In January-November Ukrainian ports increased cargo handling by 0.6% YoY, to 121.5 million tons. According to the Administration of Seaports, handling of metal products grew by 11%, or by 1.45 million tons. Exports increased by 10 million tons, to 88.8 million tons, while imports grew by 2.6 million tons, to 21.5 million tons. In particular,…
In January-August Ukrainian customers received 3.138 million tons of rolled steel, with 948.5 thousand tons, or 30.23%, accounting for imports. In 8 months of 2017 the local market consumed 2.998 million tons, with 827.5 thousand tons, or 27.6% imported. Thus, the increase in rolled metal consumption reached 4.64%, while that of imports – 14.62%. The…
In January-July rolled metal consumption on the domestic market grew by 5.27% YoY, to 2399.5 thousand tons. At the same time imports increased by 13.03%, to 785.9 thousand tons. Ukrainian companies supplied some 1.74 million tons of metal to the domestic market, up by 36 thousand tons. The share of flat rolled metal in the…
In January-July Ukraine imported 730.9 thousand tons of rolled metal valued at $596.6 million, up by 10.1% and by 21.6% YoY respectively. The increase has to do with the growth of bars imports by 44%, to 306 thousand tons valued at $202.7 million, up by 66%. Flat rolled metal imports dropped by 1.2%, to 163.3…