Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met Sunday night in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron.
“Paris. With each visit, Ukraine’s defense and offensive capabilities increase. The connection with Europe is growing stronger, and the pressure on Russia is increasing. I meet with my friend Emmanuel. We will discuss the most important points of bilateral relations,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.
Ukraine in January-April this year reduced imports of aluminum ores and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms by 99.98% compared to the same period last year – to 210 tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), during this period, imports of bauxite in monetary terms decreased by 99.64% – to $170 thousand.
Imports were mainly from China (100% of supplies in monetary terms).
During this period of this year, as well as in January-April 2022, Ukraine did not re-export bauxite.
As reported, Ukraine in 2022 decreased the import of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxite) in volume terms by 81.5% compared to the previous year – up to 945.396 tons. Bauxite imports 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 used as a raw material for the production of alumina, and from it, aluminum. They are also used as fluxes in steel industry.
Bauxite is imported into Ukraine by the Nikolaev Alumina Refinery (NGR), which before the war was affiliated with the United Company (UC) Russian Aluminum (RusAl, RF). Bauxite is used to produce alumina.
“RusAl in Ukraine also previously owned a stake in the Zaporozhye Aluminum Plant (ZALK), which stopped producing primary aluminum and alumina.
Ukraine in January-April this year decreased the export of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 73.6% compared to the same period last year to 668 tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), Ukraine did not export coke in January-March this year, as it did in December last year. All exports for the four months of 2023 came in April. In monetary terms, it fell by 77.6%, to $170 thousand.
Ukraine imported 32,168 thousand tons of coke and semi-coke in January-April 2023, down 86.2% from the same period in 2022. In monetary terms, imports fell by 86.2% to $16.095 million.
Exports were to Moldova (100% of supplies in monetary terms) and imports were mainly from Poland (91.29%), Hungary (5.14%) and Colombia (3.56%).
As earlier reported, in 2022, Ukraine reduced the export of coke and semi-coke in volume terms by 98% compared with the previous year – up to 3.856 tons, in monetary terms by 97.6% – to $1.011 million. The main export was carried out in Hungary (42.63% of supplies in monetary terms), Georgia (37.69%) and Turkey (17.41%).
Ukraine imported 359.192 thousand tons of coke and semi-coke in 2022, down 54.5% compared to 2021. In monetary terms, imports decreased by 50.3% to $174.499 million. Imports were mainly from Russia (43.43% of supplies in monetary terms, before the war), Poland (30.07%) and the Czech Republic (13.15%).
Due to the war, a number of mines and coke plants are located in territories temporarily outside Ukrainian control.
Change in consumer prices in March 2023
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
Metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine in January-April this year reduced revenues from ferrous metals exports by 3.2 times compared to the same period last year – to $823.406m.
According to the statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), during this period, ferrous metals accounted for 6.18% of total revenues from the export of goods against 15.65% in January-April 2022.
In April, proceeds from exports of ferrous metals amounted to $239.718 million, while in the previous month – $226.613 million.
At the same time for four months of this year, Ukraine increased imports of similar products by 27.4% – to $360.802 million. In April, $100.221 million worth of products were imported.
In addition, in January-April, Ukraine reduced exports of metal products by 0.6% – to $334.065 million. In April, they exported by $90.859 million.
At the same time, imports of metal products in the first four months of the year increased by 11.1% – to $221.719 million. In April, Ukraine exported these products at $47.423 million.
As reported, metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine in the first quarter of 2023 decreased export revenues of ferrous metals in four times compared to the same period of 2022 – to $ 583.689 million from $ 264.56 million. During this period, the country increased imports of similar products by 4.5% – to $ 260.487 million.
In addition, in January-March, Ukraine reduced exports of metal products by 9.6% to $243.726 million and imports by 30.1% to $174.191 million.
Ukraine’s metal companies in 2022 decreased revenues from exports of ferrous metals by 67.5% compared to 2021 – up to $4 billion 533.088 million – ferrous metals accounted for 10.26% of total revenues from the export of goods during this period against 20.49% in 2021. At the same time, Ukraine has reduced imports of similar products last year 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.
Ukraine in January-April of this year increased the export of pig iron in physical terms by 18.3% compared to the same period last year – up to 533.844 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), exports of pig iron in monetary terms amounted to $203.125 million (a decrease of 7.7%) for the period.
At that, export was carried out mainly to Poland (60.42% of supplies in monetary terms), Spain (15.23%) and the Czech Republic (9.84%).
During the first four months of the year, Ukraine imported 32 tons of pig iron worth $42 thousand from Germany (52.38%) and Brazil (47.62%), whereas in January-April 2022, the country imported 15 tons of pig iron worth $25 thousand from Germany.
As reported, in 2022, Ukraine reduced the exports of pig iron in volume terms by 59% compared to the previous year – up to 1 million 325.275 tons, in monetary terms by 61.1% – to $638.774 million.
In 2022, Ukraine imported 40 tons of cast iron worth $23 thousand, while in 2021 – 185 tons of cast iron worth $226 thousand.
Exports were mainly to the United States (38.47% of supplies in monetary terms), Poland (32.91%) and Turkey (8.12%), and imports were from Germany (100%).
