In January-September Ukraine supplied 1.74 million tons of rolled metal and pipes to Russia, up by 28.4% YoY.
Bars and sections accounted for some 55%, with 53% of them being rebars and wire rod. Bars and sections exports grew by 50%, and rebars and wire rod – almost 3-fold.
Flat rolled metal exports increased by 2.3%, to 33.6%.
Semi-finished steel products exports went up 20-fold, to 7%.
Exports of pipes dropped 2-fold, to 3.7%. (Ukrainian metal)