In January-March this year, Ukraine increased imports of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms compared to the same period last year – up to 8.219 thousand tons from 123 tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Tuesday, bauxite imports in monetary terms increased 8.6 times during this period, to $891 thousand from $104 thousand.
At the same time, imports were carried out mainly from Turkey (81.37% of supplies in monetary terms) and China (18.63%).
Ukraine did not re-export bauxite in 2025, as well as in 2024 and 2023.
As reported, in 2024, Ukraine increased imports of bauxite in physical terms by 77.4% compared to the previous year – up to 35.173 thousand tons, in monetary terms – by 74% – up to $4.107 million. Imports were carried out mainly from Turkey (78.48% of supplies in monetary terms), China (19.48%) and Spain (1.9%).
In 2023, Ukraine imported 19,830 thousand tons of bauxite for $2.360 million.
In 2022, Ukraine reduced imports of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms by 81.5% year-on-year to 945,396 thousand tons. Imports of bauxite in monetary terms decreased by 79.6% to $48.166 million. Imports were mainly from Guinea (58.90% of supplies in monetary terms), Brazil (27.19%) and Ghana (7.48%).
Bauxite is an aluminum ore that is used as a raw material to produce alumina, which is used to make aluminum. They are also used as fluxes in ferrous metallurgy.
Mykolaiv Alumina Plant (MAP) imports bauxite to Ukraine.
