In July metal companies received 808 thousand tons of coke, up by 9% MoM.
All the coke was of domestic origin. As in two previous months, no coke was imported in July.
In January-July Ukrainian metal companies received 5.63 million tons of coke, up by 9% YoY, including 5.37 million tons of Ukrainian coke, up by 15%, and 260 thousand tons of imported coke, down by 57%. The share of imported coke in the total delivery volume was 4.6%.
Coking coal deliveries to Ukrainian by-product coke plants in July grew by 7% MoM, to 1.23 million tons, with domestic coals down by 26%, to 160 thousand tons. Imports grew by 15%, to 1.07 million tons.
In 7 months coking coal deliveries to coke plants reached 8.37 million tons, up by 8% YoY. Domestic coking coal deliveries decreased by 80%, to 1.6 million tons, while imports grew by 18%, to 6.77 million tons. The share of the imported coking coal increased from 73% to 81%. (Ukrainian metal)