Ukraine has extended anti-dumping duties on imports of cement from Moldova, Russia, and Belarus, as well as coated rolled metal products from China and Russia, for five years. According to a statement released by the
Ministry of Economy on Thursday, the decision was made by the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICIT) on May 21, 2025, following appeals from Ukrainian companies.
“If you are a manufacturer and face aggressive non-market competition, please contact the Ministry of Economy to initiate anti-dumping investigations. Ukraine adheres to the principles of openness but is ready to protect its market in accordance with WTO rules,” the release quotes First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko as saying.
As reported, in 2019, the ICIT imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of cement clinker and Portland cement to Ukraine under codes 2523 10 and 2523 29, at the following rates: 57.03% on cement from Belarus; 94.46% on cement from Moldova; 114.95% on cement from Russia. The duties were imposed for a period of five years. In May last year, at the request of Dickerhoff Cement Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivskcement, supported by
Kryvyi Rih Cement, the ICIT initiated a review of these duties, which extended their validity for up to one year.
As it became known at the conference “Trade Wars: The Art of Defense,” organized by Ilyashev & Partners in Kyiv this week, Lafarge Ciment (Moldova) SA offered voluntary price restrictions in order to return to the
Ukrainian market. Market participants called for the proposed prices to be made public.
As for imports into Ukraine of certain types of rolled steel with anti-corrosion coating originating from Russia and China, anti-dumping measures were introduced in 2019 for five years for manufacturers/exporters of goods from Russia at a rate of 47.57% and from China at a rate of 22.78%. In May last year, at the request of PJSC Mariupol Metallurgical Plant named after Ilyich and LLC Unistil, the MCMT launched a new investigation as part of a review of these duties.
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In January-February of this year, Ukrainian enterprises increased their consumption of rolled metal products by 50.47% compared to the same period last year, up to 556.7 thousand tons.
According to a press release issued by Ukrmetallurgprom on Tuesday, 207.4 thousand tons, or 37.26% of the domestic rolled metal consumption market, were imported during this period.
According to Ukrmetallurgprom, in 2 months of 2015, steel companies produced 957 thousand tons of rolled metal products (106.3% compared to the same period in 2024), of which, according to the State Customs Service of Ukraine, about 607.7 thousand tons, or 63.5%, were exported. In January-February 2024, the share of exports amounted to 77.9% (701.4 thousand tons with a total production of 900.2 thousand tons of rolled metal products).
The share of semi-finished products in export deliveries in January-February 2025 was 33.21%, which is significantly lower than in January-February 2024 (47.46%). The share of flat products in export deliveries in the period under review was significantly higher than in January-February last year (47.79% and 38.68%, respectively). The share of long products is also significantly higher – 19.01% vs. 13.86%, respectively.
The structure of imports in January-February 2025 is still characterized by a significant dominance of flat products over long products – 82.55% and 14.42%, respectively. In January-February 2024, the dominance of flat products over long products was also significant: 85.05% and 13.67%, respectively.
“In 2 months of 2025, the domestic market capacity amounted to 556.7 thousand tons of rolled steel, of which 207.4 thousand tons, or 37.26%, were imported. In January-February 2024, the domestic market capacity was 370 thousand tons, of which 171.2 thousand tons, or 46.27%, were imported. Thus, in January-February 2025, there was an increase in the domestic market capacity by 50.47% compared to January-February 2024, while the share of the import component decreased by 9.01%,” the press release states.
According to the State Customs Service, the main export markets for Ukrainian rolled metal products in the period under review were the European Union (73.8%), the rest of Europe (13.5%) and the CIS (7.7%).
Among metallurgical importers in January-February 2025, the first place was taken by other European countries (56.6%), the second by the EU-27 (24.5%), and the third by Asian countries (18.5%).
As reported, Ukraine’s rolled steel market in 2024 decreased by 6.26% year-on-year to 3 million 288.4 thousand tons, while in 2023 it increased 2.19 times compared to 2022, to 3 million 505.6 thousand tons.
