Ukraine in January-September this year increased exports of pig iron in physical terms by 6.4% compared to the same period last year - up to 2 million 441.195 thousand tons.

According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Tuesday, exports of pig iron in monetary terms rose by 93.1% to $1 billion 265.675 million for the period.

In this case, exports were carried out mainly in the U.S. (56.99% of deliveries in monetary terms), Italy (20.16%) and Turkey (9.69%).

During the nine months of 2021, Ukraine imported 149 tons of cast iron worth $163 thousand from Germany (64.42%), Russia (28.22%) and Slovakia (7.36%), while in January-September 2020, Ukraine imported 412 tons worth $292 thousand.

As reported, in 2020, Ukraine has increased the export of pig iron in volume terms by 20.3% compared to the previous year - up to 3 million 103.932 thousand tons, in monetary terms export increased by 15% - to $ 922.227 million. In this export was carried out mainly in the U.S. (58.49% of supplies in monetary terms), China (21.85%) and Turkey (5.95%).

In 2020, Ukraine imported 593 tons of similar products worth $417 thousand (in 2019 - 1.076 tons of cast iron worth $645 thousand) Imports were from Germany (49.16% of supplies in monetary terms), Russia (48.68%) and Poland (2.16%).

 

Source: http://www.fixygen.ua/news/20211014/ukraina-uvelichila.html