In January-November this year, Ukraine increased exports of semi-finished carbon steel products in physical terms by 59.7% year-on-year to 1 million 763,843 tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Monday, exports of carbon steel semi-finished products increased by 54.8% to $870.356 million in monetary terms.
The main exports were made to Bulgaria (31.47% of supplies in monetary terms), Egypt (19.21%) and Turkey (11.31%).
In January-November 2024, Ukraine imported 15 tons of semi-finished products worth $33 thousand from Romania (60.61%), Poland (24.24%) and Egypt (15.15%), while in January-November 2023 it imported 96 tons worth $172 thousand.
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine decreased exports of carbon steel semi-finished products in physical terms by 36.7% compared to 2022 – to 1 million 203.454 thousand tons, while exports in monetary terms decreased by 48.9% to $608.516 million. The main exports were made to Bulgaria (36.66% of supplies in monetary terms), Poland (23.01%), and Italy (9.60%).
In addition, in 2023, Ukraine imported 96 tons of semi-finished products from China (98.26%) and Turkey (1.74%) for $172 thousand.
