In January-March, Ukraine increased imports of copper and copper wares by 47.4% YoY, to $42.019 million tons.
In March, imports amounted to $12.893 million.
Moreover, imports of nickel and wares grew 2.4-fold, to $7.697 million ($2.267 million in March), aluminum – by 20%, to $98.535 million ($38.102 million), lead – by 30.1%, to $281 thousand ($140 thousand), and zinc – by 55.6%, to $11.86 million ($5.45 million).
At the same time, imports of tin and tin wares decreased by 4.3%, to $620 thousand ($113 thousand in March). (Ukrainian metal)