In January-November this year, Ukraine reduced exports of carbon steel semi-finished products in physical terms by 39.5% year-on-year to 1 million 104,735 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), exports of carbon steel semi-finished products in monetary terms amounted to $562.108 million in the period (down 51%).
The main exports were made to Bulgaria (37.01% of supplies in monetary terms), Poland (23.19%) and Italy (9.89%).
In January-November, Ukraine imported 96 tons of semi-finished products from China (98.26%) and Turkey (1.74%) for $172 thousand, in September-November 2022, imports amounted to 5,558 thousand tons of such products.
As reported, in 2022, Ukraine decreased exports of carbon steel semi-finished products in physical terms by 72% compared to the previous year – to 1 million 899.729 thousand tons, and in monetary terms by 70.9% – to $1 billion 191.279 million. The main exports were made to Bulgaria (26.55% of supplies in monetary terms), Poland (13.97%) and Italy (12.13%).
In addition, Ukraine imported 5,558 thousand tons of similar products in 2022, which is 85.7% less than in 2021. In monetary terms, imports decreased by 86% to $3.634 million. Imports were carried out from the Russian Federation (96.92% of supplies before the war), China (1.84%), and Romania (1.21%).