Ukraine Ups Iron Ore Exports 5pct in Q1 2013

  • Monday, April 15, 2013
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[Fellow]Ukraine raised iron ore exports 4.6% YoY in Q1 201
 
[Ferro-alloys.com] Ukraine raised iron ore exports 4.6% YoY in Q1 2013 to 8.973 million mt.
 
The State Customs service said that the exports fell 2.3% in value to USD 783.743 million. Most iron ore was exported to China (48.18%), the Czech Republic (11.64%) and Poland (10.48%). Iron ore imports rose 22.6% to 707,959 mt and 0.8% to USD 57.084 million and originated mostly in Russia (99.86%).
 
Pig iron exports grew 39.3% YoY in Q1 to 490,443 mt and 19.4% to USD 172.525 million. Most pig iron was exported to Italy (40.72%), Turkey (37.07%) and the United States (10.22%). Pig iron imports fell 52% to 3,824 mt and 60% to USD 1.694 million. All the pig iron imports came from Russia.
 
Ferroalloy exports by Ukraine fell 29% YoY in Q1 to 149,769 mt and 19.3% to USD 197.075 million and went mostly to Germany (21.88%), the Netherlands (15.24%) and Russia (15.12%). Ferroalloy imports fell 22.8% to 34,149 mt (39.6% to USD 67.226 million), most of them from Russia (22.22%), India (12.99%) and South Korea (10.81%)
 
Manganese ore and concentrate exports fell 48.1% to 5,344 mt (74.6% to USD 240,000) and went mostly to the Czech Republic (70.22%) and Slovakia (29.78%). Manganese imports rose 140% to 192,275 mt (fell 34.7% to USD 32.473 million), mostly from Ghana (50.79%), Australia (19.39%) and Gabon (16.81%).
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