In January-February of this year, Ukraine reduced imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 21% compared to the same period last year, to 123,104 tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Tuesday, 54,408 tons of coke were imported in February.
Coke imports in monetary terms fell by 14.1% in January-February 2026, to $42.747 million. Coke was imported from Poland (98.37% of supplies in monetary terms), the Czech Republic (1.15%), and Colombia (0.44%).
The country did not export coke in the first two months of the year.
As reported, in 2025, Ukraine increased its imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 5.9% compared to the previous year, to 700,650 thousand tons, and increased its revenue by 1.4%, to $238.656 million. Coke was mainly imported from Poland (93.37% of supplies in monetary terms), Indonesia (4.01%), and the Czech Republic (2.59%).
In 2025, Ukraine exported 3 tons of coke worth $2,000 to Albania.
In addition, it was reported that Metinvest suspended the operation of the Pokrovsk Coal Group in January 2025 due to changes in the situation on the front line, electricity shortages, and the deterioration of the security situation.
PJSC Zaporizhkox, one of Ukraine’s largest producers of coke and chemical products and a member of the Metinvest Group, reduced its blast furnace coke production by 4.7% in January-February this year compared to the same period last year, from 135,600 tons to 129,200 tons.
According to the company, 69.5 thousand tons of coke were produced in February, compared to 61.2 thousand tons in February 2025 and 59.7 thousand tons in January of this year.
As reported, Zaporizhkox increased its output by 2.7% in 2025 compared to 2024, to 898,300 tons from 874,700 tons.
In 2024, Zaporizhkox increased its production of blast furnace coke by 2.1% compared to 2023, to 874.7 thousand tons from 856.8 thousand tons.
In 2023, Zaporizhkox increased its blast furnace coke output by 16% compared to 2022, to 856.8 thousand tons from 737.4 thousand tons.
Zaporizhkox has a full technological cycle for processing coke chemical products.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining group of companies. Its main shareholders are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of the Metinvest Group.
In January this year, Ukraine reduced imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 25.7% compared to the same period last year, to 68,696 from 92,501 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Tuesday, 57,848 tons of coke were imported in December 2025.
Coke imports in monetary terms fell by 21% in January 2026 to $23.620 million. Coke was imported from Poland (100% of supplies in monetary terms).
The country did not export coke last month.
As reported, in 2025, Ukraine increased imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 5.9% compared to the previous year, to 700,650 thousand tons, and increased revenues by 1.4%, to $238.656 million. Coke was mainly imported from Poland (93.37% of supplies in monetary terms), Indonesia (4.01%), and the Czech Republic (2.59%).
In 2025, Ukraine exported three tons of coke worth $2,000 to Albania.
It was also reported that in January 2025, Metinvest suspended the operation of the Pokrovsk Coal Group due to changes in the situation on the front line, electricity shortages, and the deterioration of the security situation.
In 2024, Ukraine increased its imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 2.01 times compared to 2023, to 661,487 thousand tons, importing it mainly from Poland (84.76% of supplies in monetary terms), Colombia (7.74%), and Hungary (2.69%). In monetary terms, imports increased by 81.9% to $235.475 million.
In 2024, the country exported 1,601 thousand tons of 84.76% coke worth $368 thousand to Moldova (99.18%) and Latvia (0.82%), while in January, March, October, and November 2024, there were no exports, whereas in 2023, they amounted to 3,383 tons worth $787 thousand.
PJSC Zaporizhkox, one of Ukraine’s largest producers of coke and chemical products and a member of the Metinvest Group, reduced its blast furnace coke production by 19.7% in January this year compared to the same period last year, from 74.4 thousand tons to 59.7 thousand tons.
According to the company, 73.3 thousand tons of coke were produced in December 2025, compared to 76.3 thousand tons in the previous month.
As reported, Zaporizhkox increased its output by 2.7% in 2025 compared to 2024, to 898,300 tons from 874,700 tons.
In 2024, Zaporizhkox increased its production of blast furnace coke by 2.1% compared to 2023, to 874,700 tons from 856,800 tons.
In 2023, Zaporizhkox increased its blast furnace coke output by 16% compared to 2022, to 856.8 thousand tons from 737.4 thousand tons.
Zaporizhkox has a full technological cycle for processing coke chemical products.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining group of companies. Its main shareholders are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of the Metinvest Group.
In 2025, the Kryvyi Rih plant increased its production of 6% moisture coke by 16.4% to 1 million 460.3 thousand tonnes. This allows it to meet its own needs for main production.
At the same time, the mining department, whose work depends on a stable power supply, showed a decline:
– Iron ore concentrate production fell by 3.3% to 7.56 million tonnes.
– Iron ore mining decreased by 4.2% to 18.4 million tonnes.
Management explained this as a direct result of energy supply restrictions caused by attacks on infrastructure, which caused the mining complex to operate below pre-war levels.
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is the largest producer of rolled steel in Ukraine. It specialises in the production of long products, in particular, rebar and wire rod. The company has a full production cycle, with production capacities designed for an annual output of over 6 million tonnes of steel, more than 5 million tonnes of rolled products and over 5.5 million tonnes of pig iron.
ArcelorMittal owns Ukraine’s largest mining and metallurgical complex, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, and a number of small companies, including ArcelorMittal Beryslav.
PJSC Zaporizhkox, one of Ukraine’s largest producers of coke and chemical products and part of the Metinvest Group, increased its blast furnace coke production by 2.7% in 2025 compared to 2024, from 874,700 tons to 898,300 tons.
According to the company, 73,300 tons of coke were produced in December, compared to 76,300 tons in the previous month.
As reported, Zaporizhkox increased its blast furnace coke production by 2.1% in 2024 compared to 2023, to 874,700 tons from 856,800 tons.
In 2023, Zaporizhkox increased its output of blast furnace coke by 16% compared to 2022, to 856,800 tons from 737,400 tons.
Zaporizhkox has a complete technological cycle for the processing of coke-chemical products.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining group of companies. Its main shareholders are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of the Metinvest Group.
