Ukraine in April this year stopped importing manganese ore and concentrate in physical terms, having previously reduced its imports to a minimum.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), Ukraine as a whole in January-April this year reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in kind to a minimum – to 488 tons from 91.021 thousand tons in the same period last year (down 99.5%).
In monetary terms, imports of manganese ore and concentrate amounted to $85 thousand in the mentioned period, while in January-April 2022 it was $12.248 million (a 99.3% decrease).
At that, imports were carried out from Slovakia (95.29% of deliveries in money terms) and from India (4.71%).
In 4M-2023, Ukraine did not export manganese ore and concentrate, as in January-April 2022.
As reported, in 2022, Ukraine reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in volume terms by 68.1% year-on-year to 135,798 thousand tons, and in monetary terms by 66.4%, to $18.098 million. Most imports were from Ghana (99.16% of supplies in monetary terms), Slovakia (0.71%) and Belgium (0.10%). In August-November 2022, there were almost no imports of manganese ore.
For 2022, Ukraine did not supply manganese ore and concentrate for export.
Ukraine mines and enriches manganese ore at the Pokrovsky (formerly Ordzhonikidze) and Marganets mining and processing plants (both in Dnepropetrovsk Region).
Consumers of manganese ore are ferroalloy plants.
