For six months, almost ten million tons of ferrous metals were exported from Ukraine for a total of more than six billion US dollars.
During the first half of 2021, 9.86 million tons of ferrous metals were exported from Ukraine for a total of US $ 6.11 billion. Compared to the previous year, there is an increase in export deliveries in physical terms by 6.1%, in monetary terms - an increase in foreign exchange earnings by 56.7%. Exports of scrap metal amounted to 230.9 thousand tons (significant growth), pig iron - 1478.6 thousand tons (+ 0.6%) and semi-finished products (square billets, slabs, etc.) - 3 636.8 thousand tons. tons (- 0 2%).
Commodity structure of exports: 36.9% - semi-finished products (square billets, slabs), 20.6% - metallurgical raw materials (cast iron, ferroalloys, scrap metal) and 42.5% - rolled steel.