector, the share of which amounted to 40.9% of overall steel imports into the country, and the local metal traders, with their share of overall imports amounting to 19.2%. Meanwhile, the machine-building sector’s share of steel imports amounted to 17.5%. (SteelOrbis)
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