In January-August 2025, Ukraine increased imports of copper and copper products by 32.2% year-on-year – to $122.747 million.
Exports during this period increased by 5.7% to $61.542 million.
In August, imports amounted to $12.759 million, while exports amounted to $6.105 million.
Copper is widely used in electrical engineering, in the manufacture of pipes, in the creation of alloys, in medicine, and in other industries.
In 2023-2024 the affiliated assets of the direction “Repair and production” of JSC ‘Ukrzaliznytsia’ for the first time in a decade have reached profit – on 117 million UAH annually, said in an interview with the agency “Interfax-Ukraine” head of the direction Evgeny Shramko.
Profitability was ensured due to energy saving, cost reduction and establishment of synergy between enterprises.
According to the forecast of JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia”, the losses of the car repair direction of the company may reach 600 million UAH by the end of 2025, said in an exclusive interview to the agency “Interfax-Ukraine” member of the Board, head of the direction “Repair and production” Evgeny Shramko.
The decrease is due to the fall in transportation and, as a consequence, the volume of repairs: transportation by UZ cars fell by 58%, and repairs decreased by 55%.
Approximately 5.7 million people from Ukraine remain displaced worldwide, 3.8 million are internally displaced, and 4.1 million have returned from displacement either within Ukraine or from abroad, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
“Displacement remains a defining feature of the crisis,” said an IOM spokesperson in a statement on the recent attacks in Ukraine, published on the organization’s website on Tuesday.
IOM also expresses deep concern about the continuing rise in civilian casualties across Ukraine and stresses the urgent need for measures that prioritize the protection of civilians and provide necessary humanitarian assistance.
“The civilian population of Ukraine continues to bear the heavy burden of war as Russian strikes hit towns and villages on the front line and beyond. In July 2025 alone, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights recorded 286 deaths and 1,388 injuries, the highest monthly figure since May 2022,” the statement said.
The IOM also stresses the urgent need for measures that prioritize the protection of civilians and provide necessary humanitarian assistance.
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