In January-May Ukrainian mining and metallurgical complex exported 18772.6 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials, up by 13.8% YoY.
Export revenues went down by 44.1%, to $926.09 million.
Main export deliveries went to China (46.04% in money terms), Czech Republic (10.55%) and Poland (10.25%).
At the same time Ukraine imported 934.08 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 34.4%, worth $45.99 million, down by 62.8% YoY.
The main supplier of iron ore raw materials in January-May to Ukraine was Russia (99.98%), which, some say, is supplied with raw materials from the occupied Ukrainian territories by terrorists. (Ukrainian metal)