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24
August
2022

Ukraine cuts export of steel semi-finished products by 64% in Jan-July

KYIV. Aug 24 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine in January-July this year reduced the export of semi-finished products from carbon steel in physical terms by 64% compared to the same period last year, to 1.502 million tonnes.

According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, in monetary terms, exports of semi-finished products from carbon steel fell by 59.3% over this period, to $955.049 million.

The main exports were to Bulgaria (21.68% of supplies in monetary terms), Italy (14.75%) and Turkey (11.2%).

In addition, Ukraine imported 5,532 tonnes of such products in January-July, which is 56.8% less than in January-July 2021. In monetary terms, imports fell by 55.2%, to $3.576 million. Imports were from the Russian Federation (98.49% of supplies), Romania (1.23%) and China (0.25%).