In 2017 Ukraine decreased hot-briquetted iron imports by 94.7% YoY, to 2.376 million tons.
According to the State Fiscal Service, imports in monetary terms decreased by 91.6%, to $649 thousand.
All the HBI was imported from Russia.
Ukraine neither exports nor re-exports HBI.
The largest HBI producer in CIS is Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works (Russia). (Ukrainian metal)
