In January to November of the current year Ukrainian exports of semi-finished steel products decreased by 8.1% YoY to 9.724 million tons.
In the January to November period Ukraine exported 5.113 million tons of steel slabs, down by 0.3%, while exports of square billets dropped by 16.8% YoY to 4.520 million tons. Meanwhile, exports of semi-finished steel products from Ukraine increased by 24.2% in November compared to October to 977,000 tons.
On the other hand, in January to November Ukrainian imports of semi-finished steel products increased by 4.5% YoY to 443,000 tons.
In November alone, imports of semi-finished steel products to Ukraine decreased by 1.3% compared to October to 42,500 tons. (SteelOrbis)