In January–May 2026, Ukraine increased its imports of metal products by 12.3% compared to the same period last year, reaching $464.694 million.
According to statistics from the State Customs Service, $109.894 million worth of metal products were imported into the country in May of this year.
Thus, for the January-May period, imports of metal products exceeded exports of these products: $464.694 million versus $351.285 million.
As reported, in 2025 Ukraine increased imports of metal products by 24.4% compared to the previous year—to $1.290608 billion.