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Ukrainian enterprises almost doubled imports of copper in January-May

Ukrainian enterprises in January-May this year increased imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 93.2% as compared to the same period last year – up to $47.614 million.
According to customs statistics, released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, the export of copper and copper products for the period decreased by 27.5% – to $33.701 million.
In May, imported copper worth $10.122 million and exported – $6.399 million.
As reported, Ukrainian companies in 2022, imports of copper and copper products in value terms reduced by 64.3% compared to the previous year – up to $ 65.370 million, and their exports decreased by 56.3% – to $ 90.245 million.

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Ukraine increased imports of copper by 45%, exports decreased by one third

Ukrainian companies in January-March this year increased imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 45.1% compared to the same period last year – up to $ 28.511 million.
According to customs statistics, released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine on Monday, the export of copper and copper products for the period decreased by 31.2% – to $21.822 million.
In March, imported copper at $ 11.045 million, exported – 7.672 million.
In addition, in January-March 2023, Ukraine reduced the imports of nickel and its products by 88.8% compared to the same period in 2022 – to $3.176 million (in March – $2.020 million), aluminum and its products – by 0.7%, to $82.110 million (in March – $28.530 million). It reduced the imports of lead and lead products by 89.4% to $216 thousand (in March – $12 thousand), imports of tin and tin products by 8% to $648 thousand (in March – $104 thousand) and zinc and zinc products by 51% to $7.698 million (in March – $3.581 million).
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products in the first three months of 2023 decreased by 6.6% to $23.103 million (in March – $8.732 million) compared to the same period last year, while lead and lead products decreased by 33.6% to $4.436 million (in March – $1.412 million) and nickel and nickel products – $92 thousand (in March – none) compared to $875 thousand in January-March 2022.
Zinc exports for the three months of this year amounted to $46 thousand (in March – $22 thousand), while in January-March 2022 it was $892 thousand. Tin exports and products totaled $48 thousand (in March – $29 thousand) against $53 thousand in the same period last year.
As reported, the Ukrainian enterprises in 2022, imports of copper and copper products in value terms reduced by 64.3% compared to the previous year – up to $65.370 million, their exports decreased by 56.3% – to $90.245 million.
In addition, Ukraine has reduced imports of nickel and its products in 2022 by 49.9% compared to 2021 – up to $59.754 million, aluminum and its products – by 33.4% to $ 340.398 million, while the imports of lead and its products decreased by 66.6% – to $ 2.839 million.
Imports of tin and tin products fell by 33.5% to $3.312 million, while imports of zinc and zinc products decreased by 58.7% to $38.690 million.
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products for 2022 were down 42.7% from 2021, to $96.972 million, lead and lead products were down 68.7%, to $11.970 million, and nickel and nickel products were down 73.9%, to $1.268 million.
Zinc exports for 2022 were $1.331 million, up from $550,000 in 2021. Tin and products exports for 2022 were $424,000, up from $346,000 the previous year.

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Ukraine reduced copper imports by 21% and exports by 56%

Ukrainian companies in January this year, imports of copper and copper products in value terms decreased by 20.9% compared to the same period last year – up to $ 6.368 million.
According to customs statistics, released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine on Thursday, the export of copper and copper products for the period decreased by 56.2% – to $ 6.407 million.
In addition, Ukraine reduced imports of nickel and its products by 96.2% in January 2022 compared to January 2021 – to $312 thousand, aluminum and its products – by 33.6%, to $26.529 million. In addition, Ukraine reduced imports of lead and its products by 95.4% – to $32 thousand, imports of tin and its products by 20.4%, to $172 thousand, and zinc and zinc products – by 67%, to $2.238 million.
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products in the first month of 2023 fell 33.7% from January 2022 to $6.776 million, lead and lead products fell 41.4% to $1.633 million, and nickel and nickel products were $3,000, down from $397,000 in January 2022.
There were no zinc exports last month, whereas in January-2022 it was $220 thousand. Tin exports and products totaled $17 thousand in January-2023, whereas in January-2022 there were no.
As reported, Ukrainian enterprises in 2022 decreased imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 64.3% compared to the previous year – to $ 65.370 million, their exports decreased by 56.3% – to $ 90.245 million. In December-2022, imported copper and copper products for $ 6.107 million, exported – to $ 6.956 million.
In addition, Ukraine has reduced imports of nickel and its products by 49.9% in 2022 compared to 2021 – up to $59.754 million (in December – $0.668 million), aluminum and its products – by 33.4% to $340.398 million ($29.457 million). At the same time, the imports of lead and lead products decreased by 66.6% to $2.839 million ($12 thousand).
Imports of tin and tin products fell by 33.5% to $3.312 million ($171 thousand), while imports of zinc and zinc products decreased by 58.7% to $38.690 million ($4.386 million).
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products for 2022 decreased 42.7% from 2021 to $96.972 million ($6.330 million in December), lead and lead products decreased 68.7% to $11.970 million ($1.396 million), and nickel and nickel products decreased 73.9% to $1.268 million ($0.1 million).
Zinc exports for 2022 were $1.331 million ($11,000 in December) compared to $550,000 in 2021. Tin and products exports for 2022 were $424,000 ($1,000 in December) compared to $346,000 the previous year.

