In December 2017 scrap procuring companies procured 357 thousand tons of scrap, up by 12% MoM, of which 305 thousand tons were supplied to the metal companies, up by 13%, and 52 thousand tons exported, up by 8%.
The scrap provision rate was 104%.
In 2017 out of 3.79 million tons of scrap procured, up by 8% YoY, domestic metal companies received 3.3 million tons, up by 2%, and 486 thousand tons were exported, up by 75% YoY.
Metal industry was provided with scrap on the level of 91% of its needs. (Ukrainian metal)