In January-July this year, Ukraine increased exports of carbon steel semi-finished products in physical terms by 68.1% year-on-year to 1 million 107.341 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Friday, exports of carbon steel semi-finished products increased by 55.1% to $549.282 million in monetary terms.
The main exports were to Bulgaria (34.90% of supplies in monetary terms), Egypt (13.19%) and Poland (9.82%).
In January-July 2024, Ukraine imported 5 tons of semi-finished products from Egypt for $5 thousand, while in January-July 2023 it imported 92 tons of semi-finished products for $169 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.