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Ukraine in January-November reduced imports of copper

Ukrainian enterprises in January-November this year reduced imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 63.7% as compared to the same period last year – down to $59.263 million.
According to customs statistics made public by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, the export of copper and copper products for the period decreased by 56.6% – to $83.289 million.
In November, copper and copper products imported for $4.839 million, exported – $6.339 million.
As reported, Ukraine in 2021 increased imports of copper in value terms by 59% compared to 2020 – up to $183.161 million, and the export of copper and copper products has increased by 2.4 times – to $206.390 million.

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Ukraine cuts import of copper by 62% in Jan-Oct 2022

Ukrainian imports of copper and copper products plummeted 62% year-on-year in January-October to $54.424 million, Ukrainian media reported, quoting State Customs Service data.
Copper exports fell 56.1% to $76.95 million.

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Ukrainian enterprises reduced imports of copper and copper products by 62%

Ukrainian enterprises in January-September this year reduced imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 62% compared to the same period last year – to $47.502 million.
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, exports of copper and copper products over the specified period decreased by 55.5% to $71.226 million.
In September, copper and copper products were imported in the amount of $5.758 million, exported – in the amount of $7.083 million.
In addition, Ukraine in January-September 2022 reduced imports of nickel and products from it by 44.4% compared to January-September 2021 – to $49.3 million (in September – $4.664 million), aluminum and products from it – by 30.8%, to $239.539 million ($32.357 million). At the same time, it reduced the import of lead and products from it by 65.1% – to $2.395 million ($146 thousand). The import of tin and products from it fell by 8% – to $2.789 million ($322 thousand), and the import of zinc and zinc products – by 58.5%, up to $28.225 million ($2.090 million).
Exports of aluminum and products from it for the first nine months of 2022 decreased by 36.4% compared to January-September 2021 – to $75.861 million (in September – $9.406 million), lead and products from it by 67.2% – to $9.370 million ($0.684 million), nickel and products – by 69.2%, to $1.079 million ($0.141 million).
Export of zinc for the reporting period amounted to $1.302 million (no export was carried out in August-September), while in January-September 2021 it was $132 thousand. Export of tin and products in January-September 2022 amounted to $420 thousand (in September – $24 thousand) against $87 thousand for January-September-2021.
As reported, Ukraine in 2021 increased copper imports in value terms by 59% compared to 2020 – up to $183.161 million, exports of copper and copper products over the specified period increased by 2.4 times compared to 2020 – up to $206.390 million.
In 2021, Ukraine also increased the import of nickel and products from it by 45.8% compared to 2020 – up to $119.154 million, aluminum and products from it – by 30.2%, to $511.190 million. At the same time, it reduced the import of lead and products of it by 7.8% – up to $8.512 million, increased imports of tin and products from it by 75.2%, up to $4.977 million, and also increased zinc and zinc products – by 62.9%, up to $93.635 million.
Exports of aluminum and products from it in 2021 increased by 53.9% – to $169.094 million, lead and products from it by 52.8% – to $38.229 million, nickel and products – by 55%, to $4.856 million.
Zinc exports last year amounted to $550 thousand, while in 2020 it was $69 thousand (an increase of eight times). Export of tin and products in 2021 amounted to $346,000 against $117,000 in 2020.

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