Ukraine in January-July of this year increased exports of pig iron in physical terms by 16.6% compared to the same period last year – up to 906.423 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), for the period exports of pig iron in monetary terms amounted to $346.880 million (down 18.1%).
At the same time, exports were mainly to Poland (63.56% of shipments in monetary terms), Spain (19.87%) and the Czech Republic (7.24%).
For seven months of 2023 Ukraine imported 37 tons of pig iron for $52 thousand from Germany (61.54%) and Brazil (38.46%), with no imports in June and July.
As reported, Ukraine in 2022 reduced exports of pig iron in physical terms by 59% year-on-year to 1 million 325.275 thousand tons, in monetary terms by 61.1% to $638.774 million.
In 2022, Ukraine imported 40 tons of pig iron worth $23 thousand, while in 2021 – 185 tons of pig iron worth $226 thousand.
Exports were mainly to the USA (38.47% of shipments in monetary terms), Poland (32.91%) and Turkey (8.12%), imports – from Germany (100%).
According to the State Statistics Committee, Ukraine in the first seven months of 2023 reduced imports of nickel and nickel products by 77.3% compared to the same period of 2022 – to $8.439 million (in July – $732 thousand).
Ukraine in 2022 reduced imports of nickel and nickel products by 49.9% compared to 2021 – to $59.754 million, aluminum and aluminum products – by 33.4%, to $340.398 million.
At the same time, it reduced imports of lead and lead products by 66.6% to $2.839 million.
Ukrainian companies in January-July this year increased imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 95.6% compared to the same period last year – up to $67.313m.
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, exports of copper and copper products for the period decreased by 26.4% to $43.924 million.
In July, $11.024m worth of copper was imported and $4.491m worth of copper was exported.
Ukraine in January-July this year reduced exports of semi-finished carbon steel products in physical terms by 76.4% compared to the same period last year – to 658.729 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), in monetary terms, exports of semi-finished carbon steel products for this period amounted to $354.178 million (down 62.9%).
The main exports were to Bulgaria (33.71% of shipments in monetary terms), Poland (31.62%) and Turkey (7.45%).
In January-July Ukraine imported from China 92 tons of semi-finished products worth $169 thousand.
As reported, in 2022 Ukraine in physical terms reduced exports of semi-finished carbon steel products by 72% in comparison with the previous year – to 1 million 899.729 thousand tons, in monetary terms by 70.9% – to $1 billion 191.279 million. The main exports were to Bulgaria (26.55% of supplies in monetary terms), Poland (13.97%) and Italy (12.13%).
In addition, Ukraine imported 5.558 thousand tons of similar products in 2022, which is 85.7% less than in 2021. In monetary terms, imports decreased by 86% to $3.634 mln. Imports were made from Russia (96.92% of supplies – before the war), China (1.84%) and Romania (1.21%).
Metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine in January-July this year reduced revenues from ferrous metal exports by 53.6% compared to the same period last year – to $1 billion 621.038 million.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Tuesday evening, ferrous metals accounted for 7.44% of total receipts from exports of goods during this period, while for 7M-2022 – 13.61%.
In July, revenues from ferrous metals exports amounted to $206.685 million, while in the previous month – $277.888 million.
At the same time, Ukraine has increased imports of similar products by 51.8% – up to $718.782 million in seven months of this year. In July, $112.462 million worth of products were imported.
In addition, in January-July Ukraine reduced exports of metal products by 11.3% compared to the seven months of the previous year – to $561.009 million. In July they were exported for $59.195 million.
At the same time, imports of metal products for the first seven months of the year increased by 23.3% to $432.906 million. In July, Ukraine received $73.702 million worth of these products.
As reported, the country’s metal enterprises in the first half of the year-2023 reduced revenues from exports of ferrous metals by 56.1% compared to the same period last year – to $1 billion 414.354 million. For 5 months-2023 the lag was 60.7%, for 4 months-2023 the decrease was 3.2 times.
Ukraine’s metal enterprises in 2022 decreased revenues from ferrous metal exports by 67.5% compared to 2021, to $4 bln 533.088 mln. Ferrous metals for this period accounted for 10.26% of total revenues from exports of goods against 20.49% for 2021. At the same time, Ukraine last year reduced imports of similar products by 38.3% to $954.387 million.
In addition, in 2022, Ukraine reduced exports of metal products by 18.6% to $1 billion 52.512 million. Imports of metal products for the year fell by 42.9% to $643.162 million.
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