In August Ukraine imported $2.849 million worth of ferrous scrap, up by 53.2% YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, exports dropped by 66.1%, to $5.826 million. Ukraine mostly exported scrap to Turkey ($5.504 million). In January-August scrap exports grew by 69.9%, to $98.244 million, while imports by 57.1%, to $24.858 million. (Ukrainian metal)
In July, according to the customs statistics, Russia exported 10.5 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant steel scrap valued at $12 million, up by 20.4% and 1.5-fold YoY respectively. In January-July exports grew by 41.8%, to 65 thousand tons valued at $71 million, up by 60%. 75% of the volume accounted for 8% nickel-containing scrap. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-July Kazakhstan exported 293.4 thousand tons of ferrous scrap to Russia valued at $76 million. According to the customs statistics, this is down by 12.6%, but up by 4.8% YoY respectively. In July exports grew by 39.7% YoY, to 71.8 thousand tons. The average price on the border with Russia was $275.7 per ton…
In August Russia exported 129 thousand tons of ferrous scrap to Belarus. According to the railroad statistics, this is up by 20.2% YoY. In January-August scrap exports totaled 885.2 thousand tons, up by 17.8% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukrzaliznytsia intends to sell at auctions some 16 thousand old and written-off wagons. “We have already started the procedure set up by the Cabinet of Ministers: an independent expert will estimate the condition of a wagon, which is being written-off or sold as metal scrap. Using the estimate Ukrzaliznytsia will announce a trade. Anybody could…
In August deliveries of scrap to Ukrainian metal companies dropped by 5% MoM, to 257 thousand tons. Scrap needs in August were 89% covered. At the same time scrap exports grew 2.7-fold MoM, to 19 thousand tons. In August scrap procuring companies prepared 276 thousand tons of scrap, down by 2%. In 8 months Ukraine…
In June-August direct deliveries of ferrous scrap to the major metal companies and pipe plants totaled 4.31 million tons. According to the railroad statistics, this is up by 13.7% YoY. At the same time it is down by 2.8%, up by 22.6% and by 12% compared to 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively. (Ukrainian metal)
The de-shadowing of the scrap market will provide for additional revenue of the state budget in the volume of 850-900 million UAH per year. “There are some 15 thousand scrap procuring centers in Ukraine. And all this business is in the shade. Even considering the decrease of procurement volumes, that’s some 17-18 billion UAH”, Ukrmetallurgprom…