Ukraine reduced iron ore exports 24.2% year-on-year in H1 2022 to 17.011 million tonnes, the State Customs Service said.
The imports fell 44.8% in value to $2.159 billion.
Most of the exports were to Slovakia – 18.68% in value, followed by China – 17.55% and Poland – 14.65%.
Ukraine imported 13 tonnes of iron ore commodities for $24,000 in H1 2022, compared with 1,133 tonnes for $129,000 in H1 2021. Most of the imports in H1 2022 came from the UK – 84.62%, followed by Russia and Italy at 7.69% each.
Iron ore exports fell 4.2% in 2021 to 44.358 million tonnes but rose 62.8% in value to $6.9 billion. Most of the exports went to China – 41.90% in value, the Czech Republic- 9.65% and Poland – 7.99%.
Ukraine imported 1,202 tonnes of iron ore in 2021 for $184,000 and 123,000 tonnes in 2020 for $75,000. Last year’s imports came from Egypt – 55.98%, the Netherlands – 21.2% and Poland – 7.07%.
