In January-February this year, Ukraine reduced exports of carbon steel semi-finished products in physical terms by 44.9% year-on-year to 200,696 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Tuesday, exports of carbon steel semi-finished products fell by 47% to $92.752 million in monetary terms.
The main exports were made to Bulgaria (40.00% of supplies in monetary terms), Turkey (25.10%) and Egypt (10.78%).
In the period under review, Ukraine imported 2.544 thousand tons of semi-finished products worth $2.043 million from the Czech Republic (94.42%) and Italy (5.58%), with all deliveries occurring in February.
As reported, in 2024, Ukraine increased exports of semi-finished carbon steel products in physical terms by 56.7% compared to 2023 – up to 1 million 886.090 thousand tons, while revenue in monetary terms increased by 52.4% to $927.554 million. The main exports were made to Bulgaria (32.06% of supplies in monetary terms), Egypt (18.50%) and Turkey (11.14%).
In 2024, Ukraine imported 306 tons of semi-finished products worth $278 thousand from the Czech Republic (88.13%), Romania (7.19%), and Poland (2.88%), while in 2023 it imported 96 tons worth $172 thousand.
