Ukraine in January decreased exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrate in physical terms by 43.7% compared to the same period last year to 22,701 thousand tons.

According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Thursday, exports of titanium-ore and concentrate in monetary terms rose by 11.6% to $11.539 million, with the Czech Republic (23.70% of supplies in monetary terms), South Korea (18.88%) and China (16%). Ukraine did not import these products in January-2022. As previously reported, Ukraine in 2021 increased the export of titanium ores and concentrates in volume terms by 3% compared with 2020 - up to 553.051 thousand tons, in monetary terms the export of titanium ores and concentrates increased by 17% - to $161.914 million. At that, major exports were shipped to Mexico (21.23% in monetary terms), China (18.17%) and Czech Republic (14.07%). Ukraine in 2021 imported 1.172 thousand tons of titanium-containing ores worth $1.227 million from Senegal (87.03%) and Germany (12.97%), while in 2020 imported 1.010 thousand tons worth $855 thousand.

Source: http://www.fixygen.ua/news/20220218/ukraina-snizila-2.html