In January-July, Ukraine decreased exports of iron ore raw materials by 3.5% YoY, to 26.079 million tons, valued $4.695 billion, up 2.15-fold.
According to the State Customs Service, the main customers were China (45.8% in monetary terms), the Czech Republic (9.47%) and Austria (8.09%).
In 7 months, Ukraine imported 1.134 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials valued at $130 thousand, while last year the import was 84 tons at $42 thousand.
The main suppliers were Egypt (79.23%), Poland (10%) and Russia (3.85%). (Ukrainian metal)