In January-October this year, Ukraine increased imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 2.16 times compared to the same period last year, up to 581,282 thousand tons.
According to the statistics released by the State Customs Service, coke imports in monetary terms increased by 97.9% to $208.879 million over the period.
Imports were mainly from Poland (84.12% of supplies in monetary terms), Colombia (8.73%) and Hungary (3.04%).
For ten months of the year, the country exported 1,593 thousand tons of coke for $366 thousand to Moldova (99.73%) and Latvia (0.27%), while in January, March, October-2024 there were no exports, while for 10 months of 2023 exports amounted to 3,324 thousand tons for $774 thousand.
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine reduced imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 8.5% compared to 2022 – to 328.697 thousand tons, imports in monetary terms decreased by 25.8% to $129.472 million.
In 2023, Ukraine exported 3,383 thousand tons of coke, down 12.3% compared to 2022. In monetary terms, it decreased by 22.2% to $787 thousand.
Exports were carried out to Moldova (100% of supplies in monetary terms), while imports were mainly from Poland (88.47%), Colombia (7.72%) and the Czech Republic (3.15%).
In January-October 2024, Ukraine exported 2.5 thousand tons of chilled and frozen pig meat, and imported 2.1 thousand tons, imports are likely to fall to a record low, the Pig Producers of Ukraine (PUA) industry association reported, citing data from the State Customs Service.
“Given the minimal presence of imported pork on the market (less than 1% of the total capacity), this year the meat industry is most focused on domestic products. At the same time, the low activity of external pork supplies “hints” that this year may set a new record low in terms of imports, breaking the previous one – 5.2 thousand tons, which was recorded in 2018,” analysts said.
The USBA highly appreciated the growth of pork supplies to foreign markets, which in January-October exceeded 2.5 thousand tons and brought $ 6 million, which is higher than the cost of importing pork by $ 780 thousand.
Analysts predict that Ukraine will be able to finish 2024 as a net exporter, albeit by a small margin.
According to the USBA, the limited geography of foreign trade prevents more tangible export achievements. For example, 75% of Ukrainian pork is exported to the UAE, while the rest in small volumes is exported to Bahrain, Malaysia, Liberia, Hong Kong, and Angola.
As reported, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection is negotiating bilateral veterinary certificates required for foreign trade with a number of countries, including South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, etc.
In January-October this year, Ukraine increased imports of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms by 46.8% compared to the same period last year, up to 19,842 thousand tons.
According to the statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), bauxite imports in monetary terms increased by 50.9% to $2.681 million during this period.
The imports came mainly from Turkey (70.31% of supplies in monetary terms), China (26.67%) and Spain (2.91%).
Ukraine did not re-export bauxite in the same period of this year as in January-October 2023.
As reported, in 2022, Ukraine reduced imports of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms by 81.5% compared to the previous year – to 945.396 thousand tons. Imports of bauxite 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%).
In 2023, Ukraine imported 19,830 thousand tons of bauxite worth $2,360 million.
Bauxite is an aluminum ore used as a raw material to produce alumina, which is used to make aluminum. They are also used as fluxes in ferrous metallurgy.
Mykolaiv Alumina Plant (MAP) imports bauxite to Ukraine.
In January-October 2024, Ukraine increased imports of nickel and products by 77.8% compared to the same period in 2023 to $22.109 million (in October – $2.891 million).
In addition, in 2023, Ukraine decreased imports of nickel and products by 74.2% compared to 2022, to $15.391 million.
Exports of nickel and products for ten months of 2024 amounted to $572 thousand (in October – $64 thousand), while in January-October 2023 it was $257 thousand.
In 2023, exports of nickel and nickel products amounted to $532 thousand, while in 2022 they amounted to $1.268 million.
Nickel is used to make stainless steel and for nickel plating. Nickel is also used in the production of batteries, in powder metallurgy, and in chemicals.
Ukrainian enterprises increased imports of tin and tin products by 15.9% to $2.647 million in January-October this year ($561 thousand in October).
Exports of tin and tin products amounted to $349 thousand (in October – $3 thousand) against $57 thousand in the same period a year earlier. At the same time, imports of tin and tin products decreased by 23% to $2.728 million.
Exports of tin and tin products amounted to $159 thousand against $424 thousand in 2022.
Tin is used mainly as a safe, non-toxic, corrosion-resistant coating in its pure form or in alloys with other metals. The main industrial applications of tin are in white tinplate (tinned iron) for food containers, in solders for electronics, in house pipelines, in bearing alloys, and in coatings made of tin and its alloys. The most important tin alloy is bronze (with copper).
In January-October this year, Ukrainian companies increased imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 11.7% compared to the same period last year, to $116.252 million.
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, exports of copper and copper products increased by 19.4% to $72.981 million over the period under review.
In October, the country imported copper worth $11.742 million and exported it for $7.466 million.
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine increased imports of copper and copper products by 2.2 times compared to 2022 – up to $140.795 million, while exports decreased by 20.1% to $72.078 million.
Copper is widely used in electrical engineering, pipe manufacturing, alloys, medicine and other industries.
