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Ukraine increased coke imports by 4.9 times

10 May , 2024  

In January-April this year, Ukraine increased imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 4.86 times compared to the same period last year, up to 156.255 thousand tons.

According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Friday, coke imports in monetary terms increased 3.5 times to $56.096 million during this period.

In the first four months of the year, the country exported 46 tons of coke worth $16 thousand to Moldova (93.75%) and Latvia (6.25%) (in January and March 2014, there were no exports, in 4 months of 2013, 32.168 thousand tons of coke and semi-coke were exported for $16.095 million).

Imports were carried out mainly from Poland (89.84% of supplies in monetary terms), China (5.72%) and the Czech Republic (3.49%).

As reported, in 2023, Ukraine reduced imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 8.5% compared to 2022 – to 328.697 thousand tons, while imports in monetary terms decreased by 25.8% to $129.472 million.

In 2023, Ukraine exported 3,383 thousand tons of coke, down 12.3% compared to 2022. 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 (88.47%), Colombia (7.72%) and the Czech Republic (3.15%).

In 2022, Ukraine decreased 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.

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