In January-November the shortage of scrap in Ukraine reached 582 thousand tons. During 11 months Ukrainian metal companies received 2.9 million tons of scrap, with their need at 3.5 million tons. The main reason for the shortage is the record low scrap procurement – 3.1 million tons, down by 22% YoY, and by 36.3% than…
Month Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, FCA, $1/UAH25.496* min max September 155 159 October 155 159 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal) Dear colleagues! From 2017 the monthly metal price monitoring…
The Ukrainian Association of secondary metals and resources (UAVtormetresurs) has addressed the prime minister of Ukraine asking him to cancel the decree on the increase of the scrap export duty from 10 euro per ton to 30 euro. The letter has also been sent to all the decree authors. According to the association, the cancellation…
Month Russian market, $/t, FCA, without VAT, $1/RUR62.9* min max September 64 189 October 64 191 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal) Dear colleagues! From 2017 the monthly metal price monitoring…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa says the zero duty on scrap imports will not greatly affect imports. “There is no country that could supply scrap to us at favorable conditions. The decree weakly affects imports. We didn’t import scrap not because of the duty, but because there was nowhere to import it from”, UPE deputy director…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that in November scrap stocks of metal companies will increase by 18.75-25% MoM, or by 30-40 thousand tons, to 190-200 thousand tons. “In October the stocks were on the level of 160 thousand tons. I believe, they will grow, because the steel smelting decrease and scrap supply growth are expected.…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that in November the average ferrous scrap price will increase by 14% MoM, or by 700 UAH per ton, to 5700 UAH per ton. “The price situation is very interesting. The metal makers have been hiding prices from each other. And worked separately with each trader. In fact, the price…
In January-October Ukraine exported 240.22 thousand tons of scrap valued at $42.31 million, down by 78.6% and by 84.3% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, scrap was not exported in July-September, with 6.8 thousand tons exported in October. The decrease has to do with the temporary prohibition of scrap exports. In January-October Ukraine…
