Ukraine: scrap exports up in Q1 2018

In January-March Ukrained increase ferrous scrap exports 3.6-fold YoY, to 140.116 thousand tons, valued at $47.788 million, up 4.1-fold. According to the State Fiscal Service, in March Ukraine exported 53.558 thousand tons of scrap, in February – 52.634 thousand tons, and in January – 33.814 thousand tons. Imports in 3 months increased by 28.6%, to…

Ukraine: scrap export duty to increase

A decree No. 8226 has been registered in the Verkhovnaya Rada. According to one of the authors of the document, the chairman of the Parliament Committee on industrial policy Victor Galasyuk, the decree suggests prolonging the so-called metal law and increasing the export duty on scrap to 42 euro per ton. “This is equal to…

Ukraine: scrap prices to drop

The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that by mid-April the price of ferrous metals scrap will drop by 3.5%, to some 8.3 thousand UAH per ton, compared with late March. According to the company deputy director Yuri Dobrovolski, the drop will have to do with the downgrading trends on the world markets, as well as the…

Russia: scrap exports down on 2017

In 2017 Russia exported 5.37 million tons of steel scrap, down by 4.4% YoY. According to the customs statistics, this is the lowest volume of exports in the past 4 years. Revenue increased by 21%, to $1.329 billion. Turkey imported the most scrap – 44% of the volume, down by 3.9%, but Russia’s revenue grew…