In January Ukraine decreased pig iron exports by 3.1% YoY, to 233.616 thousand tons, valued at $76.041 million, up by 11.1%.
According to the State Fiscal Service, Ukraine mostly exported to USA (54.51%), Italy (16.47%) and Turkey (14.57%).
Last month Ukraine imported 50 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $35 thousand as opposed to 140 thousand tons valued at $64 thousand in January 2017.
Russia (57.14%) and Germany (42.86%) were the main suppliers.
In 2017 pig iron exports from Ukraine grew by 7.8% YoY, to 2.342 million tons, valued at $738.13 million, up by 33.9%. Imports totaled 2 thousand tons at $1.02 million, as opposed to 1.755 thousand tons at $661 million in 2016. (Ukrainian metal)