Ukrainian scrap procurers and metal companies ask the members of the Verkhovna Rada to pass the decree on de-shadowing of the scrap market. The draft decree presupposes making amendments to the current laws of scrap metal, accounting and to the Criminal Code. The decree cancels the division of the scrap into household and industrial and…
In 2018 Ukraine witnesses the falling of ferrous scrap procuring. In 5 months procurement totaled 1.51 million tons. “Since early March ArcelorMittal Kirviy Rih has been excluded from scarp procurement list. That’s some 30-40 thousand tons per month”, the UAVtormet association president and Keramet CEO Vladimir Bubley said. According to him, scrap procurement has also…
In May Russia exported 98.6 thousand tons of ferrous scrap to Belarus via railroad, down by 16.5% both MoM and YoY. In April the results were +4.6% and -16%, and in March +27.8% and +26.4% respectively. In January-May Russia exported 498.5 thousand tons of scrap to Belarus, down by 4.4% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
The increase of the export duty for ferrous scrap from 30 euros per ton to 42 euros will not directly affect Ukrainian obligations under the Association agreement with EU. According to the vice-prime minister on European and Euroatlantic integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, exporters of scrap to EU paid the duty of 7.5 euros per ton and…
In January-May Ukraine exported 251 thousand tons of scrap, up 2.5-fold YoY, valued at $83.5 million, up 3.9-fold. According to the State Fiscal Service, in May 34.54 thousand tons of scrap were exported, in April – 76.331 thousand tons, in March – 53.67 thousand tons, in February – 52.63 thousand tons and in January- 33.814…
Russia will stop exporting ferrous metals scrap from its three major ports on the Far East from July 21 for 6 month. According to Torex, the owner of Amurmetal, this will affect the trade of Russian companies with South Korean works in the ports of Vladivostok, Nakhodka and Slavyanka amounting to 1 million tons per…
Head of the parliamentary committee on industrial policy and entrepreneurship Viktor Halasiuk says the budgetary efficiency from the bill, which established a duty on scrap metal exports from Ukraine, is estimated at UAH 1 billion ($38.3 million) per year. “Raw materials must remain within the country. They must be processed into finished products to create…
In March Russia exported 9.9 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant steel scrap and wastes, up by 49.8% MoM and by 8.7% YoY. According to the customs statistics, revenue totaled $11 million, up by 77.2% MoM and by 20.1% YoY. In January-March Russia exported 21.9 thousand tons of this scrap, down by 2.3% YoY, valued at $23…
