Ukraine in January-September of this year reduced the export of coke and semi-coke in kind by 98% compared to the same period last year – up to 3.697 thousand tons.
According to statistics published by the State Customs Service (STS), in monetary terms, the export of coke and semi-coke over this period fell by 97.5% to $987,000.
At the same time, the main exports were to Hungary (43.62% in monetary terms), Georgia (38.56%) and Turkey (17.81%).
Ukraine in January-September 2022 imported 331.941 thousand tons of coke and semi-coke, which is 30.8% less compared to January-September 2021. In monetary terms, imports decreased by 11.2% – to $164.592 million. Imports were carried out mainly from the Russian Federation (46.04% of deliveries in monetary terms), Poland (29.94%) and the Czech Republic (13.87%).
As reported, Ukraine in 2021 increased the export of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 3.3 times compared to 2020 – up to 194.535 thousand tons. In monetary terms, the export of coke and semi-coke over this period increased by 4.8 times – up to $41.838 million. The main exports were to Kazakhstan (29.03% of deliveries in monetary terms), Turkey (20.06%) and Algeria %).
Ukraine imported 789,903 thousand tons of coke and semi-coke last year, which is 2.1 times more compared to 2020. In monetary terms, imports increased 4.3 times – up to $351.238 million. Imports were carried out mainly from the Russian Federation (65.48% of deliveries in monetary terms), the Czech Republic (20%) and Poland (8.45%).
As a result of hostilities in eastern Ukraine, a number of mines and coking plants ended up in territories temporarily not controlled by Ukraine.
