Ukraine: metal products exports down in January-May 2015
In January-May Ukrainian metal companies exported 8.4 million tons of products worth $3.5 billion, down by 26.3% and 40.7% YoY respectively.
In January-May Ukrainian metal companies exported 8.4 million tons of products worth $3.5 billion, down by 26.3% and 40.7% YoY respectively.
In 2014 Ukrainian metal companies exported 24.3 million tons of metal products, down by 7.6% YoY, worth $12.6 billion, down by 11.3% YoY.
Ukraine at the end of 2014 could cut currency income from exports of ferrous metal products (iron ore, pig iron, rolled steel and pipes) by13.6%, to $16.05 billion YoY ($18.57 billion in 2013), and by 14.1% in 2015, to 413.794 billion.
In January-August Ukrainian metal companies exported 17.9 million tons of metal products, up by 2.3%, or by 0.4 million tons, but down by 3.1%, or by $0.3 billion, to $9.3 billion, YoY.