In January-April this year, Ukraine reduced the import of aluminum ores and concentrate (bauxite) in quantity terms by 47.5% compared to the same period last year, to 932,928 tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, during this period, bauxite imports in monetary terms decreased by 42.3%, to $46.830 million.
At the same time, imports were carried out mainly from Guinea (60.58% of supplies in monetary terms), Brazil (27.96%) and Ghana (7.64%).
Ukraine did not re-export bauxite in January-April 2022.
Ukraine in January-October this year reduced imports of aluminum ores and concentrate (bauxite) in quantity terms by 2.3% compared to the same period last year, to 4.189 million tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, during this period, bauxite imports in monetary terms decreased by 0.1%, to $190.706 million.
At the same time, the products were imported mainly from Guinea (60.74% of supplies in monetary terms), Brazil (21.1%) and Ghana (16.18%).
In January-October 2021, Ukraine re-exported 271 tonnes of bauxite for $65,000 to Belarus (52.31%), Poland (43.08%) and Germany (4.62%), while in ten months of 2020, some 184 tonnes of bauxite were re-exported to Poland for $29,000.
