Ukraine in January this year, Ukraine has reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in physical terms to a minimum – to 235 tons from 44 thousand tons in the same period last year.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), imports of manganese ore and concentrate totaled $38,000 in monetary terms during the period, compared to $5.827 million in January 2022.
At that, all imports were carried out from Slovakia (100% of deliveries in money terms).
Last month, Ukraine did not export manganese ore and concentrate, as it did in January-2022.
As earlier reported, in 2022, Ukraine reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in volume terms by 68.1% YoY to 135,798 thousand tons, and in monetary terms by 66.4% to $18.098 million. Most imports were from Ghana (99.16% of supplies in monetary terms), Slovakia (0.71%) and Belgium (0.10%). In August-November 2022 there were almost no imports of manganese ore.
For 2022, Ukraine did not supply manganese ore and concentrate for export.
Ukraine mines and enriches manganese ore at the Pokrovsky (formerly Ordzhonikidze) and Marganets mining and processing plants (both in Dnepropetrovsk Region).
Consumers of manganese ore are ferroalloy plants.
Ukraine in January-July this year reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in quantity terms by 38% compared to the same period last year, to 207,225 tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, in monetary terms, imports of manganese ore and concentrate decreased by 43.7% over the period, to $25.139 million.
At the same time, manganese ore and concentrate were imported from Ghana (99.85% of supplies in monetary terms), Belgium (0.11%) and the Netherlands (0.02%).
In January-July 2021, Ukraine exported 434 tonnes of manganese ore and concentrate to Poland (90.2%) and Russia (9.8%) for $51,000, while in the same period last year it exported 23,846 tonnes of manganese ore and concentrate for $3.447 million.
