In January-September Ukrainian metal companies decreased their domestic sales by 21.7% YoY, to 1.96 million tons (13.1% of the total output) from 2.5 million tons (13.3%) in January-September 2014.
Rolled metal export share reached 86.9% of the total export volumes (86.7% in 2014).
Metal export decreased by 20.5% YoY, to 12.94 million tons. Billets share decreased from 45.5% to 44.6%, that of rolled sheet – from 31.2% to 30%. At the same time long rolled metal exports increased from 23.3% to 25.4%.
Billet imports share in January-September fell from 6.3% to 1.3%, while that of rolled sheet increased from 71.5% to 75.2% and that of long rolled products – from 22.2% to 23.5%.
In the given period metal companies consumed 1.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas, down by 19% YoY. An average daily consumption fell by 1.3 million cubic meters YoY, to 5.7 million cubic meters. Metal companies also consumed 9.2 billion kW-h, down by 14% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)