Ukraine in 2022 decreased imports of nickel ores and concentrates in physical terms by 71.9% year-on-year to 346,719 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), in monetary terms, imports of nickel ores decreased by 73.8% to $15.428 million during the period.
Imports were from Guatemala (100% of shipments in monetary terms).
For 2022, like in 2021, Ukraine did not export or re-export these products.
As reported, Ukraine in 2021 reduced imports of nickel ores and concentrates in volume terms by 20.6% compared to 2020 – to 1 million 235.533 thousand tons. In monetary terms, imports of nickel ores decreased by 22.2% to $58.929 million. Imports were from Guatemala (100% of deliveries in monetary terms).
In 2021, Ukraine did not export or re-export this product.
Ukraine imports nickel ore from Pobuzhsky Ferronickel Plant (PFK, part of Solway Group).
PFC processes about 1.2 million tons of ore per year.
