In July-September Ukraine drastically decreased exports of steel products to US – 2.6-fold QoQ. According to the Customs Service, the exports totaled 32.1 thousand tons as opposed to 84.1 thousand tons. In August Ukraine exported a mere 2.6 thousand tons to US. The main reason of the decrease was the introduction of a 25% import…
In June Russia exported 582.6 thousand tons of flat steel, down by 9.9% MoM and by 26% YoY. According to the customs statistics, exports have been falling since January. In 6 months Russia exported 3.83 million tons of flat steel, down by 14.4% YoY. Turkey accounted for 27% of exports, down by 27.3%. The share…
In March, Kazakhstan increased exports of steel to Russia by 60% MoM, almost 2-fold compared with January, but decreased by 25% YoY, to 125.3 thousand tons. In Q1 deliveries dropped by 37% YoY, to 263 thousand tons. Alloyed flat steel accounted for 81% of all exports, down by 41.5%, including steel plates – 63%, down…
In April, according to the customs statistics, Russia exported 9.7 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant steel valued at $10 million, down by 1.9% MoM, but up by 50.5% YoY. Revenue dropped by 4.5% MoM, but increased by 66.7% YoY. In January-April exports reached 31.6 thousand tons, up by 9.4% YoY, valued at $33 million, up by…
In 2017 Russia exported 1.45 million tons of steel to Belarus, up by 22.6% YoY. According to the customs statistics, revenue grew by 47.7%. These are the highest results since 2014. Flat rolled metal accounts for 46.6% of the exports, up by 19.6% (revenue grew by 45.6%). Bars and sections share totaled 34% (up by…
This year steel consumption in EU is expected to grow by 1.9% YoY, just like last year. According to Eurofer, in 2019 growth demand for steel will drop to 1.4%. In 2017 steel imports to EU decreased by 1% because of the trade protection measures. Thus, imports from Ukraine dropped by 31%, from Russia –…
In January-October Russia supplied 2.9 million tons of steel products to Taiwan, up by 15.5% YoY and the highest result in the history of deliveries there. Semi-finished products of non-alloyed steel account for 90% of all exports. Taiwan’s share in Russia’s exports has reached 23%. Bars and sections account for around 7% of the exports.…
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in 2017 USA will import 35.9 million tons of steel, up by 20% YoY. Russian companies will contribute the most. In January-August US imported 24.09 million tons of steel, up by 20.5% YoY. In particular, Russia supplied 2.12 million tons, up by 65.6% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
