In January-November this year, Ukraine reduced imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 10.9% year-on-year to 303,208 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), coke imports in monetary terms decreased by 29.4% to $119.198 million during this period.
Ukraine exported 3,383 thousand tons of coke in 11 months of 2023, down 12.3% year-on-year. 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 (88.65%), Colombia (8.39%) and the Czech Republic (2.25%).
As reported, in 2022, Ukraine reduced exports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 98% compared to the previous year – to 3,856 thousand tons, and in monetary terms by 97.6% – to $1,011 million. The main exports were made to Hungary (42.63% of supplies in monetary terms), Georgia (37.69%) and Turkey (17.41%).
In 2022, Ukraine imported 359.192 thousand tons of coke and semi-coke, which is 54.5% less than in 2021. In monetary terms, imports decreased by 50.3% to $174.499 million. Imports were carried out mainly from the Russian Federation (43.43% of supplies in monetary terms, before the war), Poland (30.07%) and the Czech Republic (13.15%).
As a result of the war, a number of mines and coke plants are located in the territories temporarily not controlled by Ukraine.
