In 2023, Ukrainian metal plants produced 5.37 million tons of rolled metal, up by 0.4% YoY, of which around 2.99 million tons were exported, or 55.6%. In 2022, the share of exports was 81.7% – 4.37 million tons exported of 5.35 million tons produced. The share of semi-finished steel products in exports amounted to 40.3%,…
In 2022, ferrous rolled metal in Ukraine increased in price by 21-28% YoY. According to Sergey Kovalenko, director of the National network of metal centers Vartis, the increase was due to the Russian invasion and inflation rate growth. The war has also affected demand and manufacturing capacities. In the second half of February 2023 or…
The largest gas-extracting company in Ukraine – Ukrgazdobycha – intends to buy 343.3 tons of sheet metal valued at 20.7 million UAH. In particular, the company will buy 0.3 tons of 65G sheets, 60 tons of cold-rolled sheets and 283 tons of hot-rolled sheets. The auction is scheduled for November 23. The offers are accepted…
In January-August, Ukraine increased rolled metal consumption by 20.07% YoY, to 3.5 million tons. 712.9 million tons were imported, or 20.32% of the domestic consumption. In January-August 2020, the volume of the market was 2921.6 thousand tons with 762.6 thousand tons imported, or 26.1%. Thus, the volume of the market grew by 20.07%, while the…
In January-September, galvanized rolled metal consumption decreased by 11%, to 227 thousand tons. Imports fell by 16.8%, to 79 thousand tons, while consumption of domestic products (minus exports) dropped by 6.9%, to 149 thousand tons. In Q3, consumption decreased by 10%, to 96 thousand tons, and imports – by 3%, to 35 thousand tons, while…
In January-November, the volume of the inner market amounted to 4298 thousand tons of rolled metal, of which 1130 thousand tons, or 26.3% were imported. In the corresponding period of the previous year, the volume was 4120.7 thousand tons, including 1327.7 thousand tons, or 32.2% imported. Thus, the volume has increased by 4.3%, while the…
In January-October, the volume of the domestic rolled metal market decreased by 5.6% with the subsequent drop in imports share by 3.4%. Thus, the volume was 3619.7 thousand tons, with 1027.7 thousand tons, or 28.4%, imported. In the similar period of 2019, the volume of the domestic market was 3832.4 thousand tons, with 1217.4 thousand…
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) was unable to buy 330.7 tons of rolled metal for 5.7 million UAH in the Prozorro system because of the lack of participants. In particular, the enterprise intended to buy 69 tons of hot-rolled bars with the diameter of 20 mm, 61 tons of bars with the diameter of 22 mm, 51…