According to the data released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the first 11 months of 2010 Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products increased by 102.5% YoY, amounting to 1.3 million tons.
In November Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products saw a 0.5% percent decrease compared to October, but a 142.6% increase compared to November 2009. In January to November one third of overall rolled steel imports to Ukraine were accounted for by round billets, the share of which increased from 30.5% YoY to 34.8%.
UGMK noted a drop in rebar imports during the period in question, with their share in overall rolled steel imports declining from 7.7% to 1.7%. There were also YoY decreases in the shares of CR sheet/coils and pipes in Ukraine’s total volume of steel imports dropping from 11.9% to 8.8% and from 5.1% to 3.2% respectively.
As in previous months, the main suppliers of round billets to Ukraine in November were the Russian Oskol Metallurgical Plant, a subsidiary of Metalloinvest, and the Byelorussian Iron and Steel Works, the shares of which amounted to 83.8% and 11.4% respectively of total supplies. About 85.1% of total imports of round billets were supplied to Interpipe pipe making subsidiaries.
Ukraine’s main suppliers of HR sheet/coils in November were the Russian steelmakers Severstal, Novolipetsk Steel and Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, the respective shares of which amounted to 59.6%, 17.8% and 16.2% of total deliveries.
In November Ukraine’s main importers of rolled steel products were the pipe sector, the share of which amounted to 31% of overall steel imports into the country, and the machine building sector with its share of overall imports amounting to 23.7%. Meanwhile, the local metal traders’ share of steel imports amounted to 16.4% and the share of local mining and metallurgical companies amounted to 13.5% of overall rolled steel product imports. (SteelOrbis)
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