Ukraine: scrap procurement to grow in 2024

The Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals (UAVtormet) forecasts the increase of ferrous scrap procurement next year by 20% YoY, to 1.2 million tons. At the same time, expert Sergiy Kovalevskiy believes, that this year scrap procurement will be on the level of 1 million tons, of which 850 thousand tons will be used by Ukrainian…

Ukraine: scrap export up in January-May 2023

In January-May, Ukraine exported 77.5 thousand tons of scrap, up 3-fold YoY. According to UAVtormet, imports remained at a very low level – 0.03 thousand tons (0.1 thousand tons last year). Scrap procurement decreased by 21.7%, to 444.3 thousand tons. Domestic scrap deliveries to metal plants dropped by 44.3%, to 345.7 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)

Ukraine: scrap procurement down in Q1 2023

In January-March, Ukraine decreased scrap procurement by 60% YoY, to 222.6 thousand tons. Domestic deliveries of scrap to metal plants dropped by 60.8%, to 207.7 thousand tons. Exports grew 5.7-fold, to 40.3 thousand tons, while imports fell from 0.1 thousand tons to 0.05 thousand tons. Scrap stocks decreased to the December 2022 level of 10-15…

Ukraine: scrap exports up in Q1 2023

In January-March, Ukraine exported 40.255 thousand tons of scrap, up 5.7-fold YoY. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms exports amounted to $11.725 million. The main customer was Poland (96.65%) with 1.31% exported to the Netherlands and 0.95% to Slovakia. In January-February, Ukraine did not import scrap, but in March bought 46 tons…

Ukraine: scrap export up in March 2023

In March, Ukraine exported 16.4 thousand tons of metal scrap, up by 8% MoM. This is a new record. The previous was set in February. Poland was the main customer. Small volumes were shipped to Slovakia and Lithuania. Average daily exports grew to 0.53 thousand tons, up from 0.5 thousand tons in February. (Ukrainian metal)

Ukraine: scrap shortage to increase in Q2 2023

Ukrainian metal companies started increasing output after a considerable fall last year, but new challenges appeared. In particular, this concerns scrap supplies. It is expected that in the next few months the shortage will increase. For a couple of months now, scrap stocks at enterprises have not been exceeding 20-25 thousand tons, while in December…